The 1991 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Jim Reid and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 1991 season was Reid's last as head coach of the Minutemen. UMass finished the season with a record of 4–7 overall and 3–5 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7		Delaware	No. 19	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 7–24	9,527
September 14		No. 11 Holy Cross*		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 20–22	13,562
September 21		at Maine		Alumni Stadium Orono, ME	W 10–3	9,746
September 28		at Boston University		Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 15–7
October 5		at No. 19 James Madison*		Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 7–24
October 12	1:30 p.m.	Rhode Island		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 14–17	9,427
October 19		at Connecticut		Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 21–26	10,142
November 2		vs. Northeastern*		Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, MA (Jimmy Fund Bowl)	W 27–12	4,620
November 9		Richmond		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 42–14	4,427	[1]
November 16		at No. 6 Villanova		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 14–24
November 23		No. 12 New Hampshire		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 28–35	4,126
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time