2020 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
DivisionNorth Division
Ranking
STATSNo. 18
FCS CoachesNo. 24
Record2–1 (2–1 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Murphy (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Cooper (1st season)
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
2020 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 4 Delaware x$^  4 –0   7 –1  
No. 18 Rhode Island †  2 –1   2 –1  
No. 16 Villanova  2 –2   2 –2  
Maine  2 –2   2 –2  
Stony Brook  1 –3   1 –3  
Albany †  1 –3   1 –3  
New Hampshire †  0 –1   0 –1  
South Division
No. 3 James Madison x^  3 –0   7 –1  
No. 15 Richmond  3 –1   3 –1  
William & Mary  1 –2   1 –2  
Elon  0 –4   1 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the CAA suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    Towson opted out of the spring football season.
    † – Albany, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 31, April 6, and April 7 respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference is allowing the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wish to play in the fall.[1]

On April 7, 2021, the team announced that its season would end earlier than expected due to a mandated pause in team activities resulting from positive COVID-19 cases that extended past their last scheduled game.[2]

Schedule

Rhode Island had a game scheduled against Brown on October 3, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3] The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.[4]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
March 13, 2021 1:00 p.m. at No. 6 Villanova
FloFootball W 40–37 OT
March 20, 2021 1:00 p.m. at No. 18 Albany
FloFootball W 17–10 OT
March 27, 2021 12:00 p.m. No. 11 Delaware No. 18
FloFootball L 21–35
April 3, 2021 1:00 p.m. New Hampshire No. 22
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
 FloFootball Canceled
April 10, 2021 12:00 p.m. Maine No. 22
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
 FloFootball Canceled
April 17, 2021 12:00 p.m. at Stony Brook
FloFootball Canceled

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    References

    1. ↑ Singelais, Mark (July 16, 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
    2. ↑ "Rhode Island Rams' football season is effectively over after positive COVID-19 tests". WJAR. April 7, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
    3. ↑ West, Jenna. "Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
    4. ↑ Kelley, Kevin (October 27, 2020). "CAA releases Spring 2021 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
    5. ↑ "2020 Rhode Island Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
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