American college football season
The 2016 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . This is their third year with head coach Mark Whipple . The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and the other three games on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium . This was UMass's first season as an independent . They finished the season 2–10.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 7:30 p.m. at No. 25 Florida SECN L 7–2488,121 September 10 12:00 p.m. Boston College ASN /ESPN3 L 7–2625,112 September 17 3:30 p.m. FIU ASN/ESPN3 W 21–1312,202 September 24 3:30 p.m. Mississippi State Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA ASN/ESPN3 L 35–4713,074 October 1 3:30 p.m. Tulane Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA ASN/ESPN3 L 24–3114,892 October 7[a] 8:00 p.m. at Old Dominion CUSA.tv L 16–3620,118 October 15 3:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA ASN/ESPN3 L 28–5613,311 October 22 12:00 p.m. at South Carolina SECN L 28–3473,428 October 29 12:00 p.m. Wagner Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA ASN/ESPN3 W 34–108,468 November 5 3:30 p.m. at Troy ESPN3 L 31–5221,763 November 19 2:00 p.m. at BYU BYUtv /ESPN3L 9–5151,190 November 26 11:00 p.m. at Hawaii Oceanic PPV L 40–4622,739
^[a] The game between Massachusetts and Old Dominion on October 8, 2016, was rescheduled due to Hurricane Matthew . The game was moved a day sooner to October 7, 2016 with an 8:00pm kickoff.[1] Schedule Source: [2] Game summaries [ edit ] Florida [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Minutemen 0 7 0 0 7 #25 Gators 7 3 0 14 24
Boston College [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 13 6 7 26 Minutemen 7 0 0 0 7
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 3 0 10 0 13 Minutemen 0 14 7 0 21
Mississippi State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 3 10 28 6 47 Minutemen 7 7 7 14 35
Broadcasters: Eric Frede, Andy Gresh
1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 7 3 14 7 31 Minutemen 14 0 0 10 24
Broadcasters: Eric Frede, Andy Gresh
Old Dominion [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Minutemen 0 9 7 0 16 Monarchs 10 9 10 7 36
Broadcasters: Ted Alexander, Andy Mashaw, Doug Ripley
Louisiana Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 21 14 14 56 Minutemen 7 7 7 7 28
Broadcasters: Eric Frede, Andy Gresh, Hali Oughton
South Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Minutemen 0 14 0 14 28 Gamecocks 14 13 7 0 34
Broadcasters: Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic
1 2 3 4 Total Seahawks 0 0 3 7 10 Minutemen 14 13 7 0 34
Broadcasters: John Rooke, Pete Brock
1 2 3 4 Total Minutemen 14 3 7 7 31 Trojans 21 7 10 14 52
1 2 3 4 Total Minutemen 6 3 0 0 9 Cougars 0 14 20 17 51
1 2 3 4 Total Minutemen 3 10 13 14 40 Rainbow Warriors 10 14 9 13 46
References [ edit ]
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