1981 UMass Minutemen football team
| 1981 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| 1981 record | 6–3 (4–1 YC) |
| Head coach | Bob Pickett (4th year) |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 6–3 overall and 4–1 in conference play.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 19 | Holy Cross* | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 13–10 | ||||||
| September 26 | Dartmouth* | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 10–8 | ||||||
| October 3 | Rhode Island | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | L 10–16 | ||||||
| October 10 | at Delaware* | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE | L 15–38 | ||||||
| October 17 | Maine | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 20–7 | ||||||
| October 24 | Boston University | Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 34–20 | ||||||
| October 31 | at Connecticut | Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT (Rivalry) | W 29–24 | ||||||
| November 7 | at Boston College* | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Rivalry) | L 22–52 | ||||||
| November 14 | at New Hampshire | Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (Rivalry) | W 20–9 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ 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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