The 2017 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

This was the fourth year of head coach Mark Whipple's second stint at UMass and 10th year overall.

The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums.

Five home games were played at the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium with their final home game at Fenway Park.

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