1983 UMass Minutemen football team

The 1983 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1983 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 Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1983 season was Pickett's last as coach of the Minutemen, who won four conference championships and appeared in the National Championship Game once during his tenure. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–8 overall and 2–3 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10, 1983		at Toledo*		Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH		L 13–45	20,061
September 17, 1983		Holy Cross*		Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA		L 0–17	13,591
September 24, 1983		at Harvard*		Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA		L 21–7	12,500
October 1, 1983		Rhode Island		Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA		W 3–13	6,831
October 8, 1983		at Delaware*		Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE		L 13–16	19,737
October 15, 1983		Maine		Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA		W 17–7	8,327
October 22, 1983		Boston University		Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA		W 24–21	11,210
October 29, 1983		at Connecticut		Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT		L 6–16	14,546
November 5, 1983		at Lehigh*		Taylor Stadium • Bethlehem, PA		L 20–21	14,000
November 12, 1983		at New Hampshire		Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH		L 10–35	6,300
November 19, 1983		at Northeastern*		Parsons Field • Brookline, MA		L 14–31	4,200
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time.

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