1981 UMass Minutemen football team

1981 UMass Minutemen football
Yankee Conference co-champion
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	6–3 (4–1 YC)
Head coach	Bob Pickett (4th season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium (17,000)

1981 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19	Holy Cross*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 13–10
September 26	Dartmouth*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 10–8
October 3	Rhode Island	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 10–16
October 10	at Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 15–38
October 17	Maine	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 20–7
October 24	Boston University	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 34–20
October 31	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	W 29–24
November 7	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	L 22–52
November 14	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 20–9
*Non-conference game

References

• UMass Athletics Archive (Archived 2012-03-03)