1978 Rhode Island Rams football team

1978 Yankee Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1978 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their third season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 7–3 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and finished in a tie for second place in the conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 9	at Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 0–37	18,584
September 16	Northeastern		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 27–13	1,750
September 30	at Brown		Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 17–3	8,500
October 7	at Maine	No. T–10	Orono, ME	W 47–0	7,600
October 14	Virginia Union	No. 10	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 3–0	2,178
October 21	No. 10 UMass	No. 8	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 17–19	7,595
October 28	No. T–9 Boston University		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 7–6	8,033
November 4	at New Hampshire		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 19–14	9,730
November 11	No. T–9 Merchant Marine		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 34–7	6,161
November 18	at Connecticut	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 6–31	7,038
Homecoming Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game

^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 115.

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Venues	Meade Stadium (1928–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Brown UConn
Culture & lore	Rhody the Ram
People	NFL draftees
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1978 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. T–4 UMass $^	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
No. 7 Rhode Island	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Connecticut	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Boston University	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	1	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Maine	0	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from Associated Press poll