2018 Rhode Island Rams football team
American college football season
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The 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in seventh place.
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record6–5 (4–4 CAA)
Headcoach
- Jim Fleming (5th season)
OffensivecoordinatorWill Fleming (2nd season)
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| Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Record | 6–5 (4–4 CAA) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Will Fleming (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Pete Rekstis (5th season) |
| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Maine $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 James Madison ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Stony Brook ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Towson ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Delaware ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Elon ^ | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason
CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Rams were predicted to finish in last place.[1]
Preseason All-CAA Team
The Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
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Offense Aaron Parker – WR Defense Brandon Ginnetti – DL |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 15 Delaware | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | W 21–19 | 17,945 | ||
| September 8 | 1:00 p.m. | Albany | FCS/FSGO | W 45–26 | 6,520 | ||
| September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at UConn* | No. 25 | SNY/ESPN3 | L 49–56 | 20,691 | |
| September 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Harvard* | No. 22 | ESPN+ | W 23–16 | 9,123 | |
| October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown* | No. 18 |
| CAA.tv | W 48–0 | 6,141 |
| October 13 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 Maine | No. 16 |
| CAA.tv | L 36–38 | 7,301 |
| October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Stony Brook | No. 22 | L 14–52 | 12,701 | ||
| October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | William & Mary |
| CAA.tv | W 21–10 | 1,688 | |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Elon | L 21–24 | 10,513 | |||
| November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 9 James Madison | MASN/SNY | L 31–48 | 24,199 | ||
| November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | New Hampshire |
| CAA.tv | W 24–21 | 3,012 | |
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Game summaries
At Delaware
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rams | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Great Danes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 |
| Rams | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
At UConn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 25 Rams | 7 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
| Huskies | 14 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
At Harvard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 22 Rams | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Crimson | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
Brown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 18 Rams | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 48 |
Maine
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 21 Black Bears | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| No. 16 Rams | 10 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 36 |
At Stony Brook
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 22 Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 18 Seawolves | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
William & Mary
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tribe | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Rams | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
At Elon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| No. 8 Phoenix | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
At James Madison
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rams | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| No. 9 Dukes | 14 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 |
New Hampshire
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Rams | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |