Rhode Island Rams
Coastal AthleticKingston, RIMeade Stadium
2026: 4–3 (1–2 Coastal Athletic). Last: won at Yale 41–23. Next: UAlbany, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- W 34–7at Merrimack
- L 14–38at Temple
- W 31–10Elon
- L 24–56at Stony Brook
- L 18–22at North Carolina A&T
- W 13–10Brown
- W 41–23at Yale
- Oct 24UAlbany
- Oct 31Maine
- Nov 7at New Hampshire
- Nov 14Towson
- Nov 21at Bryant
Rhode Island has played football since 1895 and is officially 446–646–43; 349 of its 1,135 games are in our file. They have won seven Yankee Conference titles (the last in 1985) and two Coastal Athletic Association titles, counting shared titles. The most-played rival is Brown: 90 meetings, Brown leads 65–23–2. This season, they’re 4–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 446–646–43 official; 108–239–2 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1405
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 40 · Composite No. 51 in FCS, Oct 17; up 8 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 9 last in 2025
- Seasons
- 97 since 1903, 349 games
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | at Merrimack | W 34–7 | 68% |
| Sep 5 | at Temple | L 14–38 | 44% |
| Sep 12 | vs Elon | W 31–10 | 66% |
| Sep 19 | at Stony Brook | L 24–56 | 61% |
| Sep 26 | at North Carolina A&T | L 18–22 | 80% |
| Oct 3 | vs Brown | W 13–10 | 67% |
| Oct 17 | at Yale | W 41–23 | 33% |
| Oct 24 | vs UAlbany | Preview | 71% |
| Oct 31 | vs Maine | Preview | 81% |
| Nov 7 | at New Hampshire | Preview | 64% |
| Nov 14 | vs Towson | Preview | 82% |
| Nov 21 | at Bryant | Preview | 61% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
- Marquis Buchanan43 catches, 676 yards, 6 TD (leads Rhode Island in receiving yards)
- Tyler Budge863 passing yards, 5 TD (leads Rhode Island in passing yards)
- Rohan Davy51 tackles, 1 INT (leads Rhode Island in tackles)
- Moses Meus42 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
- Andre DePina-Gray45 tackles, 2 INT (leads Rhode Island in interceptions)
- Alex McClelland487 passing yards, 4 TD (leads Rhode Island in rushing touchdowns)
Program strength since 1903
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Brown
23–65–2 in 90
- 2016 W 28–13
- 2017 L 21–24
- 2018 W 48–0
- 2019 W 31–28
- 2021 W 45–24
- 2022 W 38–10
- 2023 W 34–30
- 2024 W 31–21
- 2025 L 21–28
- 2026 W 13–10
Won the last one; holds the Governor’s Cup.
- New Hampshire
6–16 in 22
- 2015 L 17–20
- 2016 L 17–39
- 2017 L 14–28
- 2018 W 24–21
- 2019 L 24–27
- 2021 W 28–3
- 2022 L 28–31
- 2023 W 34–28
- 2024 W 26–9
- 2025 W 38–27
Won the last three.
Next: Nov 7
- Maine
5–16 in 21
- 2015 L 17–27
- 2016 L 21–28
- 2017 L 27–51
- 2018 L 36–38
- 2019 L 30–34
- 2021 L 24–45
- 2022 W 26–22
- 2023 W 34–17
- 2024 W 24–14
- 2025 W 45–13
Won the last four.
Next: Oct 31
| Opponent | Games | URI record |
|---|---|---|
| Brown | 90 | 23–65–2 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 6–16 |
| Maine | 21 | 5–16 |
| Delaware | 15 | 4–11 |
| Villanova | 14 | 4–10 |
| Towson | 13 | 3–10 |
| UAlbany | 13 | 8–5 |
| Stony Brook | 12 | 4–8 |
Rivals the program names: Brown, UConn.
