UConn–UMass rivalry

UConn Huskies UMass Minutemen

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	1881	1863
Type	Public	Public
Conference	Big East Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Students	24,371	32,045
School colors
Nickname	Huskies	Minutemen

Football[edit]

UConn–UMass football rivalry

UConn Huskies UMass Minutemen
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 6, 1897 UMass 36, Connecticut 0
Latest meeting	November 25, 2023 UConn 31, UMass 18
Next meeting	November 30, 2024
Statistics
Meetings total	77
All-time series	UMass leads, 38–37–2
Largest victory	Connecticut, 71–6 (1956)
Longest win streak	UMass, 8 (1897–1922)
Current win streak	UConn, 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

History[edit]

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.^[3]

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.

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.

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.^[4]

Game results[edit]

Connecticut victories

Massachusetts victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 6, 1897 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 36–0 2 November 4, 1899 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 34–6 3 November 3, 1900 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 17–6 4 October 7, 1916 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 12–0 5 October 4, 1919 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 15–7 6 October 2, 1920 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 28–0 7 October 1, 1921 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 13–0 8 October 7, 1922 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 13–6 9 September 27, 1924 Amherst, MA Connecticut 12–10 10 October 17, 1925 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 13–0 11 October 9, 1926 Amherst, MA Connecticut 13–6 12 October 15, 1932 Storrs, CT Massachusetts State 39–0 13 October 14, 1933 Amherst, MA Massachusetts State 40–7 14 October 13, 1934 Storrs, CT Massachusetts State 7–6 15 October 12, 1935 Amherst, MA Massachusetts State 25–12 16 October 10, 1936 Storrs, CT Connecticut State 13–0 17 October 9, 1937 Amherst, MA Connecticut State 36–7 18 October 8, 1938 Storrs, CT Connecticut State 19–0 19 October 14, 1939 Amherst, MA Connecticut 7–6 20 October 5, 1940 Storrs, CT Connecticut 13–0 21 October 4, 1941 Amherst, MA Massachusetts State 8–6 22 October 3, 1942 Storrs, CT Connecticut 26–0 23 October 4, 1952 Storrs, CT Connecticut 26–13 24 October 3, 1953 Amherst, MA Connecticut 41–0 25 October 9, 1954 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 20–13 26 October 8, 1955 Storrs, CT Connecticut 18–13 27 October 13, 1956 Amherst, MA Connecticut 71–6 28 October 12, 1957 Storrs, CT Connecticut 19–6 29 October 11, 1958 Amherst, MA Connecticut 28–14 30 October 10, 1959 Storrs, CT Connecticut 26–0 31 October 8, 1960 Amherst, MA Connecticut 31–0 32 October 14, 1961 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 31–13 33 October 13, 1962 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 16–6 34 October 12, 1963 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 21–3 35 October 10, 1964 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 30–0 36 October 9, 1965 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 20–7 37 October 8, 1966 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 12–6 38 October 14, 1967 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 35–14 39 October 26, 1968 Amherst, MA Connecticut 27–20 40 October 25, 1969 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 28–7 No. Date Location Winner Score 41 October 24, 1970 Amherst, MA Tie 21–21 42 October 23, 1971 Storrs, CT Tie 3–3 43 October 28, 1972 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 49–16 44 October 27, 1973 Storrs, CT Connecticut 28–6 45 October 26, 1974 Amherst, MA Connecticut 10–9 46 October 25, 1975 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 29–14 47 October 23, 1976 Amherst, MA Connecticut 28–6 48 October 22, 1977 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 10–0 49 October 28, 1978 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 17–10 50 October 27, 1979 Storrs, CT Connecticut 24–0 51 November 1, 1980 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 39–21 52 October 31, 1981 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 29–24 53 October 30, 1982 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 30–14 54 October 29, 1983 Storrs, CT Connecticut 16–6 55 November 3, 1984 Amherst, MA Connecticut 21–16 56 November 2, 1985 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 21–7 57 November 22, 1986 Amherst, MA Connecticut 20–17 58 October 17, 1987 Storrs, CT Connecticut 21–17 59 October 15, 1988 Amherst, MA Connecticut 35–14 60 October 14, 1989 Storrs, CT Connecticut 39–33 61 October 13, 1990 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 38–19 62 October 19, 1991 Storrs, CT Connecticut 26–21 63 October 17, 1992 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 20–7 64 October 16, 1993 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 20–17 65 November 19, 1994 Amherst, MA Connecticut 21–13 66 November 18, 1995 Storrs, CT Connecticut 20–7 67 November 16, 1996 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 39–38 68 November 15, 1997 Amherst, MA Connecticut 49–16 69 October 17, 1998 Storrs, CT Connecticut 44–41 70 November 21, 1998 Amherst, MA Connecticut 28–27 71 November 20, 1999 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 62–20 72 August 30, 2012 East Hartford, CT Connecticut 37–0 73 October 27, 2018 East Hartford, CT Massachusetts 22–17 74 October 26, 2019 Amherst, MA Connecticut 56–35 75 October 9, 2021 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 27–13 76 November 4, 2022 East Hartford, CT Connecticut 27–10 77 November 25, 2023 Amherst, MA Connecticut 31–18 78 November 30, 2024 Amherst, MA Series: Massachusetts leads 38–37–2[5]

