1986 Rhode Island Rams football team

American college football season

1986 Rhode Island Rams football

Conference| Yankee Conference
Record| 1–10 (0–7 Yankee)
Head coach|

* Bob Griffin (11th season)

Home stadium| Meade Stadium

Seasons

<- 1985

1987 ->

1986 Yankee Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 13 Delaware +^  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 4  | - | 0
No. 19 Connecticut \+  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
UMass \+  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
New Hampshire | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Maine | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Richmond | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Boston University | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Rhode Island | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 10  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant

Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 11th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–10 record (0–7 against conference opponents) and finished last out of eight teams in the conference.[1]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 6| at No. 6 Delaware|

* Delaware Stadium
* Newark, DE

| L 10–44| 17,337|
September 13| Towson State*|

* Meade Stadium
* Kingston, RI

| L 14–35| 6,967|
September 20| at Maine|

* Alumni Field
* Orono, ME

| L 14–34| 7,200|
September 27| Brown*|

* Meade Stadium
* Kingston, RI (rivalry)

| L 7–27| 9,515| [2]
October 4| UMass|

* Meade Stadium
* Kingston, RI

| L 17–31| 6,356|
October 18| Boston University|

* Meade Stadium
* Kingston, RI

| L 0–17| 9,882|
October 25| Richmond|

* Meade Stadium
* Kingston, RI

| L 14–28| 7,944| [3]
November 1| at New Hampshire|

* Cowell Stadium
* Durham, NH

| L 24–28| 10,350|
November 8| Southern Connecticut*|

* Meade Stadium
* Kingston, RI

| W 34–18| 2,543|
November 15| at Connecticut|

* Memorial Stadium
* Storrs, CT (rivalry)

| L 14–21 (OT)| 3,769|
November 22| at Northeastern*|

* Parsons Field
* Brookline, MA

| L 9–36| 3,100|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.
2. ^ O'Sullivan, Sean (September 28, 1986). "URI Bottled Up by Brown, 27-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Richmond 28, URI 14". The Boston Globe. October 26, 1986. Retrieved November 3, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.

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*[Conf]: Conference record
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