1948 Rhode Island State Rams football team

1948 Rhode Island State Rams football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	2–4–1 (1–3 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Beck (4th season)
Home stadium	Meade Field
Seasons ←  1947 1949  →

1948 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Hampshire $	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Vermont	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
UMass	1	–	1	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Maine	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1948 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1948 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Bill Beck, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record (1–3 against conference opponents) and finished in last place in the conference. ^[1] The team played its home games at Meade Field in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Quonset Air Station *	Meade Field Kingston, RI	W 56–0		[2]
September 25	at Maine	Orono, ME	L 7–13		[3]
October 2	at New Hampshire	Lewis Field Durham, NH	L 7–19	6,000	[4]
October 9	at Brown *	Brown Field Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 0–33	11,000	[5] [6]
October 16	UMass	Meade Field Kingston RI	W 19–12	2,500	[7]
October 30	at Springfield *	Springfield, MA	T 21–21	4,000	[8]
November 6	Connecticut	Meade Field Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 6–28		[9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

References

1. "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
2. "Rhode Island Trounces Quonset in Opener, 56-0". The Hartford Courant. September 19, 1948. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Maine Football Team Defeats Rhode Island". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. September 26, 1948. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fighting Rhode Island Keeps UNH Score Down". The Portsmouth Herald. October 4, 1948. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Brown Scores In Every Period To Gain Easy Victory Over Rhode Island State". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. October 10, 1948. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Brown Turns Back R.I. State by 33-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 10, 1948. p. S2.
7. "Rhode Island Tips Massachusetts, 19-12, in Last 3 Periods". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. October 17, 1948. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Late Rhody Pass Ties Springfield in Thriller, 21-21". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1948. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Bob Zaiman (November 7, 1948). "Uconns Drub Rhode Island Staters, 28-6". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.