1989 Rhode Island Rams football team

1989 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at Richmond	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	W 45–14	12,854	^[2]
September 16	No. 5 Delaware	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 12–21	6,218
September 23	Northeastern*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 0–17	5,662
September 30	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 18–13	8,500	^[3]
October 7	at UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 6–31	10,102
October 14	No. 6 Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 21–47	8,847
October 21	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 31–34 ^2OT	5,545
October 28	vs. No. 17 Villanova	Arena Civica Milan, Italy (Milano Kickoff Classic)	L 25–28	3,000	^[4]^[5]
November 4	at Towson State	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	W 19–6	4,619
November 11	at No. 18 New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 0–25	4,184
November 18	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 28–35	5,045
*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. 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.

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