1983 UMass Minutemen football team

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1983 Yankee Conference football standings

	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

September 10at Toledo*

• Glass Bowl
• Toledo, OH

L 13–45 20,061 September 17Holy Cross*

• Alumni Stadium
• Hadley, MA

L 0–17 13,591 September 24at Harvard*

• Harvard Stadium
• Allston, MA

L 21–7 12,500 October 1Rhode Island

• Alumni Stadium
• Hadley, MA

W 3–13 6,831 October 8at Delaware*

• Delaware Stadium
• Newark, DE

L 13–16 19,737 October 15Maine

• Alumni Stadium
• Hadley, MA

W 17–7 8,327 October 22Boston University

• Alumni Stadium
• Hadley, MA

W 24–21 11,210 October 29at Connecticut

• Memorial Stadium
• Storrs, CT (Rivalry)

L 6–16 14,546 November 5at Lehigh*

• Taylor Stadium
• Bethlehem, PA

L 20–21 14,000 November 12at New Hampshire

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH (Rivalry)

L 10–35 6,300 November 19at Northeastern*

• Parsons Field
• Brookline, MA

L 14–31 4,200