1959 Rhode Island Rams football team
American college football season
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The 1959 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 1959 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Herb Maack, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record (1–2–1 against conference opponents), tied for fourth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 159 to 64.[1] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–5–1 (1–2–1 Yankee)
Headcoach
- Herb Maack (4th season)
HomestadiumMeade Stadium
| 1959 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 3–5–1 (1–2–1 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | at Northeastern* | Boston, MA | W 8–6 | 4,000 | |||
| September 26 | Maine | T 0–0 | 3,227–3,500 | [2] | |||
| October 3 | New Hampshire |
| L 0–45 | 3,500–4,200 | [3] | ||
| October 10 | at Brandeis* | Waltham, MA | W 20–0 | 2,000 | |||
| October 17 | at UMass | W 30–6 | 6,478–6,500 | [4] | |||
| October 24 | at Brown* | L 0–6 | 7,000 | [5] | |||
| October 31 | Springfield* |
| L 0–21 | 4,000 | |||
| November 7 | at No. 9 Buffalo* | L 6–41 | 8,500–9,000 | [6] | |||
| November 14 | at Connecticut | L 0–34 | 10,300–10,352 | [7] | |||
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