1985 Rhode Island Rams football team

1985 Yankee Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

1985 Rhode Island Rams football
1985 Rhode Island Rams football
Yankee champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 15–59 at Furman
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	10–3 (5–0 Yankee)
Head coach	Bob Griffin (10th season);
Home stadium	Meade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 10th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 10–3 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, and lost to Furman in the NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 13–29	15,465
September 14	Howard		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 46–0	6,628
September 21	Maine		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 34–14	9,442
September 28	at Brown	No. 15	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 27–32	10,399
October 5	at UMass		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 7–3	6,871
October 12	at Lehigh		Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 45–38	13,500
October 19	at Boston University		Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 34–19	4,164
October 26	Lafayette		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 41–19	12,933	^[2]
November 2	New Hampshire	No. T–17	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 30–20	10,114
November 9	Northeastern	No. 12	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 34–21	9,421
November 16	Connecticut	No. 7	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 56–42	8,897
November 30	No. 10 Akron	No. 7	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 35–27	7,317
December 7	at No T–2 Furman	No. 7	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 15–59	9,454	^[3]
Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 115.
^ "Ehrhardt, URI Keep Flying, 41-21". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 27, 1985. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ian Thomsen (December 8, 1985). "URI is thrown out of play-offs, 59-15". The Boston Globe. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.

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