1990 Rhode Island Rams football team

1990 Yankee Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 15th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 5–6 record (2–6 against conference opponents) and tied for seventh place out of nine teams in the conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Towson State*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 40–21	6,297
September 15	Richmond	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 37–20	5,321
September 22	Brown*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	W 23–3	7,413	^[2]
September 29	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 19–24	12,341
October 6	UMass	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 13–16	9,407
October 13	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 17–24	6,103	^[3]
October 20	Boston University	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 13–15	10,228
October 27	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 7–14	9,257
November 3	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 31–11	6,200
November 10	New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 24–14	500
November 17	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 21–51	6,215
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.
^ Pave, Marvin (September 23, 1990). "URI Takes Brown Down". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Allen Lessels (October 14, 1990). "Maine chalks up first win". The Boston Globe. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.

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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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1990 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 UMass $^	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
No. 19 New Hampshire	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Delaware	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Villanova	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Boston University	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Maine	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Richmond	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll