| 1948 Rhode Island State Rams football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 2–4–1 (1–3 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire $ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1948 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Bill Beck, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record (1–3 against conference opponents) and finished in last place in the conference. The team played its home games at Meade Field in Kingston, Rhode Island.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 18 | Quonset Air Station* | W 56–0 | |||||
| September 25 | at Maine | Orono, ME | L 7–13 | ||||
| October 2 | at New Hampshire | L 7–19 | 6,000 | ||||
| October 9 | at Brown* |
| L 0–33 | 11,000 | |||
| October 16 | UMass |
| W 19–12 | 2,500 | |||
| October 30 | at Springfield* | Springfield, MA | T 21–21 | 4,000 | |||
| November 6 | Connecticut |
| L 6–28 | ||||
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References
- "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- "Rhode Island Trounces Quonset in Opener, 56-0". The Hartford Courant. September 19, 1948. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Maine Football Team Defeats Rhode Island". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. September 26, 1948. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Fighting Rhode Island Keeps UNH Score Down". The Portsmouth Herald. October 4, 1948. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Brown Scores In Every Period To Gain Easy Victory Over Rhode Island State". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. October 10, 1948. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.
- "Brown Turns Back R.I. State by 33-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 10, 1948. p. S2.
- "Rhode Island Tips Massachusetts, 19-12, in Last 3 Periods". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. October 17, 1948. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Late Rhody Pass Ties Springfield in Thriller, 21-21". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1948. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
- Bob Zaiman (November 7, 1948). "Uconns Drub Rhode Island Staters, 28-6". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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