1956 Rhode Island Rams football team
1956 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
1956 record | 2–6 (1–4 Yankee) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 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 1956 NCAA College Division football season. In its first season under head coach Herb Maack, the team compiled a 2–6 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in sixth/last place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 235 to 87.[1][2] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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September 22 | Northeastern | W 13–12 | ||
September 29 | at Maine |
| L 7–40 | |
October 6 | at New Hampshire | L 7–13 | ||
October 13 | Vermont |
| L 13–39 | [3] |
October 20 | UMass |
| W 34–13 | |
October 27 | at Brown |
| L 7–27 | [4] |
November 3 | at Springfield | Springfield, MA | L 0–40 | |
November 17 | Connecticut |
| L 6–51 |
References[]
- ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Rhode Island Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Vermont stuns Rhode Island gridders 39–13". The Hartford Courant. October 14, 1956. Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown defeats Rhode Island with second-half touchdowns at Providence". The New York Times. Associated Press. October 28, 1956. p. S6.
Categories:
- 1956 Yankee Conference football season
- Rhode Island Rams football seasons
- 1956 in sports in Rhode Island