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
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2016 UMass Minutemen football team