1996 UMass Minutemen football team

1996 Yankee Conference football standings
	New England
	Mid-Atlantic
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1996 UMass Minutemen football
1996 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
	New England Division
1996 record	6–5 (4–4 YC)
Head coach	Mike Hodges (5th season);
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mike Hodges and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 6–5 overall and 4–4 in conference play.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	1:00 p.m.	at Villanova*	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 14–50	6,207
September 14	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–10	8,770
September 21	1:00 p.m.	at Richmond	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 23–17 ^OT	15,237	^[1]
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Northeastern	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 21–14	12,206
October 5	1:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 21–41	5,390
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 43–12	15,201	^[2]
October 19	1:00 p.m.	Buffalo*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 41–20	8,819
October 26	12:30 p.m.	at No. 24 New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 7–40	5,317
November 2	12:30 p.m.	Maine	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 14–22	6,251
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at No. 13 William & Mary	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	L 6–30	6,867
November 16	12:30 p.m.	Connecticut	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 39–38	7,216
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Minutemen show spirit in OT thriller". The Boston Globe. September 22, 1996. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Joe Burris (October 13, 1996). "UMass flattens Terriers". The Boston Globe. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.

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1996 UMass Minutemen football

Conference	Yankee Conference
Division	New England Division
1996 record	6–5 (4–4 YC)
Head coach	Mike Hodges (5th season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
New England
No. 18 New Hampshire x		6	–	2		8	–	3
Maine		5	–	3		7	–	4
UMass		4	–	4		6	–	5
Connecticut		3	–	5		4	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6		4	–	6
Boston University		0	–	8		1	–	10
Mid-Atlantic
No. 7 William & Mary x$^		7	–	1		10	–	3
No. 14 Villanova ^		6	–	2		8	–	4
No. 11 Delaware ^		6	–	2		8	–	4
No. 23 James Madison		5	–	3		7	–	4
Northeastern		3	–	5		6	–	5
Richmond		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll