1968 Rhode Island Rams football team

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1968 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
1968 record3–6 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 4 1 0 6 2 0
Connecticut + 4 1 0 4 6 0
Maine 2 3 0 3 5 0
Rhode Island 2 3 0 3 6 0
UMass 2 3 0 2 8 0
Vermont 1 4 0 3 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1968 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 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jack Zilly, the team compiled a 3–6 record (2–3 against conference opponents), finished in a three-way tie for third place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 168 to 137.[1][2] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21at TempleL 0–28[3]
September 28at Brown
L 9–10[4]
October 5Southern Connecticut StateW 33–8
October 12Vermont
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 52–10[5]
October 19UMass
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 14–9
October 26at MaineOrono, MEL 14–21
November 2at New HampshireL 6–27
November 9Boston University
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
L 3–20
November 16at ConnecticutL 6–35

References[]

  1. ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Rhode Island Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Chevalier, Jack (September 22, 1968). "Temple jolts Rhode Island in opener". The Philadelphia Inquirer. sect. 3, p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Monahan, Bob (September 29, 1968). "R.I. comeback falls short against Brown". The Boston Globe. p. 62. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rhode Island romps over Vermont, 52–10". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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