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 | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| 1982 record | 7–4 (2–3 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 11 | at Lafayette | W 20–10 | 9,500 | ||||
| September 18 | at Maine |
| W 58–55 (6OT) | 6,250 | [2] | ||
| September 25 | at Brown | L 20–24 | 14,800 | ||||
| October 2 | UMass | L 7–17 | 9,433 | ||||
| October 9 | at Northeastern | Brookline, MA | W 14–13 | 1,200 | |||
| October 16 | Boston University |
| L 16–26 | 10,230 | |||
| October 23 | Southern Connecticut |
| W 41–14 | 4,611 | |||
| October 30 | at New Hampshire | W 23–20 | 6,235 | ||||
| November 6 | Lehigh |
| W 20–16 | 7,526 | |||
| November 13 | at Connecticut | L 21–26 | 3,063 | ||||
| November 20 | Springfield |
| W 24–0 | 5,232 | |||
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References
- "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 115.
- bob Haskell (September 20, 1982). "Longest game in history is one for the books". The Bangor Daily News. pp. 1, 10.
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