1981 UMass Minutemen football team
American college football season
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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.
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record6–3 (4–1 Yankee)
Headcoach
- Bob Pickett (4th season)
DefensivecoordinatorJim Reid (4th season)
| 1981 UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (4–1 Yankee) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Jim Reid (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island +^ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–10 UMass + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–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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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | Holy Cross* | W 13–10 | 9,960 | [1] | ||
| September 26 | Dartmouth* |
| W 10–8 | 11,855 | [2] | |
| October 3 | Rhode Island | No. 6 |
| L 10–16 | [3] | |
| October 10 | at No. T–7 Delaware* | L 15–38 | 19,581 | [4] | ||
| October 17 | Maine |
| W 20–7 | [5] | ||
| October 24 | Boston University |
| W 34–20 | [6] | ||
| October 31 | at Connecticut | W 29–24 | 15,980 | [7] | ||
| November 7 | at Boston College* | L 22–52 | 20,400 | [8] | ||
| November 14 | at No. 4 New Hampshire | W 20–9 | [9] | |||
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