1947 Rhode Island State Rams football team

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1947 Rhode Island State Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
1947 record3–4 (1–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Yankee Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Maine 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Connecticut 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts 0 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Vermont 0 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 Rhode Island State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its third season under head coach Bill Beck, the team compiled a 3–4 record (1–3 against conference opponents) and finished in fourth place in the Yankee Conference. The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Maine
L 13–334,000[2][3]
October 4New Hampshiredagger
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
L 7–333,000[4]
October 11at Brown*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
L 6–5515,000[5]
October 18at Massachusetts
W 20–13> 4,500[6]
October 25Coast Guard*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 27–74,000[7]
November 1UMass-Devens branch*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 38–134,000[8]
November 8at Connecticut
  • Gardner Dow Field
  • Storrs, CT (rivalry)
L 0–234,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "2005 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2005. p. 134. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Parady's Passes Help Maine Sock Rhode Island, 33-13". The Boston Globe. September 28, 1947. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Maine Outscores Rhode Island By 33-13 In Opener". The Hartford Courant. September 28, 1947. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Mather Sparks New Hampshire Over Rams, 33-7". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1947. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brown Wins, 55-6, Over Rhode Island". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1947. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rhode Island Rallies to Edge Statesmen, 20-13". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1947. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Coast Guarders Beaten, 27 To 7 By Rhode Island". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 26, 1947. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rhody Rams Launch Touchdown Parade Against Devens, 38-13". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1947. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Uconns Blank Rhode Island, Fumbles Help". The Boston Globe. November 9, 1947. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
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