1982 Rhode Island Rams football team
| 1982 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (2–3 Yankee) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Niles Nelson (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Pete Adrian (7th season) |
| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Maine + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University +^ | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1982 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their seventh season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 7–4 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the conference.[1]
On September 19, 1980, Rhode Island defeated Maine in a game that took six overtimes to complete and was one of the longest games in college football history.[2]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 11 | at Lafayette* | W 20–10 | 9,500 | [3] | |||
| September 18 | at Maine |
| W 58–55 6OT | 6,250 | [2] | ||
| September 25 | at Brown* | L 20–24 | 14,008 | [4] | |||
| October 2 | UMass | L 7–17 | 9,433 | ||||
| October 9 | at Northeastern* | Brookline, MA | W 14–13 | 1,200 | |||
| October 16 | Boston University |
| L 16–26 | 10,230 | |||
| October 23 | Southern Connecticut* |
| W 41–14 | 4,611 | |||
| October 30 | at New Hampshire | W 23–20 | 6,235 | ||||
| November 6 | Lehigh* |
| W 20–16 | 7,526 | [5] | ||
| November 13 | at Connecticut | L 21–26 | 3,063 | ||||
| November 20 | Springfield* |
| W 24–0 | 5,232 | |||
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References[edit]
- ^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 115.
- ^ a b bob Haskell (September 20, 1982). "Longest game in history is one for the books". The Bangor Daily News. pp. 1, 10.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 12, 1982). "Rhode Island Wears Down Leopards in 2nd Half 20-10". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Monahan, Bob (September 26, 1982). "Defense Clinches Victory for Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Aubrey, Coult (November 7, 1982). "Rhode Island Rally Stuns Lehigh 20-16". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.