1940 Rhode Island State Rams football team

1940 Rhode Island State Rams football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record5–3 (2–1 New England)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 2 0 0 5 3 0
Rhode Island State 2 1 0 5 3 0
Connecticut 1 2 0 4 4 0
Maine 1 2 0 1 6 0
Northeastern 0 1 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as a member of the New England Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its 21st season under head coach Frank Keaney, the team compiled a 5–3 record (2–1 against conference opponents) and finished in second place in the conference.[1]

Rhode Island was ranked at No. 310 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[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. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.