2016 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 2–10 |
Head coach |
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Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
Defensive coordinator | Tom Masella (5th season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | Gillette Stadium Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium |
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BYU | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | – | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | – | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2016 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This is their third year with head coach Mark Whipple. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and the other three games on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium. This was UMass's first season as an independent. They finished the season 2–10.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 25 Florida | SECN | L 7–24 | 88,121 | |
September 10 | 12:00 p.m. | Boston College | ASN/ESPN3 | L 7–26 | 25,112 | |
September 17 | 3:30 p.m. | FIU | ASN/ESPN3 | W 21–13 | 12,202 | |
September 24 | 3:30 p.m. | Mississippi State |
| ASN/ESPN3 | L 35–47 | 13,074 |
October 1 | 3:30 p.m. | Tulane |
| ASN/ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 14,892 |
October 7 [a] | 8:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion | CUSA.tv | L 16–36 | 20,118 | |
October 15 | 3:30 p.m. | Louisiana Tech |
| ASN/ESPN3 | L 28–56 | 13,311 |
October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at South Carolina | SECN | L 28–34 | 73,428 | |
October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Wagner |
| ASN/ESPN3 | W 34–10 | 8,468 |
November 5 | 3:30 p.m. | at Troy | ESPN3 | L 31–52 | 21,763 | |
November 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at BYU | BYUtv/ESPN3 | L 9–51 | 51,190 | |
November 26 | 11:00 p.m. | at Hawaii | Oceanic PPV | L 40–46 | 22,739 | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Minutemen | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
#25 Gators | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
Minutemen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
Minutemen | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 3 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 47 |
Minutemen | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Green Wave | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
Minutemen | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Minutemen | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
Monarchs | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 36 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
Minutemen | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Minutemen | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Gamecocks | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Seahawks | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Minutemen | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Minutemen | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Trojans | 21 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 52 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Minutemen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Cougars | 0 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 51 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Minutemen | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
Rainbow Warriors | 10 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 46 |
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