UMass Football Announces Changes To 2017, Future Schedules

AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts football agreed Thursday to accommodate a Hurricane Irma-related scheduling change request made by the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and the University of South Florida (USF) and postponed the teams' planned meeting at USF in Tampa, Florida, on Sat., Oct. 14, 2017. Additionally, UMass and Florida International University (FIU) have agreed in principle to play a game at FIU in Miami, Florida, on Sat., Dec. 2, 2017.

UMass and USF will complete the postponed contest at USF on a to-be-determined date during the 2022 or 2023 seasons. The UMass-USF game in Massachusetts slated for the 2018 season remains unaffected by these scheduling changes.

The UMass-FIU contest on Dec. 2, 2017 will be the 12th for both teams, as FIU previously cancelled its game against Indiana, originally slated for Sat., Sept. 16, 2017. FIU will return to UMass during the 2020 season on a to-be-determined date. Should FIU qualify for the C-USA Championship Game on Sat., Dec. 2, the 2017 UMass-FIU meeting will not be played. In this scenario, the 2020 UMass-FIU game is unaffected and UMass will travel to FIU during a future season following the 2020 meeting.

With these adjustments, the 2017 Massachusetts football schedule now features back-to-back bye weeks (Sat., Oct. 7 and Sat., Oct. 14). The updated slate gives the Minutemen three consecutive home games spanning the two-week break (Sat., Sept. 30 vs. Ohio; Sat., Oct. 21 vs. Georgia Southern and Sat., Oct. 28 vs. Appalachian State). The addition of the Sat., Dec. 2 game at FIU also creates a third bye week in the season as Massachusetts has a one-week break between the Sat., Nov. 18 game at BYU and traveling to FIU for Sat., Dec. 2.

Next up for UMass football is a Fri., Sept. 15 tilt with Temple University at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Minutemen and Owls will meet on ESPNU at 7 p.m. UMass Athletics will host a pregame fan gathering at 1100 Social at XFINITY Live!, which also includes admission to the UMass-Temple game.

Single game tickets – including those for the Fenway Gridiron Series – are available for purchase now. Tickets to the remaining McGuirk Alumni Stadium games are available over the phone by dialing 866-UMASS-TIX, in-person at the Mullins Center Box Office during business hours or online here. All Fenway Gridiron Series tickets must be purchased here. For more information, please visit the UMass Football Ticket Information page.

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