UConn–UMass rivalry

The UConn–UMass rivalry is a sports rivalry between the UConn Huskies of the University of Connecticut and the UMass Minutemen of the University of Massachusetts.

UConn–UMass rivalry
UConn Huskies
UMass Minutemen
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Locations of UConn and UMass

Football
UConn–UMass football rivalry
UConn Huskies
UMass Minutemen
SportFootball
First meetingNovember 6, 1897[1]
UMass 36, Connecticut 0
Latest meetingNovember 5, 2022
UConn 27, UMass 10
Next meetingNovember 25, 2023
Statistics
Meetings total76
All-time seriesUMass leads, 38–36–2
Largest victoryConnecticut, 71–6 (1956)
Longest win streakUMass, 8 (1897–1922)
Current win streakUConn, 1 (2022–present)

The UConn–UMass football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the UConn Huskies football team of the University of Connecticut and the UMass Minutemen football team of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[2]

The rivalry was dormant from the 2000 season, when UConn moved to FBS, until 2012, when UMass traveled to Rentschler Field to play the Huskies in the season opener.[3]

History

The first game played between the two schools took place on November 6, 1897, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Massachusetts won 36–0. At the time, UMass was known as Massachusetts Agricultural College and Connecticut was officially Storrs Agricultural College. They had formed a loose association with other public colleges in New England such as present day New Hampshire and Rhode Island for the purpose of scheduling football matchups between the schools.[4]

The colleges continued to schedule matches intermittently until after World War I, when they began to play on an almost-yearly basis through the mid-1920s. The series was discontinued until 1932, when the schools again met each year until World War II saw both universities disband their football teams. The schools would not match up again on the gridiron until UConn joined Massachusetts in the Yankee Conference in 1952. UConn and UMass played every season from that point on until UConn began their transition to what was then Division I-A in 2000.[4]

UMass leads the all-time series 38-36–2. Massachusetts dominated the rivalry early, winning the first eight and 13 of the first 15 meetings between the two universities. Connecticut went on a streak of their own after that, winning 14 of the next 16 games. The 1960s again belonged to the then-Redmen of Massachusetts, as they lost only two games that decade. In the remaining years of the rivalry, the series was much more even, with neither team able to put together a winning streak of more than four games.[4]

In April 2011, UMass announced plans to join the Mid-American Conference and move up to the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, the highest level of college football in the country. Prior to this decision, the two schools had scheduled a game for August 30, 2012. UMass later became a FBS Independent school starting in 2016.

The Huskies won the latest matchup against the Minutemen during the 2022 season at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.

On October 31, 2022, UConn and UMass extended the rivalry games through 2027, including a neutral site game in 2023.[5]

Game results
Connecticut victoriesMassachusetts victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 1897 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 36–0
2 1899 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 34–6
3 1900 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 17–6
4 1916 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 12–0
5 1919 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 15–7
6 1920 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 28–0
7 1921 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 13–0
8 1922 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 13–6
9 1924 Amherst, MA Connecticut 12–10
10 1925 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 13–0
11 1926 Amherst, MA Connecticut 13–6
12 1932 Storrs, CT Massachusetts State 39–0
13 1933 Amherst, MA Massachusetts State 40–7
14 1934 Storrs, CT Massachusetts State 7–6
15 1935 Amherst, MA Massachusetts State 25–12
16 1936 Storrs, CT Connecticut State 13–0
17 1937 Amherst, MA Connecticut State 36–7
18 1938 Storrs, CT Connecticut State 19–0
19 1939 Amherst, MA Connecticut 7–6
20 1940 Storrs, CT Connecticut 13–0
21 1941 Amherst, MA Massachusetts State 8–6
22 1942 Storrs, CT Connecticut 26–0
23 1952 Storrs, CT Connecticut 26–13
24 1953 Amherst, MA Connecticut 41–0
25 1954 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 20–13
26 1955 Storrs, CT Connecticut 18–13
27 1956 Amherst, MA Connecticut 71–6
28 1957 Storrs, CT Connecticut 19–6
29 1958 Amherst, MA Connecticut 28–14
30 1959 Storrs, CT Connecticut 26–0
31 1960 Amherst, MA Connecticut 31–0
32 1961 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 31–13
33 1962 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 16–6
34 1963 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 21–3
35 1964 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 30–0
36 1965 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 20–7
37 1966 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 12–6
38 1967 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 35–14
39 1968 Amherst, MA Connecticut 27–20
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
40 1969 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 28–7
41 1970 Amherst, MA Tie21–21
42 1971 Storrs, CT Tie3–3
43 1972 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 49–16
44 1973 Storrs, CT Connecticut 28–6
45 1974 Amherst, MA Connecticut 10–9
46 1975 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 29–14
47 1976 Amherst, MA Connecticut 28–6
48 1977 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 10–0
49 1978 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 17–10
50 1979 Storrs, CT Connecticut 24–0
51 1980 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 39–21
52 1981 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 29–24
53 1982 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 30–14
54 1983 Storrs, CT Connecticut 16–6
55 1984 Amherst, MA Connecticut 21–16
56 1985 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 21–7
57 1986 Amherst, MA Connecticut 20–17
58 1987 Storrs, CT Connecticut 21–17
59 1988 Amherst, MA Connecticut 35–14
60 1989 Storrs, CT Connecticut 39–33
61 1990 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 38–19
62 1991 Storrs, CT Connecticut 26–21
63 1992 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 20–7
64 1993 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 20–17
65 1994 Amherst, MA Connecticut 21–13
66 1995 Storrs, CT Connecticut 20–7
67 1996 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 39–38
68 1997 Amherst, MA Connecticut 49–16
69 1998 Storrs, CT Connecticut 44–41
70 1998 Amherst, MA Connecticut 28–27
71 1999 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 62–20
72 2012 East Hartford, CT Connecticut 37–0
73 2018 East Hartford, CT Massachusetts 22–17
74 2019 Amherst, MA Connecticut 56–35
75 2021 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 27–13
76 2022 East Hartford, CT Connecticut 27–10
Series: Massachusetts leads 38–36–2[6]

