1998 Rhode Island Rams football team

The 1998 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their sixth season under head coach Floyd Keith, the Rams compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against conference opponents) and finished last in the New England Division of the conference.^[1]

1998 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
New England Division
No. 1 UMass x^	6	–	2	12	–	3
No. 9 Connecticut x^	6	–	2	10	–	3
Maine	3	–	5	6	–	5
New Hampshire	3	–	5	4	–	7
Rhode Island	2	–	6	3	–	8
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 10 Richmond x$^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 23 Delaware	4	–	4	7	–	4
Villanova	4	–	4	6	–	5
No. 17 William & Mary	4	–	4	7	–	4
Northeastern	3	–	5	5	–	6
James Madison	2	–	6	3	–	8

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	No. 14 William & Mary	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 13–21	3,713
September 17	Richmond	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 17–20 ^OT	2,519
September 26	at Northeastern	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	L 17–24	4,866
October 3	Brown*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	W 44–16	7,214	^[2]
October 10	at Maine	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	W 18–17	3,271
October 17	at No. 25 Hofstra*	James M. Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY	L 30–48	7,452
October 24	at No. 10 Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 17–31	12,572
October 31	James Madison	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 28–21	2,389
November 7	No. 12 UMass	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 13–23	5,036
November 14	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 7–9	3,335
November 21	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 15–27	5,214	^[3]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.
^ "URI Ends Jinx, Tops Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 4, 1998. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Record-setting day for Cats' Westbrook". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 22, 1998. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.