1986 UMass Minutemen football team
| 1986 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 8–3 (5–2 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Delaware +^ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Connecticut + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Jim Reid and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1986 season was notable as it was Jim Reid's first as coach of the Minutemen. Reid led UMass to their first conference championship since 1982. UMass finished the season with a record of 8–3 overall and 5–2 in conference play.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | at James Madison* | W 16–14 | 12,400 | [1] | |
| September 13 | Richmond | W 24–21 | 13,642 | [2] | |
| September 27 | Northeastern* |
| W 31–28 | 13,753 | |
| October 4 | at Rhode Island | W 31–14 | 6,356 | ||
| October 11 | Delaware |
| L 13–41 | 13,888 | |
| October 18 | at Maine | W 23–13 | 8,500 | ||
| October 25 | at Boston University | W 34–25 | 12,249 | ||
| November 1 | at Holy Cross* | L 7–41 | 18,861 | [3] | |
| November 8 | at Harvard* | W 17–7 | 1,250 | [4] | |
| November 15 | New Hampshire |
| W 38–31 | 8,117 | |
| November 22 | Connecticut |
| L 17–20 | 10,973 | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Bonvini kicks in for UMass". The Boston Globe. September 7, 1986. Retrieved October 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UMass rallies to take Richmond 24–21". The Morning News. September 14, 1986. Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Holy Cross Routs UMass, 41-7". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. November 2, 1986. pp. D9, D8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 9, 1986). "UMass Rams Harvard, 17-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
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