Men's basketball[edit]

UConn–UMass men's basketball rivalry

UConn Huskies UMass Minutemen
Sport	Basketball
First meeting	February 14, 1905 UMass 66, UConn 22
Latest meeting	December 8, 2005 UConn 78, UMass 60
Statistics
Meetings total	108
All-time series	UConn leads, 69–39
Largest victory	UMass, 66–22 (1905)
Longest win streak	UConn, 14 (1984–2003)
Current win streak	UConn, 1 (2005–present)

Results[edit]

Connecticut victories

Massachusetts victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 February 14, 1905 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 66–22 2 December 12, 1906 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 34–27 3 January 26, 1907 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 24–16 4 January 20, 1917 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 33–12 5 January 5, 1918 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 25–20 6 January 7, 1920 Amherst, MA Connecticut 29–19 7 February 12, 1920 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 27–22 8 January 8, 1921 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 28–23 9 February 11, 1921 Storrs, CT Connecticut 26–19 10 January 14, 1922 Storrs, CT Connecticut 31–13 11 February 11, 1922 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 30–17 12 February 6, 1924 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 23–18 13 February 18, 1925 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 20–18 14 February 22, 1926 Storrs, CT Connecticut 30–26 15 January 19, 1929 Amherst, MA Connecticut 21–13 16 January 18, 1930 Storrs, CT Connecticut 37–23 17 February 4, 1931 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 14–13 18 January 16, 1932 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 33–19 19 January 21, 1933 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 22–19 20 January 15, 1934 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 37–31 21 January 16, 1935 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 22–20 22 January 15, 1936 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 58–32 23 January 13, 1937 Amherst, MA Connecticut 41–37 24 February 19, 1938 Storrs, CT Connecticut 60–51 25 February 18, 1939 Amherst, MA Connecticut 58–47 26 February 17, 1940 Storrs, CT Connecticut 65–35 27 February 19, 1941 Amherst, MA Connecticut 57–37 28 February 18, 1942 Storrs, CT Connecticut 46–40 29 February 16, 1943 Amherst, MA Connecticut 78–42 30 January 16, 1947 Storrs, CT Connecticut 73–37 31 January 15, 1948 Amherst, MA Connecticut 58–20 32 January 12, 1949 Storrs, CT Connecticut 80–48 33 January 11, 1950 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 61–57 34 February 28, 1951 Storrs, CT Connecticut 92–50 35 February 27, 1952 Amherst, MA Connecticut 68–54 36 February 26, 1953 Storrs, CT Connecticut 89–51 37 February 25, 1954 Amherst, MA Connecticut 75–66 38 February 22, 1955 Storrs, CT Connecticut 93–75 39 December 29, 1955 Waterville, ME Connecticut 73–69 40 February 21, 1956 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 87–85 41 February 5, 1957 Storrs, CT Connecticut 97–71 42 February 19, 1957 Amherst, MA Connecticut 90–77 43 December 4, 1957 Amherst, MA Connecticut 99–57 44 February 18, 1958 Storrs, CT Connecticut 86–72 45 December 15, 1958 Storrs, CT Connecticut 71–67 46 February 16, 1959 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 80–79OT 47 December 15, 1959 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 62–60 48 February 16, 1960 Storrs, CT Connecticut 71–49 49 December 13, 1960 Storrs, CT Connecticut 72–70 50 February 14, 1961 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 71–54 51 December 