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UConn and UMass have a history of spoiling each others' seasons

A century-old rivalry that's currently tied continues this season at Rentschler Field.
July 8, 2026
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38-38-2. That’s where the UConn-UMass football rivalry stands entering the 2026 season. The schools have been playing since 1897 with intermittent pauses in the series. After a pause for unclear reasons between 1900 and 1916, they played every year between the end of World War I and the start of U.S. involvement in World War II.

After a pause in the 1940s and early 1950s, the football programs reacquainted as members of the new Yankee Conference.

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