UConn–UMass rivalry
Locations of UConn and UMass

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.

College Comparison
UConn UMass
Founded 18811863
Type PublicPublic
Conference Big East ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Students 24,37132,045
School colors       
Nickname HuskiesMinutemen

Football

UConn–UMass football rivalry
SportFootball
First meetingNovember 6, 1897[1]
UMass 36, Connecticut 0
Latest meetingNovember 25, 2023
UConn 31, UMass 18
Next meetingNovember 30, 2024
Statistics
Meetings total77
All-time seriesUMass leads, 38–37–2
Largest victoryConnecticut, 71–6 (1956)
Longest win streakUMass, 8 (1897–1922)
Current win streakUConn, 2 (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 38-37–2. 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 2023 season in Amherst, MA.

On October 31, 2022, UConn and UMass extended the rivalry games through 2027.[5]

Game results

Connecticut victoriesMassachusetts victoriesTie games

Men's basketball

UConn–UMass men's basketball rivalry
SportBasketball
First meetingFebruary 14, 1905
UMass 66, UConn 22
Latest meetingDecember 8, 2005
UConn 78, UMass 60
Statistics
Meetings total108
All-time seriesUConn leads, 69-39
Largest victoryUMass, 66-22 (1905)
Longest win streakUConn, 14 (1984-2003)
Current win streakUConn, 1 (2005-present)

Results

Connecticut victoriesMassachusetts victories

Men's ice hockey

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

Results

Connecticut victoriesMassachusetts victories

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. 1 2 3 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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