1996 UMass Minutemen football team

The 1996 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mike Hodges and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 6–5 overall and 4–4 in conference play.

1996 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceYankee Conference
DivisionNew England Division
1996 record6–5 (4–4 YC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
1996 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
New England
No. 18 New Hampshire x  6 –2     8 –3  
Maine  5 –3     7 –4  
UMass  4 –4     6 –5  
Connecticut  3 –5     4 –6  
Rhode Island  2 –6     4 –6  
Boston University  0 –8     1 –10  
Mid-Atlantic
No. 7 William & Mary x$^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 14 Villanova ^  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 11 Delaware ^  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 23 James Madison  5 –3     7 –4  
Northeastern  3 –5     6 –5  
Richmond  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 71:00 p.m.at Villanova*
L 14–506,207
September 141:00 p.m.at Holy Cross*
W 28–108,770
September 211:00 p.m.at Richmond
W 23–17 OT15,237
September 2812:00 p.m.Northeastern
W 21–1412,206
October 51:00 p.m.at Rhode Island
L 21–415,390
October 121:00 p.m.at Boston University
W 43–1215,201
October 191:00 p.m.Buffalo*
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 41–208,819
October 2612:30 p.m.at No. 24 New Hampshire
L 7–405,317
November 212:30 p.m.Maine
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
L 14–226,251
November 91:00 p.m.at No. 13 William & Mary
L 6–306,867
November 1612:30 p.m.Connecticut
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA (rivalry)
W 39–387,216
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings#the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted Poll|the FCS Sports Network Poll,[2] unless otherwise noted Poll]] released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References
  1. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/tsn-div-1aa-poll.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at WebCite
  2. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/tsn-div-1aa-poll.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at WebCite


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