1985 UMass Minutemen football team
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1985 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 7–4 (4–1 Yankee) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Jim Reid (8th season) |
Home stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Rhode Island $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1985 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Stull and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1985 season was notable as it was Bob Stull's last as coach of the Minutemen, as Stull left after the season to become the head coach at UTEP. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–4 overall and 4–1 in conference play.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 7 | Morgan State* | W 38–9 | 11,918 | |||
September 14 | at Richmond* | L 14–19 | 14,068 | [1] | ||
September 21 | Holy Cross* |
| W 27–3 | 13,814 | ||
September 28 | at Harvard* | No. 17 | L 3–10 | 15,000 | ||
October 5 | Rhode Island |
| L 3–7 | 6,871 | ||
October 12 | at Northeastern* | W 10–7 | 5,100 | |||
October 19 | Maine |
| W 20–7 | 5,644 | ||
October 26 | Boston University |
| W 17–14 | 11,072 | ||
November 2 | at Connecticut | W 21–7 | 11,340 | |||
November 9 | No. T–17 Delaware* |
| L 24–27 | 9,121 | ||
November 16 | at New Hampshire | W 21–17 | 8,419 | |||
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References
- ^ "Richmond tumbles UMass". The Boston Globe. September 15, 1985. Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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