2017 Rhode Island Rams football team

2017 Rhode Island Rams football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2017 record 3–8 (2–6 CAA)
Head coach Jim Fleming (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Will Fleming (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Pete Rekstis (4th season)
Home stadium Meade Stadium
(Capacity: 6,555)
2017 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 –0     14 –1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 20 Elon ^  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^  5 –3     9 –5  
Delaware  5 –3     7 –4  
Richmond  4 –4     6 –5  
Towson  3 –5     5 –6  
Villanova  3 –5     5 –6  
Maine  3 –5     4 –6  
Albany  2 –6     4 –7  
Rhode Island  2 –6     3 –8  
William & Mary  0 –8     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 7:00 p.m. at Central Michigan* Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI ESPN3 L 27–30 3OT  16,311
September 9 1:00 p.m. Stony Brook Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI CSL[1] L 18–35   5,102
September 16 1:00 p.m. Harvard* Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI CSL W 17–10   3,812
September 23 3:30 p.m. at No. 15 New Hampshire Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH ESPN3 L 14–28   22,135
September 30 12:30 p.m. at Brown* Brown Stadium • Providence, RI (Governor's Cup) ILN L 21–24   3,191
October 14 3:30 p.m. at Maine Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME FCS L 27–51   9,205
October 21 Noon No. 14 Elondagger Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI CSL L 34–35   7,221
October 28 1:00 p.m. at Albany Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY ESPN3 W 31–14   3,383
November 4 Noon No. 1 James Madison Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI CSL L 3–38   3,227
November 11 Noon Villanova Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI CSL W 20–6   2,877
November 18 2:00 p.m. at Towson Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD TSN L 10–29   3,134
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Central Michigan

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Rams 0 0 7 14303 27
Chippewas 0 13 0 8306 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 14 0 7 14 35
Rams 0 0 10 8 18
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2016 L, 3–14

Harvard

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 3 7 0 0 10
Rams 0 17 0 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2016 L, 21–51

at New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 7 7 14
No. 15 Wildcats 8 7 0 13 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–58–5 2016 L, 17–39

at Brown

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 7 0 7 21
Bears 3 0 21 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–72–2 2016 W, 28–13

at Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 14 7 0 6 27
Black Bears 7 16 28 0 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–58–3 2016 L, 21–28

Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Phoenix 14 7 7 7 35
Rams 7 20 7 0 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2016 W, 44–14

at Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 6 15 3 7 31
Great Danes 0 0 7 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2016 L, 7–35

James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Dukes 0 7 17 14 38
Rams 0 3 0 0 3
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–9 2016 L, 7–84

Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 0 3 0 6
Rams 3 7 10 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–24 2016 L, 0–35

at Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 3 0 0 10
Tigers 2 13 7 7 29
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–9 2016 L, 31–32

References

  1. ↑ Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
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