1951 Rhode Island Rams football team

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1951 Rhode Island Rams football
Conference Yankee Conference
Record3–5 (1–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadium Meade Stadium
Seasons
←  1950
1952  →
1951 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maine $ 3 –0 –16 –0 –1
UMass 2 –0 –03 –4 –1
Connecticut 2 –1 –04 –4 –0
New Hampshire 1 –2 –15 –2 –1
Rhode Island 1 –3 –03 –5 –0
Vermont 0 –3 –00 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1951 college football season. It was the first and only season under head coach Ed Doherty, who took the job on a temporary basis after Hal Kopp was called to active duty in the United States Army. [1] The team compiled a 3–5 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 133 to 130. [2] [3] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Northeastern *
L 0–21
September 29at Maine
L 0–12
October 6 New Hampshire
W 27–0
October 13at Brown *
L 13–2010,000 [4]
October 20at UMass
L 7–40
November 3 Springfield *
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 25–19
November 10 Brooklyn *
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 52–0
November 17at Connecticut
L 6–21
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "Report Eddie Doherty Offered R.I. Grid Job". The Boston Daily Globe. June 30, 1951.
  2. ↑ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Rhode Island Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Brown Rally Tops Rhode Island, 20-13". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 14, 1951. p. S2.
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