2019 Rhode Island Rams football team

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2019 Rhode Island Rams football
Rhode Island Rams logo.svg
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Record2–10 (0–8 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWill Fleming (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorPete Rekstis (6th season)
Home stadium Meade Stadium
Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 0   14 2  
No. 18 Albany ^  6 2   9 5  
No. 15 Villanova ^  5 3   9 4  
New Hampshire  5 3   6 5  
Towson  4 4   7 5  
Maine  4 4   6 6  
Elon  4 4   5 6  
Richmond  4 4   5 7  
Delaware  3 5   5 7  
William & Mary  3 5   5 7  
Stony Brook  2 6   5 7  
Rhode Island  0 8   2 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in CAA play to finish in last place.

Contents

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Rams were predicted to finish in eighth place. [1]

Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1James Madison238 (20)
2Towson217 (3)
3Maine201 (1)
4Elon164
5Delaware162
6Stony Brook151
7New Hampshire109
8Rhode Island104
9Villanova84
10Richmond62
11William & Mary58
12Albany34

Preseason All–CAA team

The Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 312:00 p.m.at Ohio * ESPN+ L 20–4116,665 [2]
September 77:00 p.m.No. 21 Delaware FloSports/YurviewL 36–44 3OT8,511 [3]
September 216:00 p.m.at New Hampshire FloSportsL 24–277,519 [4]
September 287:00 p.m. Stony Brook
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
FloSports/YurviewL 27–316,104 [5]
October 512:30 p.m.at Brown *ESPN+W 31–285,077 [6]
October 124:00 p.m.at Virginia Tech * ACCN L 17–3451,716 [7]
October 193:30 p.m.at Albany FloSportsL 28–357,763 [8]
October 261:00 p.m. Elon
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
FloSports/YurviewL 13–388,911
November 21:00 p.m. Merrimack *
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
FloSports/YurviewW 45–143,091
November 91:00 p.m.at William & Mary FloSports/YurviewL 19–557,063 [9]
November 1612:00 p.m.at Maine FloSportsL 30–344,908 [10]
November 2312:00 p.m. No. 2 James Madison
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
FloSports/YurviewL 21–552,815 [11]

Game summaries

At Ohio

1234Total
Rams067720
Bobcats71017741

Delaware

1234OT2OT3OTTotal
No. 21 Blue Hens0014877844
Rams3100977036

At New Hampshire

1234Total
Rams0731424
Wildcats777627

Stony Brook

1234Total
Seawolves7071731
Rams0072027

At Brown

1234Total
Rams7107731
Bears7701428

At Virginia Tech

1234Total
Rams0611017
Hokies10771034

At Albany

1234Total
Rams777728
Great Danes0622735

Elon

1234Total
Phoenix70171438
Rams337013

Merrimack

1234Total
Warriors070714
Rams7772142

At William & Mary

1234Total
Rams066719
Tribe211471355

At Maine

1234Total
Rams7314630
Black Bears03102134

James Madison

1234Total
No. 2 Dukes102171755
Rams0014721

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
5171 Isaiah Coulter WR Houston Texans

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