# 2016 UMass Minutemen football team

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

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 25 Florida | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL | SECN | L 7–24 | 88,121 |
| September 10 | 12:00 p.m. | Boston College | Gillette StadiumFoxboro, MA (rivalry) | ASN/ESPN3 | L 7–26 | 25,112 |
| September 17 | 3:30 p.m. | FIU | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ASN/ESPN3 | W 21–13 | 12,202 |
| September 24 | 3:30 p.m. | Mississippi State | Gillette StadiumFoxboro, MA | ASN/ESPN3 | L 35–47 | 13,074 |
| October 1 | 3:30 p.m. | Tulane | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ASN/ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 14,892 |
| October 7 | 8:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | CUSA.tv | L 16–36 | 20,118 |
| October 15 | 3:30 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | Gillette StadiumFoxboro, MA | ASN/ESPN3 | L 28–56 | 13,311 |
| October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at South Carolina | Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC | SECN | L 28–34 | 73,428 |
| October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Wagner | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | ASN/ESPN3 | W 34–10 | 8,468 |
| November 5 | 3:30 p.m. | at Troy | Veterans Memorial StadiumTroy, AL | ESPN3 | L 31–52 | 21,763 |
| November 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at BYU | LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT | BYUtv/ESPN3 | L 9–51 | 51,190 |
| November 26 | 11:00 p.m. | at Hawaii | Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI | Oceanic PPV | L 40–46 | 22,739 |
| HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
    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.
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## Game summaries
### Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| #25 Gators | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
* Broadcasters: Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic

### Boston College

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| Minutemen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
* Broadcasters: Eric Frede, Andy Gresh

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Minutemen | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
* Broadcasters: John Rooke, Pete Brock

### Mississippi State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 47 |
| Minutemen | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
* Broadcasters: Eric Frede, Andy Gresh

### Tulane

| | 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

| | 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

| | 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

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Gamecocks | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
* Broadcasters: Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic

### Wagner

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Minutemen | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
* Broadcasters: John Rooke, Pete Brock

### Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Trojans | 21 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 52 |
* Broadcasters: Matt Stewart, Tom O'Brien

### BYU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Cougars | 0 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 51 |
* Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Lauren Francom

### Hawaii

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| Rainbow Warriors | 10 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 46 |
* Broadcasters: Robert Kekaula, Rich Miano, Scott Robbs