Men's basketball
UConn–UMass men's basketball rivalry
UConn Huskies
UMass Minutemen
SportBasketball
Latest meetingDecember 9, 2004
Umass 61, UConn 59

Results
Connecticut victoriesUMass victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 December 11, 2001 Amherst, MA Connecticut 69–59
2 December 10, 2002 Hartford, CT Connecticut 59–48
3 December 30, 2003 Hartford, CT Connecticut 91–67
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
4 December 9, 2004 Amherst, MA UMass 61–59
Series: Connecticut leads 3–1

Men's ice hockey
UConn–UMass men's ice hockey rivalry
UConn Huskies
UMass Minutemen
SportHockey
Latest meetingUConn 3-1 (January 21, 2023)
Statistics
All-time seriesUMass leads, 31-15-3
Current win streakUConn 2, (2023-present)

Results
Connecticut victoriesUMass victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 February 14, 2003 Amherst, MA UMass 8–6
2 October 9, 2003 Amherst, MA UMass 6–3
3 October 24, 2004 Amherst, MA Connecticut 3–2OT
4 November 18, 2006 Amherst, MA UMass 8–1
5 October 20, 2007 Amherst, MA UMass 4–3
6 December 5, 2008 Amherst, MA UMass 5–1
7 October 2, 2012 Amherst, MA UMass 4–1
8 December 30, 2013 Hartford, CT Connecticut 2–1
9 January 2, 2015 Amherst, MA Connecticut 4–3
10 February 27, 2015 Hartford, CT Connecticut 4–0
11 November 6, 2015 Hartford, CT UMass 4–2
12 November 7, 2015 Amherst, MA UMass 5–3
13 December 9, 2016 Hartford, CT Connecticut 3–1
14 December 1, 2017 Amherst, MA UMass 4–2
15 December 5, 2017 Hartford, CT Connecticut 8–2
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
16 February 22, 2018 Hartford, CT UMass 3–2
17 November 30, 2018 Amherst, MA UMass 7–4
18 February 21, 2019 Amherst, MA UMass 3–0
19 March 8, 2019 Hartford, CT Connecticut 4–3
20 February 28, 2020 Hartford, CT Connecticut 3–2
21 February 29, 2020 Amherst, MA UMass 4–3
22 November 20, 2020 Amherst, MA UMass 5–1
23 November 21, 2020 Storrs, CT Tie2–2
24 December 23, 2020 Amherst, MA UMass 6–2
25 February 18, 2022 Hartford, CT UMass 2–1
26 February 19, 2022 Amherst, MA Connecticut 4–2
27 March 19, 2022 Boston, MA UMass 2–1OT
28 January 20, 2023 Amherst, MA Connecticut 4–3
29 January 21, 2023 Storrs, CT Connecticut 3–1
Series: UMass leads 17–11–1

See also

References
  1. "Football Chronology – University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site".
  2. "Time to Worry About UMass-UConn Football Rivalry? | NBC Connecticut".
  3. "UConn beats UMass 37-0 in renewal of rivalry". sports.yahoo.com.
  4. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/part5-15.pdf Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "UConn, UMass extend future football series through 2027". 31 October 2022.
  6. "Winsipedia - UConn Huskies vs. UMass Minutemen football series history". Winsipedia.
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