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 Hadley, 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.
| 1983 UMass Minutemen football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| 1983 record | 3–8 (2–3 YC) |
| Head coach | Bob Pickett (6th season) |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium (17,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–13 Boston University +^ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 New Hampshire | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 10 | at Toledo* | L 13–45 | 20,061 | |
| September 17 | Holy Cross* | L 0–17 | 13,591 | |
| September 24 | at Harvard* | L 21–7 | 12,500 | |
| October 1 | Rhode Island |
| W 3–13 | 6,831 |
| October 8 | at Delaware* | L 13–16 | 19,737 | |
| October 15 | Maine |
| W 17–7 | 8,327 |
| October 22 | Boston University |
| W 24–21 | 11,210 |
| October 29 | at Connecticut | L 6–16 | 14,546 | |
| November 5 | at Lehigh* | L 20–21 | 14,000 | |
| November 12 | at New Hampshire |
| L 10–35 | 6,300 |
| November 19 | at Northeastern* | L 14–31 | 4,200 | |
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