1951 Rhode Island Rams football team
American college football season
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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] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–5 (1–3 Yankee)
Headcoach
- Ed Doherty (1st season)
HomestadiumMeade Stadium
| 1951 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 3–5 (1–3 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 22 | at Northeastern* | L 0–21 | |||||
| September 29 | at Maine |
| L 0–12 | ||||
| October 6 | New Hampshire | W 27–0 | |||||
| October 13 | at Brown* | L 13–20 | 10,000 | [3] | |||
| October 20 | at UMass | L 7–40 | |||||
| November 3 | Springfield* |
| W 25–19 | ||||
| November 10 | Brooklyn* |
| W 52–0 | ||||
| November 17 | at Connecticut |
| L 6–21 | ||||
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