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1982 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record7–4 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine + 3 2 0 7 4 0
Boston University +^ 3 2 0 5 6 0
Connecticut + 3 2 0 5 6 0
UMass + 3 2 0 5 6 0
Rhode Island 2 3 0 7 4 0
New Hampshire 1 4 0 4 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant

The 1982 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their seventh season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 7–4 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the conference.[1]

On September 19, 1980, Rhode Island defeated Maine in a game that took six overtimes to complete and was one of the longest games in college football history.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11at Lafayette*W 20–109,500[3]
September 18at Maine
W 58–55 6OT6,250[2]
September 25at Brown*L 20–2414,008[4]
October 2UMassdaggerL 7–179,433
October 9at Northeastern*Brookline, MAW 14–131,200
October 16Boston Universitydagger
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
L 16–2610,230
October 23Southern Connecticut*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 41–144,611
October 30at New HampshireW 23–206,235
November 6Lehigh*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 20–167,526[5]
November 13at ConnecticutL 21–263,063
November 20Springfield*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 24–05,232
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 115.
  2. ^ a b bob Haskell (September 20, 1982). "Longest game in history is one for the books". The Bangor Daily News. pp. 1, 10.
  3. ^ Meixell, Ted (September 12, 1982). "Rhode Island Wears Down Leopards in 2nd Half 20-10". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Monahan, Bob (September 26, 1982). "Defense Clinches Victory for Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Aubrey, Coult (November 7, 1982). "Rhode Island Rally Stuns Lehigh 20-16". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.

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