1989 Rhode Island Rams football team

1989 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–8 (1–7 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
1989 Yankee Conference football standings
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
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9at Richmond
W 45–1412,854[2]
September 16 No. 5 Delaware
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
L 12–216,218[3]
September 23Northeastern*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
L 0–175,662[4]
September 30at Brown*
W 18–138,500[5]
October 7at UMass
L 6–3110,102[6]
October 14 No. 6 Maine
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
L 21–478,847[7]
October 21at Boston University
L 31–34 2OT5,545[8]
October 28vs. No. 17 Villanova
L 25–283,000[9][10]
November 4at Towson State*
W 19–64,619[11]
November 11at No. 18 New Hampshire
L 0–254,184[12]
November 18Connecticut
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI (rivalry)
L 28–355,045[13]

References

  1. ^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.
  2. ^ "Hot RI wallops Spiders". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 10, 1989. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Delaware prevails, 21–12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 17, 1989. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Northeastern 17, URI 0". Record-Journal. September 24, 1989. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "URI Hands Brown Its 12th Straight Loss". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 1, 1989. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "UMass rolls with new quarterback". The Republican. October 8, 1989. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Smith is the Maine man". The Boston Globe. October 15, 1989. Retrieved January 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "BU field goal drops Rhode Island in 2 OTs". The Hartford Courant. October 22, 1989. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "RI, Villanova playing in Italy". The Post-Star. October 28, 1989. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Villanova, Rhode Island enjoy Italian adventure". Alabama Journal. Associated Press. October 30, 1989. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rhode Island's 19–6 win is Towson's seventh loss". The Baltimore Sun. November 5, 1989. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Wildcats rip Rams". Record-Journal. November 12, 1988. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Huskies eye tourney bid". The Day. November 19, 1989. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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