2005 Rhode Island Rams football team

2005 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	North
	South
	+ – Conference co-champions; x – Division champion/co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their sixth season under head coach Tim Stowers, the Rams compiled a 4–7 record (2–6 against conference opponents) and finished in a tie for last place in the North Division of the Atlantic 10 Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	Fordham*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 34–20	1,867
September 10	at Central Connecticut*	Arute Field New Britain, CT	W 56–10	3,259
September 17	No. 7 William & Mary	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 48–29	3,303
September 24	at No. 24 UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 6–14	15,314
October 1	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 35–45	6,152
October 8	Towson	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–23	2,508
October 15	at No. 8 New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 9–53	5,596
October 22	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 48–30	5,109
October 29	Hofstra	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 24–38	3,987
November 12	at Maine	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	L 24–27 (OT)	5,050
November 19	Northeastern	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–17	2,570
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.

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2005 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North
No. 5 New Hampshire x+^		7	–	1		11	–	2
No. 19 UMass		6	–	2		7	–	4
Hofstra		5	–	3		8	–	4
Maine		3	–	5		5	–	6
Northeastern		2	–	6		3	–	9
Rhode Island		2	–	6		4	–	7
South
No. 8 Richmond x+^		7	–	1		9	–	4
No. 25 James Madison		5	–	3		7	–	4
Towson		3	–	5		7	–	4
Delaware		3	–	5		6	–	5
William & Mary		3	–	5		5	–	6
Villanova		2	–	6		4	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll