1981 UMass Minutemen football team

1981 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference co-champion
Conference Yankee Conference
1981 record 63 (41 YC)
Head coach Bob Pickett (4th year)
Home stadium Alumni Stadium (17,000)
1981 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Rhode Island +^ 4 1 0     6 6 0
UMass + 4 1 0     6 3 0
Boston University 3 2 0     6 5 0
#10 New Hampshire 2 3 0     7 3 0
Connecticut 1 4 0     4 7 0
Maine 1 4 0     3 7 1
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

The 1981 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Pickett and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1981 season saw the Minutemen win their thirteenth Yankee Conference title. UMass finished the season with a record of 63 overall and 41 in conference play.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 19 Holy Cross* Alumni StadiumHadley, MA W 1310    
September 26 Dartmouth* Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA W 108    
October 3 Rhode Island Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA L 1016    
October 10 at Delaware* Delaware StadiumNewark, DE L 1538    
October 17 Maine Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA W 207    
October 24 Boston University Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA W 3420    
October 31 at Connecticut Memorial StadiumStorrs, CT (Rivalry) W 2924    
November 7 at Boston College* Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA (Rivalry) L 2252    
November 14 at New Hampshire Cowell StadiumDurham, NH (Rivalry) W 209    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. The Sports Network. "The Sports Network - Football Championship Subdivision". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-02-15.

UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)

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