1986 UMass Minutemen football team

1986 UMass Minutemen football
1986 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference co-champion
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	8–3 (5–2 Yankee)
Head coach	Jim Reid (1st season);
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

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	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at James Madison*	JMU Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	W 16–14	12,400	^[1]
September 13	Richmond	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 24–21	13,642	^[2]
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	^[3]
November 8	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 17–7	1,250	^[4]
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

^ "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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