1951 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–5 (1–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
1951 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maine $ 3 0 16 0 1
UMass 2 0 03 4 1
Connecticut 2 1 04 4 0
New Hampshire 1 2 15 2 1
Rhode Island 1 3 03 5 0
Vermont 0 3 00 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1951 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 1951 college football season. It was the first and only season under head coach Ed Doherty, who took the job on a temporary basis after Hal Kopp was called to active duty in the United States Army.[1] The team compiled a 3–5 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 133 to 130.[2][3] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Northeastern*L 0–21
September 29at Maine
L 0–12
October 6New HampshireW 27–0
October 13at Brown*L 13–2010,000[4]
October 20at UMassL 7–40
November 3Springfield*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 25–19
November 10Brooklyn*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 52–0
November 17at Connecticut
L 6–21
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Report Eddie Doherty Offered R.I. Grid Job". The Boston Daily Globe. June 30, 1951.
  2. "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013.
  3. "Rhode Island Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. "Brown Rally Tops Rhode Island, 20-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 14, 1951. p. S2.
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