12, 1961 Amherst, MA Connecticut 76–65 52 February 13, 1962 Storrs, CT Connecticut 72–56 53 December 12, 1962 Storrs, CT Connecticut 85–61 54 February 12, 1963 Amherst, MA Connecticut 79–66 55 December 10, 1963 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 60–59 No. Date Location Winner Score 56 February 11, 1964 Storrs, CT Connecticut 72–50 57 December 15, 1964 Storrs, CT Connecticut 77–67 58 February 9, 1965 Amherst, MA Connecticut 70–63 59 February 2, 1966 Amherst, MA Connecticut 90–60 60 February 19, 1966 Storrs, CT Connecticut 91–64 61 February 1, 1967 Storrs, CT Connecticut 66–59 62 February 18, 1967 Amherst, MA Connecticut 60–59 63 January 31, 1968 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 65–63 64 February 17, 1968 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 56–44 65 December 17, 1968 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 80–66 66 February 15, 1969 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 85–70 67 December 16, 1969 Amherst, MA Connecticut 88–71 68 February 14, 1970 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 71–65 69 December 15, 1970 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 74–68 70 February 13, 1971 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 89–67 71 December 14, 1971 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 69–67 72 February 12, 1972 Storrs, CT Connecticut 58–56 73 December 12, 1972 Storrs, CT Connecticut 71–68 74 February 10, 1973 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 83–67 75 December 11, 1973 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 79–72 76 February 9, 1974 Storrs, CT Connecticut 79–76OT 77 February 8, 1975 Amherst, MA Connecticut 80–76OT 78 February 15, 1975 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 76–75 79 January 31, 1976 Amherst, MA Connecticut 72–66 80 February 7, 1976 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 86–73 81 March 4, 1976 Springfield, MA Connecticut 73–69 82 January 13, 1977 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 81–80 83 January 29, 1977 Springfield, MA Connecticut 65–64 84 December 14, 1977 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 74–64 85 January 17, 1978 Hartford, CT Connecticut 56–49 86 December 13, 1978 Amherst, MA Connecticut 65–62 87 February 10, 1979 Storrs, CT Connecticut 79–59 88 January 12, 1980 Springfield, MA Connecticut 72–51 89 February 6, 1980 Storrs, CT Connecticut 73–55 90 January 27, 1981 Storrs, CT Connecticut 98–64 91 December 22, 1981 Amherst, MA Connecticut 66–55 92 December 9, 1982 Storrs, CT Connecticut 86–74 93 December 15, 1983 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 67–65OT 94 December 6, 1984 Storrs, CT Connecticut 64–52 95 December 4, 1985 Amherst, MA Connecticut 78–70OT 96 November 29, 1986 Storrs, CT Connecticut 58–54 97 November 26, 1988 Amherst, MA Connecticut 84–61 98 January 30, 1989 Storrs, CT Connecticut 104–75 99 January 30, 1990 Amherst, MA Connecticut 94–75 100 December 27, 1996 Hartford, CT Connecticut 64–61 101 December 23, 1997 Hartford, CT Connecticut 72–55 102 December 9, 1998 Amherst, MA Connecticut 59–54 103 November 22, 1999 Storrs, CT Connecticut 79–65 104 December 12, 2000 Hartford, CT Connecticut 82–67 105 December 11, 2001 Amherst, MA Connecticut 69–59 106 December 10, 2002 Hartford, CT Connecticut 59–48 107 December 30, 2003 Hartford, CT Connecticut 91–67 108 December 9, 2004 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 61–59 109 December 8, 2005 Hartford, CT Connecticut 78–60 Series: Connecticut leads 71–38

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Men's ice hockey[edit]

