The 1954 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1954 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Hal Kopp, the team compiled a 6–2 record (3–1 against conference opponents), finished second out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 111.[1][2] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 6–2 (3–1 Yankee) |
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Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire $ | 4 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 7 | - | 1 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3 | - | 1 | - | 0 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 2 | - | 2 | - | 0 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 1 | - | 3 | - | 0 | 4 | - | 4 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 0 | - | 4 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zeitplan
editDate | Opponent | Website | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 18 | Northeastern* | W 13–7 | |||||
September 25 | at Maine |
| W 14–7 | [3] | |||
October 2 | at New Hampshire | L 6–33 | |||||
October 9 | at Brown* | L 0–35 | 15,000 | [4] | |||
October 16 | UMass |
| W 52–6 | ||||
October 23 | Hofstra* |
| W 46–14 | ||||
October 30 | at Springfield* | Springfield, MA | W 13–9 | ||||
November 13 | Connecticut |
| W 20–0 | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013.
- ^ "Rhode Island Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Bud Leavitt (September 27, 1954). "Rhody Defeats Maine, 14-7". Bangor Daily News. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown Sets Back Rhode Island, 35-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 10, 1954. p. S2.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 28, 2022.