1961 Rhode Island Rams football team

1961 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record2–6–1 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 5 0 0 8 0 1
UMass 3 1 0 5 4 0
Connecticut 2 2 0 2 7 0
New Hampshire 1 3 0 3 5 0
Rhode Island 1 4 0 2 6 1
Vermont 0 2 0 3 3 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1961 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 1961 college football season. In its first season under head coach John Chironna, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 163 to 69.[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 (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2020.