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2014MASSACHUSETTS UMASS FOOTBALL MASSACHUSETTS VS2014 COLORADO MINUTEMEN • SEPT. 6, 2014 • 3:00 FOOTBALL PM • ESPN3 • GILLETTE STADIUM MASSACHUSETTS VS COLORADO • SEPT. 6, 2014 • 3:00 PM • ESPN3 • GILLETTE STADIUM UMASS & COLORADO KICK OFF THREE- WHAT’S INSIDE GAME SERIES ON SATURDAY Page 2 2013 Recap/Weekly Info • The UMass Minutemen and Colorado Buffaloes officially begin Page 3 Team Notes/Series Info their three game series on Saturday at Gillette Stadium. The Page 4 Offensive Notes/Quick Facts first-time foes are also scheduled to play in 2015 and 2021 in Page 5 Defensive Notes/Situational Record Page 6 Special Teams Notes UMASS (0-1) vs. Boulder. Both teams are coming off losses to in-state rivals last Colorado (0-1) weekend. Colorado fell to Colorado State in Denver, 31-17, while Page 7 Misc. Notes/National Polls UMass lost to Boston College, 30-7, at Gillette Stadium. Page 8-9 Mark Whipple Bio Page 10-11 Roster/Position Breakdown Date: Sept. 6, 2014 • The UMass Sports Network will feature Voice of the Minutemen Page 12 Depth Chart/Pronunciation Time: 3:00 PM (EST) Josh Maurer handling play-by-play duties alongside analyst Matt Page 13 Player Bios Goldstein, and sideline reporter Cody Chrusciel. The game can Site: Foxboro, Mass. SERIES HISTORY Stadium: Gillette Stadium (68,756) be heard live starting at 2:40 PM (EST) on 105.5 FM WEEI (Spring- • Saturday will be the first meeting between Streaming Video: ESPN3, WatchESPN - Bob Pi- field), 1440 AM WVEI (Worcester) and 1200 AM WXKS (Boston/ the two programs as part of a three-game series cozzi (play-by-play), Matt Chatham (color) Manchester/Providence). The broadcast is also available online (2015 & 2021). This will also be the first time through www.UMassAthletics.com and on smart phones and tab- UMass has faced any team from the Pac-12 Con- Radio: UMass Sports Network (105.5 FM WEEI lets through the TuneIn app. ference. Springfield, 1440 AM WVEI Worcester, 1200 AM • Today UMass offers fans the chance to WIN BIG with multiple QUICK SLANTS WXKS Boston, 95.9 FM WATD South Shore) - Josh • After being one of the youngest teams in col- Maurer (Play-By-Play, Matt Goldstein (Color), prize give-ways during the game, which include a Peter Pan Bus Company Fan Appreciation Trip to Mohegan Sun on Nov. 23 to see lege football over the last two years, UMass will Cody Chrusciel (Sideline) had just 2 redshirt freshmen and no true fresh- the basketball team take on Florida State. Records: UMass is coming off a 30-7 loss against ment start against Boston College - In 2013 a to- • Before the game, UMass presented fans with A Taste of Amherst in tal of 11 freshmen (true & redshirt) started the Boston College last Saturday at Gillette Sta- season-opener at Wisconsin. dium. Colorado fell to in-state rival Colorado MinuteFan Park. The second annual event brings to Gillette Stadium with some of fans’ favorite food such as Antonio’s Pizza, Black • The UMass/Colorado game will feature a pair State 31-17 in Denver. of head coaches who have their sons playing for Sheep Deli, Wings Over Amherst, The Hangar, Moti and White Hut. Rankings: Neither team is ranked. them. Mike MacIntyre’s son Jay is a member of • On a picture perfect Saturday afternoon for college football last the Buffaloes, while Mark Whipple’s son Austin UMass Coach Mark Whipple: Whipple returns to plays for the Minutemen. Only Whipple, Wiscon- UMass after coaching stints in the NFL and at weekend, the season-opener against Boston College drew 30,479 fans to Gillette Stadium. That mark was a program record for a sin’s Gary Andersen, and Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz cur- the University of Miami. Whipple is most well- rently have a son on the coaching staff as well as home game and the second-largest crowd for a UMass game at known for leading UMass to the I-AA National a son on the roster. Gillette Stadium. In 2010, there were 32,848 fans for the first- • Tajae Sharpe’s 77-yard touchdown reception Title in 1998 which was his first year as head ever college football game hosted by the stadium in the Colonial against Boston College was the 9th longest in coach of the Minutemen. Clash between UMass and New Hampshire, during which UNH was program history. Colorado Coach Mike MacIntyre: MacIntyre the home team. • 15 players made their UMass debut against Bos- enters his second season at Colorado after being ton College including QB Blake Frohnapfel. • Being a member of the PAC-12, Colorado pres- hired in Dec. 2012. MacIntyre came to Boulder af- ents one of the few opportunities for UMass cen- ter three years at San