1950 Rhode Island State Rams football team

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1950 Rhode Island State Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–5 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 4 0 0 8 0 0
Maine 3 1 0 5 1 1
Rhode Island State 2 2 0 3 5 0
UMass 1 1 0 3 5 0
Vermont 0 3 0 2 5 0
Connecticut 0 3 0 3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1950 college football season. In its first season under head coach Hal Kopp, the team compiled a 3–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished in third place in the conference.[1] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Bates*W 34–7
September 30at MaineL 0–13
October 7at New HampshireL 14–27
October 14at Brown*Providence, RI (rivalry)L 13–55
October 21MassachusettsW 38–27
October 28at Buffalo*L 12–33< 2,000[2]
November 4at Springfield*L 0–32
November 18Connecticutdagger (rivalry)W 14–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "U.B. Scores Once in 1st, Twice in the 2d Quarter". Buffalo Evening News. October 28, 1950. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.