1982 Rhode Island Rams football team

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]

1982 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record7–4 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
1982 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maine + 3 –2 –07 –4 –0
Boston University +^ 3 –2 –05 –6 –0
Connecticut + 3 –2 –05 –6 –0
UMass + 3 –2 –05 –6 –0
Rhode Island 2 –3 –07 –4 –0
New Hampshire 1 –4 –04 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant

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
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 2UMassdagger
L 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 Hampshire
W 23–206,235
November 6Lehigh*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 20–167,526[5]
November 13at Connecticut
L 21–263,063
November 20Springfield*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 24–05,232
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References
  1. "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 115.
  2. 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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