1987 Rhode Island Rams football team

1987 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Maine +^	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 17 Richmond +^	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Delaware	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
UMass	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Boston University	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1987 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 12th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–10 record (1–6 against conference opponents) and finished last out of eight teams in the conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at James Madison*	JMU Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 0–38	3,300	^[2]
September 12	Delaware	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 26–13	7,028
September 19	Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 20–24	6,858
September 26	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 15–17	13,500	^[3]
October 3	at UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 7–42	9,801
October 17	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 13–16	11,552
October 24	at No. 19 Richmond	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	L 14–27	17,029	^[4]
October 31	No. 6 New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–28	11,231
November 7	Northeastern*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 3–21	6,994
November 14	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 7–52	3,906
November 21	at Towson State*	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	L 6–19	587
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

↑ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.
↑ "JMU comes out smoking, buries Rhode Island, 38–0". Daily Press. September 6, 1987. Retrieved October 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Monahan, Bob (September 27, 1987). "Brown Holds Off URI, 17-15". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Richmond retains Yankee lead". The Daily News Leader. October 25, 1987. Retrieved November 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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