1963 Rhode Island Rams football team
American college football season
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The 1963 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 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In its first season under head coach Jack Zilly, the team compiled a 4–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents), finished in third place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 219 to 116.[1] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record4–5 (2–3 Yankee)
Headcoach
- Jack Zilly (1st season)
HomestadiumMeade Stadium
| 1963 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (2–3 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | at Northeastern* | L 13–28 | 6,500 | ||||
| September 28 | Maine | W 20–16 | 3,600–4,500 | [2] | |||
| October 5 | New Hampshire |
| L 13–25 | 6,887–7,000 | [3] | ||
| October 12 | at Vermont | L 6–21 | 5,500–7,000 | [4] | |||
| October 19 | at UMass | L 0–57 | 10,233–11,000 | [5] | |||
| October 26 | at Brown* | L 7–33 | 10,000 –10,800 | [6] | |||
| November 2 | Springfield* |
| W 21–20 | 1,000 | |||
| November 9 | at Hofstra* | W 23–7 | 3,500 | ||||
| November 16 | vs. Connecticut |
| W 13–12 | 4,500–4,812 | [7] | ||
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