UConn–UMass men's ice hockey rivalry

UConn Huskies UMass Minutemen
Sport	Hockey
First meeting	January 7, 1929
Latest meeting	UMass 3–1 (February 10, 2024)
Statistics
All-time series	UMass leads, 45–18–5
Largest victory	UMass 17–0
Longest win streak	UMass 10
Current win streak	UMass 2, (2024–present)

Results[edit]

Connecticut victories

Massachusetts victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 January 7, 1929 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 6–0 2 February 12, 1929 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 4–1 3 January 9, 1930 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 5–0 4 February 10, 1930 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 2–1 5 January 6, 1931 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 9–0 6 January 11, 1932 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 17–0 7 January 10, 1961 Amherst, MA Tie 3–3 8 February 7, 1962 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 9–2 9 February 11, 1963 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 9–3 10 December 28, 1963 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 6–3 11 January 7, 1964 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 7–2 12 December 30, 1964 Burlington, VT Connecticut 5–4OT 13 January 11, 1965 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 3–1 14 December 20, 1965 Amherst, MA Connecticut 4–2 15 December 29, 1965 Durham, NH Connecticut 6–5OT 16 January 9, 1966 Amherst, MA Connecticut 3–2OT 17 December 27, 1966 Durham, NH Massachusetts 7–6 18 January 7, 1967 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 5–3 19 December 28, 1967 Durham, NH Massachusetts 4–2 20 February 14, 1968 Amherst, MA Connecticut 7–4 21 December 28, 1968 Burlington, VT Massachusetts 7–3 22 February 12, 1969 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 7–1 23 February 11, 1970 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 3–0 24 February 10, 1971 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 11–1 25 February 9, 1972 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 11–2 26 February 7, 1973 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 6–1 27 February 12, 1974 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 7–1 28 February 12, 1975 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 5–3 29 February 18, 1976 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 5–2 30 December 14, 1976 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 6–3 31 November 29, 1977 Storrs, CT Connecticut 3–1 32 February 16, 1979 Amherst, MA Connecticut 5–2 33 November 19, 1999 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 7–4 34 November 16, 2000 Amherst, MA Tie 2–2 35 November 11, 2001 Springfield, MA Massachusetts 6–5 No. Date Location Winner Score 36 February 14, 2003 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 8–6 37 October 9, 2003 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 6–3 38 October 24, 2004 Amherst, MA Connecticut 3–2OT 39 November 18, 2006 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 8–1 40 October 20, 2007 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 4–3 41 December 5, 2008 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 5–1 42 October 2, 2012 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 4–1 43 December 30, 2013 Hartford, CT Connecticut 2–1 44 January 2, 2015 Amherst, MA Connecticut 4–3 45 February 27, 2015 Hartford, CT Connecticut 4–0 46 November 6, 2015 Hartford, CT Massachusetts 4–2 47 November 7, 2015 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 5–3 48 November 4, 2016 Amherst, MA Tie 2–2 49 December 9, 2016 Hartford, CT Connecticut 3–1 50 December 1, 2017 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 4–2 51 December 5, 2017 Hartford, CT Connecticut 8–2 52 February 22, 2018 Hartford, CT Massachusetts 3–2 53 November 30, 2018 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 7–4 54 February 21, 2019 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 3–0 55 March 8, 2019 Hartford, CT Connecticut 4–3 56 February 28, 2020 Hartford, CT Connecticut 3–2 57 February 29, 2020 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 4–3 58 November 20, 2020 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 5–1 59 November 21, 2020 Storrs, CT Tie 2–2 60 December 23, 2021 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 6–2 61 February 18, 2022 Hartford, CT Massachusetts 2–1 62 February 19, 2022 Amherst, MA Connecticut 4–2 63 March 19, 2022 Boston, MA Massachusetts 2–1OT 64 January 20, 2023 Amherst, MA Connecticut 4–3 65 January 21, 2023 Storrs, CT Connecticut 3–1 66 January 5, 2024 Amherst, MA Tie 3–3 67 February 9, 2024 Storrs, CT Massachusetts 2–0 68 February 10, 2024 Amherst, MA Massachusetts 3–1 Series: Massachusetts leads 45–18–5

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See also[edit]

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References[edit]