1985 Rhode Island Rams football team

1985 Rhode Island Rams football
1985 Rhode Island Rams football
Yankee champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 15–59 at Furman
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	10–3 (5–0 Yankee)
Head coach	Bob Griffin (10th season);
Defensive coordinator	Pete Adrian (10th season)
Home stadium	Meade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 10th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 10–3 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, and lost to Furman in the NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals.^[1]

1985 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Rhode Island $^	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
UMass	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Maine	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Boston University	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at Delaware*		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 13–29	15,465
September 14	Howard*		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 46–0	6,628	^[2]
September 21	Maine		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 34–14	9,442
September 28	at Brown*	No. 15	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 27–32	10,399	^[3]
October 5	at UMass		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 7–3	6,871
October 12	at Lehigh*		Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 45–38	13,500	^[4]
October 19	at Boston University		Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 34–19	4,164
October 26	Lafayette*		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 41–19	12,933	^[5]
November 2	No. 14 New Hampshire	No. T–17	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 30–20	10,114
November 9	Northeastern*	No. 12	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 34–21	9,421
November 16	Connecticut	No. 7	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 56–42	8,897
November 30	No. 10 Akron*	No. 7	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 35–27	7,317
December 7	at No T–2 Furman*	No. 7	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 15–59	9,454	^[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 115.
^ "URI 46, Howard 0". The Hartford Courant. September 15, 1985. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ballou, Art (September 29, 1985). "Brown Shows Up URI, 32-27". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Will-Weber, Mark (October 13, 1985). "Rams' Gamble Shocks Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ehrhardt, URI Keep Flying, 41-21". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 27, 1985. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ian Thomsen (December 8, 1985). "URI is thrown out of play-offs, 59-15". The Boston Globe. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.

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