2017 Rhode Island Rams football team

2017 Rhode Island Rams football
2017 Rhode Island Rams football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	3–8 (2–6 CAA)
Head coach	Jim Fleming (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Will Fleming (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Pete Rekstis (4th season)
Home stadium	Meade Stadium

2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

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 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 Elon	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CSL	L 34–35	7,221
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Albany	Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium 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 Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Rams	0	0	7	14	3	0	3	27
Chippewas	0	13	0	8	3	0	6	30

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	14	0	7	14	35
Rams	0	0	10	8	18

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	3	7	0	0	10
Rams	0	17	0	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	7	7	14
No. 15 Wildcats	8	7	0	13	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	7	0	7	21
Bears	3	0	21	0	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	14	7	0	6	27
Black Bears	7	16	28	0	51

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Phoenix	14	7	7	7	35
Rams	7	20	7	0	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	6	15	3	7	31
Great Danes	0	0	7	7	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Dukes	0	7	17	14	38
Rams	0	3	0	0	3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	0	3	0	6
Rams	3	7	10	0	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	3	0	0	10
Tigers	2	13	7	7	29

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

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