1986 Rhode Island Rams football team

1986 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Delaware +^	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Connecticut +	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
UMass +	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Maine	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Richmond	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Boston University	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rhode Island	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 11th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–10 record (0–7 against conference opponents) and finished last out of eight teams in the conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at No. 6 Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 10–44	17,337
September 13	Towson State*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–35	6,967
September 20	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 14–34	7,200
September 27	Brown*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 7–27	9,515	^[2]
October 4	UMass	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 17–31	6,356
October 18	Boston University	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 0–17	9,882
October 25	Richmond	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–28	7,944	^[3]
November 1	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 24–28	10,350
November 8	Southern Connecticut*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 34–18	2,543
November 15	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 14–21 (OT)	3,769
November 22	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	L 9–36	3,100
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

↑ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.
↑ O'Sullivan, Sean (September 28, 1986). "URI Bottled Up by Brown, 27-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Richmond 28, URI 14". The Boston Globe. October 26, 1986. Retrieved November 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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