1958 Rhode Island Rams football team

The 1958 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1958 college football season. In its third season under head coach Herb Maack, the team compiled a 4–4 record (2–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 203 to 152.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

1958 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Connecticut $	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Maine	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
UMass	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Vermont	0	–	1	–	0	2	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from UPI small college poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Northeastern*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 6–26	3,500
September 27	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 8–37	4,000–4,500	^[3]
October 4	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 20–13	2,500–5,000	^[4]
October 11	Brandeis*	Meade Stadium Kingtson, RI	W 52–22	2,500
October 18	UMass	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 24–8	3,000
October 25	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 6–47	13,000	^[5]
November 1	at Springfield*	Springfield, MA	W 28–14	3,000
November 15	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 8–36	4,218–5,500	^[6]
*Non-conference game

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^ "R.I. Rallies, Wins, 20-13 Over N.H." The Boston Globe. October 5, 1958 – via Newspapers.com.
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^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 28, 2022.