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.

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