1999 UMass Minutemen football team explained

Sport:football
Year:1999
Team:UMass Minutemen
Conference:Atlantic 10 Conference
Short Conf:A-10
Record:9–4
Conf Record:8–1
Hc Year:2nd
Dc Year:2nd
Champion:A-10 champion
Bowl:NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
Bowl Result:L 21–38 vs. Georgia Southern

The 1999 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen entered the season with high expectations as defending National Champions, but struggled out of the gate as they lost three of their first four games. UMass turned its fortune around after that, using a 77–0 thrashing of to propel it on an eight-game winning streak. The Minutemen did not lose again until the second round of the NCAA Playoffs against the eventual champions, Georgia Southern. UMass finished the season with a record of 9–4 overall and 8–1 in conference play.