1985 UMass Minutemen football team

1985 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	7–4 (4–1 YC)
Head coach	Bob Stull (2nd season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)

1985 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	Morgan State*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 38–9	11,918
September 14	at Richmond*	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	L 14–19	14,068
September 21	Holy Cross*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 27–3	13,814
September 28	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA	L 3–10	15,000
October 5	Rhode Island	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 3–7	6,871
October 12	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 10–7	5,100
October 19	Maine	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 20–7	5,644
October 26	Boston University	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 17–14	11,072
November 2	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	W 21–7	11,340
November 9	Delaware*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 24–27	9,121
November 16	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 21–17	8,419
*Non-conference game