| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Team: | UMass Minutemen |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Short Conf: | Independent |
| Record: | 2–10 |
| Head Coach: | Mark Whipple |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Def Coach: | Tom Masella |
| Dc Year: | 5th |
| Off Scheme: | Pro-style |
| Def Scheme: | 3–4 |
| Stadium: | Gillette Stadium Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium |
The 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.
The game between Massachusetts and Old Dominion on October 8, 2016, was rescheduled due to Hurricane Matthew. The game was moved a day sooner to October 7, 2016 with an 8:00pm kickoff.[1]
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