1991 Rhode Island Rams football team

1991 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Delaware +^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Villanova +^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 New Hampshire +^	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
UMass	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Boston University	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Maine	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

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

The 1991 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 16th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 6–5 record (3–5 against conference opponents) and tied for fourth place out of nine teams in the conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	at Richmond	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	L 10–19	6,078	^[2]
September 21	No. 8 Delaware	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 7–42	7,871
September 28	at Towson State*	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	W 45–25	2,846
October 5	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 38–36	8,200	^[3]
October 12	at UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 17–14	9,427
October 19	Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 52–30	10,145
October 26	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 0–43	5,475
November 2	No. T–10 Villanova	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–49	3,052
November 9	Northeastern*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 28–20	6,603
November 16	at No. 15 New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 35–42	6,639
November 23	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	W 20–10	6,448
*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.
^ "Spiders triumph over Rams". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 15, 1991. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Greenidge, Jim (October 6, 1991). "Brown's Late Charge Falls Short". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.

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