University of Massachusets Athletics
CAA Releases Its 2008 Schedule
March 31, 2008 | Football
March 31, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. - The 2008 CAA Football schedule was released Monday by Commissioner Thomas E. Yeager, and is made up of 91 games over a span of 13 weeks.
"Last season we placed a record five teams in the NCAA Playoffs as three advanced to the quarterfinals and the remaining two lost on the final play of their first-round games," Yeager said. "Delaware and Richmond both advanced to last year's National Semifinals, and the Blue Hens finished the 2007 season as the National Runner-Up."
The Minutemen will open the conference portion of their schedule on Sept. 13 when they travel to James Madison. They play their conference home-opener on October 4 when they play host to national finalist Delaware. UMass heads east to take on in-state rival Northeastern the following week, and returns home to take on Richmond on Oct. 18. Two weeks later, on Nov. 1, the Minutemen will travel to Rhode Island. Then it's a home contest with Maine on Oct. 8 before traveling to New Hampshire on Nov. 15. UMass will close the regular season at home against Hofstra on Nov. 22.
UMass' non-conference schedule includes the season-opener at the newly lit McGuirk Stadium vs. Albany on August 30. After hosting Holy Cross in 2007, the Minutemen will now travel to Worcester to take on the Crusaders on Sept. 6. On Sept. 20, they head to Lubbock, Texas to take on FBS power and 2008 Gator Bowl winner Texas Tech. UMass closes its non-conference slate at home vs. Bryant on Oct. 25.
Thirteen of the league's 43 non-conference tilts will feature opponents from the Bowl Subdivision classification, including seven teams which participated in bowl games last season - Hofstra/Connecticut (Aug. 28), Delaware/Maryland (Aug. 30), Towson/Navy (Aug. 30), Villanova/West Virginia (Aug. 30), Richmond/Virginia (Sept. 6), Massachusetts/Texas Tech (Sept. 20) and Rhode Island/Boston College (Sept. 27). CAA Football non-conference foes also include teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big East, the Big Ten, the Mid-American Conference and an FBS Independent. CAA Football teams have been successful against schools from the FBS ranks, logging at least two victories over the higher level foes in five of the last six seasons.
2008 CAA Football Composite Schedule
(As of March 26, 2008)
Thursday, August 28
Northeastern at Ball State
Hofstra at Connecticut
Saturday, August 30
Towson at Navy
Delaware at Maryland
Richmond at Elon
Albany at Massachusetts
Monmouth at Rhode Island
James Madison at Duke
Maine at Iowa
Villanova at West Virginia
Saturday, September 6
Morgan State at Towson
Richmond at Virginia
William and Mary at NC State
Massachusetts at Holy Cross
Rhode Island at Fordham
North Carolina Central at James Madison
New Hampshire at Army
Maine at Monmouth
Saturday, September 13
*Towson at Richmond
*Massachusetts at James Madison
*New Hampshire at Rhode Island
West Chester at Delaware
Northeastern at Georgia Southern
VMI at William and Mary
Stony Brook at Maine
Albany at Hofstra
Lehigh at Villanova
Saturday, September 20
*Maine at Richmond
*Rhode Island at Hofstra
Towson at Coastal Carolina
Delaware at Furman
Norfolk State at William and Mary
Massachusetts at Texas Tech
Appalachian State at James Madison
Albany at New Hampshire
Northeastern at Syracuse
Villanova at Penn
Saturday, September 27
*Richmond at Villanova
*James Madison at Maine
Columbia at Towson
Albany at Delaware
UC Davis at Northeastern
Rhode Island at Boston College
New Hampshire at Dartmouth
Hofstra at Stony Brook
Saturday, October 4
*Northeastern at Towson
*Delaware at Massachusetts
*Villanova at William and Mary
*Hofstra at James Madison
Richmond at VMI
Brown at Rhode Island
Saturday, October 11
*Rhode Island at Towson
*Maine at Delaware
*Massachusetts at Northeastern
*James Madison at Richmond
*William and Mary at New Hampshire
Saturday, October 18
*William and Mary at Delaware
*New Hampshire at Northeastern
*Richmond at Massachusetts
*Villanova at Rhode Island
*Hofstra at Maine
Saturday, October 25
*Delaware at Hofstra
*Northeastern at Maine
*Rhode Island at William and Mary
*James Madison at Villanova
*Towson at New Hampshire
Georgetown at Richmond
Bryant at Massachusetts
Saturday, November 1
*William and Mary at Towson
*Delaware at James Madison
*Villanova at Northeastern
*Massachusetts at Rhode Island
*Hofstra at New Hampshire
Iona at Maine
Saturday, November 8
*Towson at Delaware
*Northeastern at William and Mary
*Richmond at Hofstra
*Maine at Massachusetts
*New Hampshire at Villanova
Saturday, November 15
*Towson at Villanova
*Delaware at Richmond
*Northeastern at Hofstra
*William and Mary at James Madison
*Massachusetts at New Hampshire
*Maine at Rhode Island
Saturday, November 22
*James Madison at Towson
*Villanova at Delaware
*Rhode Island at Northeastern
*Richmond at William and Mary
*Hofstra at Massachusetts
*New Hampshire at Maine
Saturday, November 29
NCAA Division I Football
Championship -- First Round
Saturday, December 6
NCAA Division I Football
Championship -- Quarterfinals
Friday & Saturday, December 12 & 13
NCAA Division I Football
Championship -- Semifinals
Friday, December 19
NCAA Division I Football
Championship -- Title Game
(Finley Stadium/Davenport Field; Chattanooga, Tenn.)
* - CAA Football Game
Schedule subject to change
