1986 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record7–4 (3–4 Yankee)
Head coach
CaptainTim Cahill, Steve Donahue
Home stadiumAlumni Field
1986 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Delaware +^ 5 2 09 4 0
No. 19 Connecticut + 5 2 08 3 0
UMass + 5 2 08 3 0
New Hampshire 4 3 07 4 0
Maine 3 4 07 4 0
Richmond 3 4 04 7 0
Boston University 3 4 04 7 0
Rhode Island 0 7 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their second and final season under head coach Buddy Teevens, the Black Bears compiled a 7–4 record (3–4 against conference opponents) and tied for fifth place in the Yankee Conference. Tim Cahill and Steve Donahue were the team captains.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at HowardWashington, DCW 38–12
September 13American InternationalW 33–7
September 20Rhode Island
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 34–14
September 27at Boston University*No. T–13L 23–26
October 4at Central Connecticut StateNew Britain, CTW 28–7
October 11Northeastern*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 38–21
October 18UMass
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 13–23
October 25at ConnecticutL 19–35
November 1 No. 15 Delaware*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 31–34
November 8at No. 11 New HampshireW 14–13
November 15at Richmond*W 26–1111,617[2]

References

  1. "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. "Maine deep-freezes apathetic Spiders 26–11". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 16, 1986. Retrieved November 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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