1950 Rhode Island State Rams football team

1950 Rhode Island State Rams football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	3–5 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach	Hal Kopp (1st season)
Home stadium	Meade Stadium
Seasons ←  1949 1951  →

1950 Yankee Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Hampshire $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Maine	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	1
Rhode Island State	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
UMass	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Vermont	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1950 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 1950 college football season. In its first season under head coach Hal Kopp, the team compiled a 3–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished in third place in the conference. ^[1] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Bates*		W 34–7
September 30	at Maine		L 0–13
October 7	at New Hampshire		L 14–27		[2]
October 14	at Brown*	Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 13–55
October 21	Massachusetts		W 38–27
October 28	at Buffalo*		L 12–33	< 2,000	[3]
November 4	at Springfield*		L 0–32
November 18	Connecticut	(rivalry)	W 14–7
*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. "Wildcats Trounce Rams To Gain Conference Win". The Portsmouth Herald. October 9, 1950. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "U.B. Scores Once in 1st, Twice in the 2d Quarter". Buffalo Evening News. October 28, 1950. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.