American college football season
The 1988 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 13th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 against conference opponents) and tied for seventh place out of nine teams in the conference.[1]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | at No. 1 Holy Cross* | | L 7–49 | 12,441 | [2]
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September 10 | Boston University | | L 16–41 | 6,782 |
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September 17 | at Delaware | | W 23–17 | 16,903 |
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September 24 | Brown* | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI (rivalry)
| W 17–10 | 7,455 | [3]
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October 1 | at Villanova* | | L 14–20 | 13,400 | [4]
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October 8 | No. T–11 UMass | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| L 7–26 | 5,117 |
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October 15 | at Maine | | L 14–28 | 10,014 |
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October 22 | Richmond![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| W 14–10 | 5,980 | [5]
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November 5 | at Northeastern* | | L 19–24 | 6,712 |
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November 12 | New Hampshire | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| L 9–17 | 3,669 |
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November 19 | at No. 17 Connecticut | | W 21–19 | 3,184 |
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- ^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.
- ^ Pave, Marvin (September 4, 1988). "Crusaders in Cruise Control". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rogers Scores Pair of TDs to Lead URI". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. September 25, 1988. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Nova tips R.I., 20–14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 2, 1988. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Spiders blast refs in loss at Rhode Island". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 23, 1988. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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