1987 UMass Minutemen football team

The 1987 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Jim Reid and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 3–8 overall and 2–5 in conference play.

1987 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	3–8 (2–5 Yankee)
Head coach	Jim Reid (2nd season)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

1987 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Maine +^	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 17 Richmond +^	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Delaware	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
UMass	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Boston University	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Maine	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 14–31	11,242
September 19	at Richmond	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	L 51–52 4OT	15,202
September 26	James Madison*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 15–21	10,303
October 3	Rhode Island	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 42–7	9,801
October 10	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 34–37	21,764
October 17	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 17–21	8,013
October 24	at Boston University	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 10–7	12,410
October 31	Holy Cross*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 10–54	15,214
November 7	at Villanova*	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 27–44	13,400
November 14	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 10–17	6,580
November 21	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 27–7	3,830
*Non-conference game