| 1981UMass Minutemen football | |
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (4–1 Yankee) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Jim Reid (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island +^ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–10UMass + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–10New Hampshire | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1981 UMass Minutemen football team represented theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst in the1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of theYankee Conference. The team was coached byBob Pickett and played its home games atAlumni Stadium inHadley, Massachusetts. The 1981 season saw the Minutemen win their thirteenth Yankee Conference title. UMass finished the season with a record of 6–3 overall and 4–1 in conference play.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | Holy Cross* | W 13–10 | 9,960 | [1] | ||
| September 26 | Dartmouth* |
| W 10–8 | 11,855 | [2] | |
| October 3 | Rhode Island | No. 6 |
| L 10–16 | [3] | |
| October 10 | at No. T–7Delaware* | L 15–38 | 19,581 | [4] | ||
| October 17 | Maine |
| W 20–7 | [5] | ||
| October 24 | Boston University |
| W 34–20 | [6] | ||
| October 31 | atConnecticut | W 29–24 | 15,980 | [7] | ||
| November 7 | atBoston College* | L 22–52 | 20,400 | [8] | ||
| November 14 | at No. 4New Hampshire | W 20–9 | [9] | |||
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