1979 Rhode Island Rams football team

1979 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record1–9–1 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorPete Adrian (4th season)
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Boston University + 4 1 0 8 1 1
UMass + 4 1 0 6 4 0
Connecticut 3 1 1 3 6 2
New Hampshire 2 2 1 5 4 2
Maine 1 4 0 1 9 1
Rhode Island 0 5 0 2 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–9–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the conference.[1]

  1. ^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 115.