UConn–UMass football rivalry

UConn–UMass football rivalry

First contested	November 6, 1897 UMass 36, Connecticut 0
Number of meetings	73
Most recent meeting	October 27, 2018 UMass 22, Connecticut 17
Next meeting	October 26, 2019
All-time series	UMass leads, 37-34–2 (.521)
Largest victory	Connecticut, 71–6 (1956)
Longest win streak	UMass, 8 (1897–1922)
Current streak	UMass, 1 (2018–present)

The UConn–UMass football rivalry (also known as the U Game) is an American college football rivalry between the Connecticut Huskies football team of the University of Connecticut and the Massachusetts Minutemen football team of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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.

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.

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 Connecticut 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.

UMass leads the all-time series 37-34–2. 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.

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. In 2015, the two schools announced that the Minutemen will visit Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in 2018 and 2020, and the Huskies will visit Gillette Stadium in 2019 and 2021.

Game results

Connecticut victories

Massachusetts victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
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	39–0
13	1933	Amherst, MA	Massachusetts	40–7
14	1934	Storrs, CT	Massachusetts	7–6
15	1935	Amherst, MA	Massachusetts	25–12
16	1936	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	13–0
17	1937	Amherst, MA	Connecticut	36–7
18	1938	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	19–0
19	1939	Amherst, MA	Connecticut	7–6
20	1940	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	13–0
21	1941	Amherst, MA	Massachusetts	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

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
38	1967	Storrs, CT	Massachusetts	35–14
39	1968	Amherst, MA	Connecticut	27–20
40	1969	Storrs, CT	Massachusetts	28–7
41	1970	Amherst, MA	Tie	21–21
42	1971	Storrs, CT	Tie	3–3
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
Series: Massachusetts leads 37–34–2

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

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