The UConn football team will face UMass at Gillette Stadium, the home of the NFL's New England Patriots, during the 2016 season, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
The game is scheduled for Sept. 10, 2016 and a return game will be played at Rentschler Field.
The Huskies and Minuteman used to regularly face each other when both teams were in the Yankee Conference. UMass leads the all-time series 36-24-2 but UConn won the last meeting, 37-0, back in 2012, the Minumtemen's first game in the FBS.
This will be the latest addition to the Huskies' future schedule that includes:
2014:
- August 28, BYU;
- September 6, Stony Brook;
- September 13, Boise State;
- November 8, Army (Yankee Stadium)
2015:
- September 5, Villanova;
- September 12, Army;
- October 31, at BYU
2016:
- September 10, UMass
- September 17, Virginia
2017:
- September 9, Holy Cross;
- September 16, at Virginia
2018:
- September 8, at Boise State
2019:
- September 7, Illinois;
- September 21, at Indiana
2020:
- September 12, at Illinois;
- September 26, Indiana
