1985 UMass Minutemen football team
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Rhode Island $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1985 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Bob Stull and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1985 season was notable as it was Bob Stull's last as coach of the Minutemen, as Stull left after the season to become the head coach at UTEP. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–4 overall and 4–1 in conference play.
Schedule
September 7Morgan State*
W 38–9 11,918 September 14at Richmond*
L 14–19 14,068 September 21Holy Cross*
- McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
W 27–3 13,814 September 28at Harvard*
L 3–10 15,000 October 5Rhode Island
- McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
L 3–7 6,871 October 12at Northeastern*
W 10–7 5,100 October 19Maine
- McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
W 20–7 5,644 October 26Boston University
- McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
W 17–14 11,072 November 2at Connecticut
W 21–7 11,340 November 9Delaware*
- McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
L 24–27 9,121 November 16at New Hampshire
W 21–17 8,419
