1951 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 1951 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 1951 college football season. It was the first and only season under head coach Ed Doherty, who took the job on a temporary basis after Hal Kopp was called to active duty in the United States Army.[1] The team compiled a 3–5 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 133 to 130.[2][3] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
| 1951 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| 1951 record | 3–5 (1–3 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 22 | at Northeastern | L 0–21 | |
| September 29 | at Maine |
| L 0–12 |
| October 6 | New Hampshire | W 27–0 | |
| October 13 | at Brown | L 13–20 | |
| October 20 | at UMass | L 7–40 | |
| November 3 | Springfield |
| W 25–19 |
| November 10 | Brooklyn |
| W 52–0 |
| November 17 | at Connecticut |
| L 6–21 |
References
- "Report Eddie Doherty Offered R.I. Grid Job". The Boston Daily Globe. June 30, 1951.
- "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115.
- "Rhode Island Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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