1940 Rhode Island State Rams football team
American college football season
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The 1940 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 New England Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its 21st season under head coach Frank Keaney, the team compiled a 5–3 record (2–1 against conference opponents) and finished in second place in the conference.[1]
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record5–3 (2–1 New England)
Headcoach
- Frank Keaney (21st season)
HomestadiumMeade Stadium
| 1940 Rhode Island State Rams football | |
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| Conference | New England Conference |
| Record | 5–3 (2–1 New England) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rhode Island was ranked at No. 310 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | Northeastern | W 10–0 | [3] | ||||
| September 28 | at Maine |
| L 0–7 | 5,000 | [4] | ||
| October 5 | at Brown* | L 17–20 | 14,000 | [5] | |||
| October 12 | Lowell Textile* |
| W 48–0 | [6] | |||
| October 19 | at Massachusetts State* | W 9–3 | [7] | ||||
| October 23 | at Providence* | L 0–25 | 7,000 | [8] | |||
| November 2 | Worcester Tech * |
| W 18–0 | [9] | |||
| November 9 | at Connecticut |
| W 13–12 | 7,000 | [10] | ||
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