1986 UMass Minutemen football team
1986 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
1986 record | 8–3 (5–2 YC) |
Head coach | Jim Reid (1st year) |
Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#13 Delaware +^ | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#19 Connecticut + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 6 | at James Madison* | JMU Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA | W 16–14 | 12,400 | |||||
September 13 | Richmond | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 24–21 | 13,642 | |||||
September 27 | Northeastern* | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 31–28 | 13,753 | |||||
October 4 | at Rhode Island | Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI | W 31–14 | 6,356 | |||||
October 11 | Delaware | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA | L 13–41 | 13,888 | |||||
October 18 | at Maine | The Ball Park • Old Orchard Beach, ME | W 23–13 | 8,500 | |||||
October 25 | at Boston University | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | W 34–25 | 12,249 | |||||
November 1 | at Holy Cross* | Fitton Field • Worcester, MA | L 7–41 | 18,861 | |||||
November 8 | at Harvard* | Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA | W 17–7 | 1,250 | |||||
November 15 | New Hampshire | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry) | W 38–31 | 8,117 | |||||
November 22 | Connecticut | McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA (Rivalry) | L 17–20 | 10,973 | |||||
*Non-conference game. ![]() |
References
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