Massachusetts Minutemen vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights

College Football

UMass

1-0

37-21

Final

Rutgers

0-1

SHI Stadium

Drive chart

Drives

End of Half
Touchdown
Touchdown
Interception
Punt
Touchdown

Team	1	2	3	4	T
MASS	7	17	3	10	37
RUTG	7	0	0	14	21

Who won: UMass 37-21

The Massachusetts Minutemen beat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 37-21 on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at SHI Stadium. The UMass outscored the Rutgers 17-0 in the 2nd quarter. William Watson III led the UMass in passing yards (19/22, 197 YDS, 3 TD). Dylan Lonergan led the Rutgers in passing yards (16/29, 242 YDS, 2 TD, 3 INT).

MASS

RUTG

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
William Watson III	19/22	197	9.0	3	0	87.3

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Curtis Kimmons IV	11	78	7.1	1	19
Elijah Faulkner	19	62	3.3	0	8
William Watson III	6	40	6.7	0	15
T.Y. Harding	1	13	13.0	0	13
Kezion Dia-Johnson	1	11	11.0	0	11
Reece Adkins	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	2	-6	-3.0	0	0

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Joseph Griffin Jr.	2	61	30.5	1	31
T.Y. Harding	5	55	11.0	0	14
Dallas Elliott	3	26	8.7	0	14
Elijah Faulkner	2	23	11.5	2	21
Curtis Kimmons IV	1	9	9.0	0	9
Jax Markovich	1	8	8.0	0	8
Reece Adkins	2	8	4.0	0	6
Max Dowling	3	7	2.3	0	4

Fumbles	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	1	0	0
Romando Johnson	0	0	1

Defensive	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Timmy Hinspeter	9	4	0	0	0
Kendall Bournes	8	2	0	0	0
Zeraun Daniel	7	6	1	1	1
TJ Magee	7	5	0	0	2
Andrew DePaepe	4	2	0	0.5	0
William DePaepe	4	0	0	0.5	0
Tyler Martin	3	1	0.5	0.5	0
Khari Bendolph	3	1	0.5	0.5	0
Jahmad Harmon	2	2	0	0	0
Romando Johnson	2	1	1	1	0
Joshua Iseah	2	0	0	0.5	1
Justin Krueger	2	0	0	0	0
Aubrey Melvin	1	1	1	1	0
David Chiavegato	1	1	0	0	0
Joshua Nobles	1	0	0.5	0.5	0
Isaiah Reed	1	0	0	0	2
Tim Passmore Jr.	1	0	0	0	0
Hollis Dirstine	1	0	0.5	0.5	0
Zakar Morris	1	0	0	0	0
JC Clark	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Stanley	1	0	0	0.5	0