2020 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 2020 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.
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| Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
| North Division | |
| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 18 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 24 |
| Record | 2–1 (2–1 CAA) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Patrick Murphy (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jack Cooper (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Meade Stadium (capacity: 6,555) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| No. 4 Delaware x$^ | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Rhode Island † | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Villanova | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany † | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire † | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 James Madison x^ | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Richmond | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elon | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference is allowing the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wish to play in the fall.[1]
On April 7, 2021, the team announced that its season would end earlier than expected due to a mandated pause in team activities resulting from positive COVID-19 cases that extended past their last scheduled game.[2]
Schedule
Rhode Island had a game scheduled against Brown on October 3, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3] The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.[4]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| March 13, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Villanova | FloFootball | W 40–37 OT | |||||
| March 20, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Albany | FloFootball | W 17–10 OT | |||||
| March 27, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 11 Delaware | No. 18 | FloFootball | L 21–35 | ||||
| April 3, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | No. 22 |
| FloFootball | Canceled | |||
| April 10, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. | Maine | No. 22 |
| FloFootball | Canceled | |||
| April 17, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook | FloFootball | Canceled | |||||
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References
- Singelais, Mark (July 16, 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- "Rhode Island Rams' football season is effectively over after positive COVID-19 tests". WJAR. April 7, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- West, Jenna. "Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- Kelley, Kevin (October 27, 2020). "CAA releases Spring 2021 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- "2020 Rhode Island Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020.