1983 UMass Minutemen football team

1983 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. T–13 Boston University +^	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Connecticut +	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
No. 20 New Hampshire	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
UMass	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Maine	0	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

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

The 1983 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1983 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 1983 season was Pickett's last as coach of the Minutemen, who won four conference championships and appeared in the National Championship Game once during his tenure. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–8 overall and 2–3 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 13–45	20,061
September 17	Holy Cross*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 0–17	13,591	^[1]
September 24	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 21–7	12,500	^[2]
October 1	Rhode Island	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 3–13	6,831
October 8	at Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 13–16	19,737
October 15	Maine	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 17–7	8,327
October 22	No. 20 Boston University	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 24–21	11,210
October 29	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 6–16	14,546
November 5	at Lehigh*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 20–21	14,000	^[3]
November 12	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 10–35	6,300
November 19	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	L 14–31	4,200
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ Monahan, Bob (September 18, 1983). "Holy Cross Defense Nails UMass". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (September 25, 1983). "UMass Starts Fast, Outflexes Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Meixell, Ted (November 6, 1983). "Lehigh Scores Miracle Win". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.

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