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1917 Rhode Island State Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–2
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Seasons← 19161919 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh   –   10 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   7 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   9 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 3
New Hampshire   –   3 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 2 – 3
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1917 Rhode Island State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its third and final year under head coach James A. Baldwin, the team compiled a 2–4–2 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29at BrownL 0–27
October 6at WesleyanT 0–0
October 13at Worcester TechWorcester, MAW 30–0
October 20New HampshireKingston, RIT 0–0
October 27at Holy CrossL 0–13
November 3at Boston CollegeL 0–48
November 10at NYUL 6–9
November 17Fort KearneyW 12–0

References

  1. "Rhode Island Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2020. p. 11.
  2. "Brown Shows Speed, Blanking R. I. State, 27 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 30, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Three Veterans on Wesleyan Eleven". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 6, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Fumbles Are Many In Wesleyan Game". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 7, 1917. p. 37. Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "Hold Rivals to Scoreless Game". The New Hampshire. Vol. 7, no. 3. October 27, 1917. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
  6. "Holy Cross Blanks Rhode Island State". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 28, 1917. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Boston College Team Swamps Rhode Island State 48 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. "Egan's drop kick wins for N.Y.U." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 11, 1917. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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