1989 Rhode Island Rams football team
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The 1989 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 14th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 3–8 record (1–7 against conference opponents) and finished in eighth place out of nine teams in the conference.[1]
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 3–8 (1–7 Yankee) |
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Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Maine +^ | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Connecticut + | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Villanova +^ | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 9 | at Richmond | W 45–14 | 12,854 | [2] | |||
September 16 | No. 5 Delaware |
| L 12–21 | 6,218 | |||
September 23 | Northeastern* |
| L 0–17 | 5,662 | |||
September 30 | at Brown* | W 18–13 | 8,500 | [3] | |||
October 7 | at UMass | L 6–31 | 10,102 | ||||
October 14 | No. 6 Maine |
| L 21–47 | 8,847 | |||
October 21 | at Boston University | L 31–34 2OT | 5,545 | ||||
October 28 | vs. No. 17 Villanova |
| L 25–28 | 3,000 | [4][5] | ||
November 4 | at Towson State | W 19–6 | 4,619 | ||||
November 11 | at No. 18 New Hampshire | L 0–25 | 4,184 | ||||
November 18 | Connecticut |
| L 28–35 | 5,045 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.
- ^ "Hot RI wallops Spiders". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 10, 1989. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "URI Hands Brown Its 12th Straight Loss". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 1, 1989. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "RI, Villanova playing in Italy". The Post-Star. October 28, 1989. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Villanova, Rhode Island enjoy Italian adventure". Alabama Journal. Associated Press. October 30, 1989. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.