1968 Rhode Island Rams football team
American college football season
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The 1968 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 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jack Zilly, the team compiled a 3–6 record (2–3 against conference opponents), finished in a three-way tie for third place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 168 to 137.[1] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–6 (2–3 Yankee)
Headcoach
- Jack Zilly (6th season)
HomestadiumMeade Stadium
| 1968 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 3–6 (2–3 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | at Temple* | L 0–28 | 11,000 | [2] | |||
| September 28 | at Brown* | L 9–10 | 11,200–13,200 | [3] | |||
| October 5 | Southern Connecticut State* | W 33–8 | 10,000 | ||||
| October 12 | Vermont |
| W 52–10 | 10,600–12,000 | [4][5] | ||
| October 19 | UMass |
| W 14–9 | 3,500 | |||
| October 26 | at Maine | L 14–21 | 8,000–10,000 | [6] | |||
| November 2 | at New Hampshire | L 6–27 | 8,133 | ||||
| November 9 | Boston University* |
| L 3–20 | 4,000–4,500 | [7] | ||
| November 16 | at Connecticut | L 6–35 | 10,500–11,384 | [8] | |||
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