UMass Snaps 16-Game Losing Streak with Stunning Upset Over Rutgers

On September 4th, 2026, the University of Massachusetts football program ended the longest losing streak in FBS history — sixteen consecutive defeats — by defeating Rutgers 37-21 on the road as heavy underdogs. There is something quietly profound in how long a losing streak must grow before it becomes more than a record, before it begins to define the people inside it. This victory does not undo those sixteen losses, but it reminds us that even the most entrenched patterns of failure are not permanent — that a single afternoon can crack open what seemed sealed shut.