UMass Football Future Schedule Series Updates & Additions

University of Massachusetts Director of Athleticsand the UMass football program announced multiple future season schedule additions and a scheduling adjustment on Thursday. It includes series with eight FBS programs: Army West Point, Eastern Michigan, Liberty, Mississippi State, Missouri, New Mexico, Northern Illinois and Penn State."We are pleased to be announce a number of great games with quality FBS opponents in future years," Bamford said. "Coach Bell's program will see a healthy mix of games versus regional and national opponents, which is an important piece of our plan to create a sustainable future for UMass Football as an FBS Independent."The newest additions to future UMass football schedules include series with Missouri, New Mexico, Northern Illinois and Penn State, of which the meetings with Missouri, New Mexico and Northern Illinois will be home-and-home.Southeastern Conference (SEC) member Missouri will visit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and McGuirk Alumni Stadium in 2024 before the Minutemen travel to the Tigers during the 2025 season. Massachusetts added a two-game series with New Mexico, traveling to the Lobos in 2020 ahead of the teams' meeting in the Bay State during the 2023 campaign. The Minutemen return to former Mid-American Conference opponent Northern Illinois during 2024 and the Huskies make a trip East in 2025.Massachusetts and Army will square off during each of the next 10 seasons. The Minutemen will host the Black Knights in 2020, '22, '24, '26 and '28 while UMass heads to Michie Stadium in 2019, '21, '23, '25 and '27.UMass and Liberty is also now a 10-year agreement following the latest additions to the series already undertaken with Massachusetts' triple-overtime win against Liberty on Nov. 3, 2018. The Maroon and White will host the Flames in 2026 before the team heads to Lynchburg, Virginia, in 2027. An eight-game series spanning the 2018-25 was announced prior to the 2018 campaign.An adjustment and additions to the upcoming UMass-Eastern Michigan series includes two more games between the Minutemen and the Eagles. Massachusetts will host EMU in 2021 and '24 while UMass visits Ypsilanti, Michigan, during the 2022 and '23 seasons. Additionally, the Minutemen will now head to Mississippi State on Oct. 19, 2024. The game at Davis Wade Stadium was previously set for Oct. 17, 2020.Massachusetts will travel to Penn State in 2023, part of a two-sport agreement that includes a home-and-home men's basketball series starting in 2021 at UMass.For more information on supporting the UMass Football program, please visit the Gridiron Club website UMass football season ticket renewals will launch in tandem with National Signing Day on Thurs., Feb. 14 while new season tickets will be available beginning on Wed., April 10, 2019. Additionally, the UMass football mini-plans will become available on Wed., July 10. Visit UMassAthletics.com/tickets or contact the UMass Athletics Ticket Office at 866-UMASS-TIX for more information.Stay tuned to UMassAthletics.com for all the latest information on all 21 Massachusetts Athletics varsity programs. Follow UMass football on Twitter Instagram and Facebook for complete coverage of the team.at Army in 2019, '21, '23, '25, '27 | at Massachusetts in 2020, '22, '24, '26, '28at Massachusetts in 2021, '24 | at Eastern Michigan in 2022, '23at Massachusetts in 2019, '22, '24, '26 | at Liberty in 2020, '21, '23, '25, '27Game previously scheduled for Oct. 17, 2020 at Mississippi State moved to Oct. 19, 2024at Massachusetts in 2024 | at Missouri in 2025at New Mexico in 2020 | at Massachusetts in 2023at Northern Illinois in 2024 | at Massachusetts in 2025at Penn State in 2023