1979 Rhode Island Rams football team
Appearance
1979 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 1–9–1 (1–4 Yankee) |
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Defensive coordinator | Pete Adrian (4th season) |
Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Boston University + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–9–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the conference.[1]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 8 | Delaware* | L 14–34 | 7,141 | [2] | |||
September 15 | at Northeastern* | Brookline, MA | L 7–17 | 3,567 | |||
September 22 | at Holy Cross* | L 6–35 | 6,121 | ||||
September 29 | at Brown* | L 13–31 | 11,250 | [3] | |||
October 6 | No. 4 Maine![]() |
| W 10–0 | 8,158 | |||
October 20 | at UMass | L 0–24 | 13,500 | ||||
October 27 | at No. 6 Boston University | L 0–7 | 5,378 | ||||
November 3 | New Hampshire |
| L 6–21 | 1,754 | |||
November 10 | Merchant Marine* |
| T 24–24 | 1,250 | |||
November 17 | Connecticut |
| L 9–10 | 5,938 | |||
December 1 | at Florida A&M* | L 6–16 | 8,273 | ||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 115.
- ^ "Delaware rips URI". Boston Sunday Globe. September 9, 1979. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Monahan, Bob (September 30, 1979). "Brown Stomps on URI, 31-13". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.