1962 Rhode Island Rams football team
American college football season
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The 1962 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 1962 NCAA College Division football season. In its second and final season under head coach John Chironna, the team compiled a 2–5–2 record (1–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 176 to 84.[1] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record2–5–2 (1–3–1 Yankee)
Headcoach
- John Chironna (2nd season)
HomestadiumMeade Stadium
| 1962 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 2–5–2 (1–3–1 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 22 | Northeastern* | L 0–28 | 4,500 | ||||
| September 29 | at Maine | W 14–7 | 1,000–5,000 | [2] | |||
| October 6 | at New Hampshire | T 6–6 | 5,000 | [3] | |||
| October 13 | Vermont |
| L 12–21 | 4,000 | [4] | ||
| October 20 | UMass |
| L 8–42 | 7,440–7,500 | [5] | ||
| October 27 | at Brown* | T 12–12 | 10,000–12,000 | [6] | |||
| November 3 | at Springfield* | Springfield, MA | W 24–13 | 1,000 | |||
| November 10 | Hofstra* |
| L 8–20 | 1,000–3,500 | [7] | ||
| November 17 | at Connecticut | L 0–27 | 9,540–10,000 | [8] | |||
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