1956 Rhode Island Rams football team

1956 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record2–6 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Connecticut $ 3 0 1 6 2 1
Maine 3 1 0 5 2 0
New Hampshire 2 1 1 3 4 1
Vermont 1 2 0 2 5 0
UMass 1 3 0 2 5 1
Rhode Island 1 4 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1956 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1956 college football season. In its first season under head coach Herb Maack, the team compiled a 2–6 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in sixth/last place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 235 to 87.[1][2] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

  1. ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "Rhode Island Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2020.