2003 Rhode Island Rams football team

2003 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Delaware +^	8	–	1	15	–	1
No. 11 UMass +^	8	–	1	10	–	3
No. 20 Northeastern	6	–	3	8	–	4
No. 25 Villanova	5	–	4	7	–	4
Maine	4	–	4	6	–	5
William & Mary	4	–	4	5	–	5
James Madison	4	–	5	6	–	6
New Hampshire	3	–	6	5	–	7
	3	–	6	4	–	8
Hofstra	2	–	6	2	–	10
Richmond	1	–	8	2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2003 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Tim Stowers, the Rams compiled a 4–8 record (3–6 against conference opponents) and tied for eighth place in the conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	No. 13 Fordham*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 28–63	4,311	^[2]
September 13	No. 5 Northeastern	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 39–42	2,970
September 20	New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 55–40	3,261
September 27	at Richmond	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 17–13	8,270
October 4	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 27–9	5,728	^[3]
October 11	No. 3 Villanova	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 17–21	3,623
October 18	at No. 4 Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 10–55	20,795	^[4]
October 25	William & Mary	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 24–37	4,098
November 1	at James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 27–39	13,885	^[5]
November 8	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 24–31	14,066
November 15	Hofstra	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 24–0	2,523
November 22	at No. 7 UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 17–31	7,087
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game