It is seventeen days until Sept 1, 2005 when UMass opens its season against Richmond under the lights at 7:00 pm at City Stadium.
Last year on Sept. 18, 2004 Richmond defeated an unbeaten UMass team 24-14 at McGuirk. It would be the start of a four game losing streak for the Minutemen.
The box Score:
Richmond 7 14 3 0 24
UMass 14 0 0 0 14
Richmond UMass
First Downs 18 12
Rushing yards 42-204, 29-85
Passing 31-12 132 1, 33-19 230 1
Total offense 73-336, 62-315
Punt returns 6-29, 5-8
Kick returns 3-57, 3-48
Punts 7-35.9, 9-34.7
Fumbles 1-1, 1-1
Penalties 6-40, 15-111
Third Down Conversations 7-16, 1-14
Red Zone scores 2-3, 1-3
Couple of things jump out. In a previous blog (scroll down) we talked about Stacy Tutt , who had a career game, passing for two TD’s and running for another. He had 132 yards passing and 117 rushing.
The 15 penalties for 111 yards probably figured into our atrocious 1-14 third down conversations that day. UMass looked flat after our emotional win over Colgate, but the penalties problem would dog UMass for the rest of the season.
Images from the UMass athletic Dept website. Photographer not listed.