Jose State (2010-12). WELCOME TO ALUMS OF TODAY’S GAME SPONSOR SCHOOLS • Each game this season is presented by a different College of the ter Matt Sparks to play against fellow Hawaiians: Juda Parker (Aiea), Kaiwi Crabb (Honolulu), K.T. University. Today, we welcome alumi from the College of Social and Tu’umalo (Honolulu) & Jaisen Sanchez (Kapolei). Behavioral Sciences and the College of Natural Sciences. Sparks played against all but Sanchez in high school on the island of Oahu. UMASS MEDIA RELATIONS Address: 290 Boyden Building MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN COLORADO BUFFALOES Amherst, MA 01003 (0-1, 0-0 MAC) (0-1, 0-0 ACC) Phone: 413-545-1744 Date OPPONENT TElEVISION TIME/RESULT Date Opponent TIME/RESULT Fax: 413-545-1752 AUG. 30 Boston COLLEGE ESPN3 L, 7-30 Aug. 29 at Colorado State l, 17-31 Website: www.UMassAthletics.com ESPN3 Asst. AD/Media Relations (FB Contact): SEPT. 6 COLORADO 3 PM Sept. 6 at Massachusetts 3 PM John Sinnett Sept. 13 at Vanderbilt FSN Noon SEPT. 13 ARIZONA State* 10 PM EMail: [email protected] Sept. 20 at Penn State TBA SEPT. 20 Hawai’I TBA Cell: 413-687-2237 SEPT. 27 BOWLING GREEN * TBA Sept. 27 at California* TBA Second FB Contact: Cody Lahl EMail: [email protected] Oct. 4 at Miami (Oh) * TBA OCT. 4 OREGON State* TBA Cell: 845-750-4225 Oct. 11 at Kent State * TBA Oct. 18 at USC* TBA Assoc. Director: Brian Henry OCT. 18 EASTERN MICHIGAN * TBA OCT. 25 UCLA* TBA Asst. Director: Jillian Jakuba Oct. 25 at Toledo * 2 PM NOV. 1 Washington* TBA Pressbox Phone: 508-698-1960 ESPN2/ESPNU UMass Twitter: @UMassAthletics NOV. 12 BALL State * 8 PM Nov. 8 at Arizona* TBA Football Twitter: @UMassFootball Nov. 18 at Akron * ESPNU/ESPN3 8 PM Nov. 22 at Oregon* TBA Facebook: NOV. 28 BUFFALO * TBA NOV. 29 Utah* TBA www.facebook.com/umassathletics YouTube: www.youtube.com/umassathletics GAMES IN Gray at MCGUIRK ALUMNI Stadium 1 2014 UMASS FOOTBALL MASSACHUSETTS VS COLORADO • SEPT. 6, 2014 • 3:00 PM • ESPN3 • GILLETTE STADIUM BOSTON COLLEGE UMass was unable to keep up with Boston College, dropping the season open- AME EEK er 30-7 before a record home crowd of more than 30,000 at Gillette Stadium. G W AUGUST 30 MAC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE BC’s Tyler Murphy ran for 118 yards and a touchdown, while also completing ILLETTE TADIUM Every Monday morning through the end of the sea- G S 17-of-24 for 173 yards and a TD and an interception. UMass’ Blake Frohnapfel son, the MAC Football Conference will conduct a 3:00 PM EST was 9-of-22 for 147 yards, including a 77-yard scoring toss to junior Tajae teleconference with each of its head coaches. The L, 7-30 Sharpe. The 30,479 marked a school record for a UMass home game. teleconference will start at 9:20 a.m. with a brief Buffalo First Meeting in the series ... Teams are scheduled to play again in 2015 and recap of the weekend’s action and other pertinent 2021 - both games in Boulder, Colo. information. Following that, each head coach has SEPTEMBER 6 an assigned 8-minute slot to discuss his team and GILLETTE STADIUM its upcoming opponent, and field any questions from 3:00 PM EST the media. For numbers and codes to access the call, ESPN3 please contact Ken Mather in the MAC Office at (216) 566-4622 or e-mail at [email protected]. The AT VANDErbilt conference call will also be available online at www. SEPTEMBER 13 mac-sports.com. VANDERBILT STADIUM 12:00 PM ET WEEKLY UMASS SPORTS LUNCEHON Head coach Mark Whipple will be in attendance FOX SPORTS NET and available to the media at select UMass Sports PENN State Luncheons, held each Wednesday at 12:15 p.m., normally in the Massachusetts Room located in the SEPTEMBER 20 Mullins Center. In addition, the UMass Athlete of the BEAVER STADIUM Week and his or her coach will be available to the me- TBA dia. Lunch for the media is provided free of charge. Please contact the UMass Media Relations Office by BOWLING GrEEN Monday if you will be attending the luncheon so we can make the necessary reservations. SEPTEMBER 27 MCGUIRK STADIUM COVERING PRACTICE 3:00 PM All practices are closed to fans and the media. In- terviews can be arranged by contacting John Sinnett AT MIAMI (OHIO) in the UMass Media Relations Office to set-up post OCTOBER 4 practice interviews. Television stations are allowed AGER TADIUM to shoot the first 15 minutes of practice for b-roll. Y S TBA THE UMASS SPORTS INSIDER The 30-minute UMass Sports Insider weekly television AT KENT State show airs every Saturday on Comcast SportsNet New OCTOBER 11 England and Fox Sports. Voice of the Minutemen Josh DIX STADIUM Maurer joins Mark Whipple for an in-depth look at TBA UMass football.