1961 Rhode Island Rams football team

1961 Yankee Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

The 1961 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 1961 NCAA College Division football season. In its first season under head coach John Chironna, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 163 to 69.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 23	at Northeastern	Kent Street Field Brookline, MA	L 13–26
September 30	Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 20–22
October 7	New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 0–20
October 14	at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 18–6	^[3]
October 21	at UMass	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 0–25
October 28	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 12–9	^[4]
November 4	Springfield	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	T 6–6
November 11	at Hofstra	Hofstra College Stadium Hempstead, NY	L 0–12	^[5]
November 18	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 0–37

^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Rhode Island Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^ "R.I. slams Vermont for first win, 18–6". The Boston Globe. October 15, 1961. Retrieved June 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Brown bows, 12–9, to Rhode Island". The New York Times. Associated Press. October 29, 1961. p. S4.
^ "Hofstra downs Rhode Island, 12–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. United Press International. November 12, 1961. p. S7. Retrieved June 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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1961 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Maine $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	1
UMass	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Vermont	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	1

$ – Conference champion