Pehle kabhi 26 October 2024 ke baad, Massachusetts Minutemen ne college football match jeeta hai. UMass ne road Thursday raat Rutgers ko 37-21 se defeat kiya apne naye campaign ki shuruwat jeet se ki. Minutemen shuru mein 7-0 piche gir gaye, phir unhone 30 unanswered points score kare.

UMass quarterback William "Pop" Watson III ne 197 yards par par 3 scores maara, jabki Curtis Kimmons IV ne 78 yards par ek touchdown kiya. Watson, UMass ke aise pehle khelne wale player hain jo 80% completion rate ke andar 3 passing touchdowns mare hain, jabki current Jacksonville Jaguars ke coach Liam Coen ne 2008 mein ye kiya tha. Rutgers, UMass ke current head coach Joe Harasymiak se bahut vicharit hai.

Use 2022 se 2024 tak Rutgers ke defensive coordinator ki zimmedari thi, phir UMS job thi. Harasymiak ki UMS head coach banne pe pehli victory uski apni team se thi. UMass ki unlikely opening win ke behad key numbers yeh hain. 1,104: Ek jeetne wala record bahut samay se aane wala tha Minutemen ke liye. 26 August 2023 ko unhone New Mexico State ko defeat karke 1-0 se season shuru kiya tha, phir unhone seven matches seedhe gawaayen.

Jab tak Thursday ko, UMass ki Aggies par jeet uski program ki last wali jeet thi jiske paas record jeetna tha—exactly 1,104 days pehle. 37: Minutemen scoreboard par 37 points leke aaye the. Unhone August 2023 ke match mein se zyada points score kiye the the. Aur program ki offensive struggleon ka hisaab lekar bhi chala jaye, bas 2019 ke baad victory wale match mein 30 se zyada points score karna second baar hua hai. 29.5: Surprisingly, bookmakers ne Rutgers ko favored kiya tha.

Scarlet Knights 29.5 points ke favorite the, Draft Kings ke according. Yeh defeat 2021 mein Kansas (+31) ne Texas ko harane se badi FBS upset thi. It's also Rutgers' largest upset loss since the FBS/FCS split in 1978. 16: Minutemen ke losing ways shuru hue the nearly do saal pehle.

Jab tak Thursday ko, unke paas 16-game skid thi, tab tak sabse lambi active FBS losing streak. Ab Oklahoma State 11 games ke saath sabse lambi holding rakhta hai. 5: Bhi headline match ki ho sakti hai UMass ki offensive par, lekin uski defense bhi equally important thi. Minutemen ne five turnovers force kiye, jismein Rutgers quarterback Dylan Lonergan ke 3 interceptions the, jo 17 points leke aaye the.

UMass ne kabhi five turnovers force kiye the the victory against Akron 10 November 2022 ke baad. .041: Pehle drive ke baad first contest ke baad, laga ki UMass ki story same thi jaise thi Rutgers 7-0 upar gaya. Numbers se lag raha tha ki loss ek formality thi zaalimin ke liye. UMass ne 2013 se FBS mein upar chalte hue 2026 season mein entry kiya tha jab 5-116 record jab seven points behind the the, .041 win percentage—FBS team is worst win percentage over that span.

Lekin jaise log kehte hain, baaki history thi. ESPN Research is story mein contribute kiya.