The trophy it holds: Governor’s Cup (Brown, since 2026). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (51)
Every program Rhode Island has played, A to Z, with Rhode Island’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Army 0–1
- Ball State 0–1
- Boston College 0–1
- Boston University 0–1
- Bowling Green 0–1
- Brown 23–65–2
- Bryant 5–0
- Buffalo 0–1
- Campbell 2–0
- Central Connecticut 5–1
- Central Michigan 0–1
- Cincinnati 0–1
- Colgate 0–1
- Delaware 4–11
- Elon 4–4
- Fordham 4–6
- Georgia State 0–2
- Hampton 2–0
- Harvard 2–3
- Hofstra 2–5
- Holy Cross 3–4
- James Madison 0–9
- Kansas 0–1
- Long Island University 2–0
- Maine 5–16
- Marshall 0–1
- Massachusetts 4–7
- Mercer 0–1
- Merrimack 3–0
- Minnesota 0–1
- Monmouth 3–1
- New Hampshire 6–16
- North Carolina A&T 1–1
- Northeastern 2–5
- Ohio 0–1
- Old Dominion 0–2
- Pittsburgh 0–1
- Richmond 2–7
- Stony Brook 4–8
- Syracuse 0–3
- Temple 0–7
- Towson 3–10
- UAlbany 8–5
- UC Davis 0–1
- UConn 1–4
- Villanova 4–10
- Virginia Tech 0–2
- VMI 0–1
- Western Michigan 0–1
- William & Mary 3–7
- Yale 1–0
Conference titles
9, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1895–1901, 1903–1917, 1919–1942 and 1945–1946
- Yankee Conference 1978–1996
- Atlantic 10 1997–2006
- CAA 2007–2022
- Coastal Athletic Conference since 2023
- 1997Joined the Atlantic 10 from the Yankee Conference in football. Source
- 2007Joined the CAA from the Atlantic 10 in football. Source
Rhode Island’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 4 since 1972
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
University of Rhode Island- Enrollment
- 17,210 14,376 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Kingston, Rhode Island
- Public or private
- Public Research 1
- Founded
- 1892
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $69,743 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1405 | ||||
| 2025 | 11–3 | 8–0 | 1472 | ||||
| 2024 | 11–3 | 7–0 | 1442 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1350 | ||||
| 2022 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 1384 | ||||
| 2021 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 1308 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–1 | 1263 | |||||
| 2019 | 2–10 | 0–8 | 1200 | ||||
| 2018 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1309 | ||||
| 2017 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1218 | ||||
| 2016 | 2–9 | 1–7 | 1149 | ||||
| 2015 | 1–10 | 1–7 | 1094 | ||||
| 2014 | 1–11 | 1–7 | 1093 | ||||
| 2013 | 3–9 | 2–6 | 1121 | ||||
| 2012 | 0–10 | 0–7 | 1078 | ||||
| 2011 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1226 | ||||
| 2010 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 1239 | ||||
| 2009 | 1–10 | 0–8 | 1126 | ||||
| 2008 | 3–9 | 1–7 | 1201 | ||||
| 2007 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1226 | ||||
| 2006 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1236 | ||||
| 2005 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 1261 | ||||
| 2004 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1181 | ||||
| 2003 | 4–8 | 3–6 | 1232 | ||||
| 2002 | 0–1 | 1284 |
Every season back to 1903 (72 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1–0 | 1288 | |||||
| 1983 | 0–1 | 1252 | |||||
| 1981 | 0–1 | 1244 | |||||
| 1980 | 0–3 | 1225 | |||||
| 1979 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1217 | ||||
| 1978 | 1–0 | 1218 | |||||
| 1977 | 1–2 | 1159 | |||||
| 1976 | 0–2 | 1118 | |||||
| 1975 | 0–2 | 1123 | |||||
| 1974 | 0–2 | 1125 | |||||
| 1973 | 0–1–1 | 1131 | |||||
| 1972 | 1–1 | 1145 | |||||
| 1971 | 1–1 | 1141 | |||||
| 1970 | 0–1 | 1101 | |||||
| 1969 | 0–1 | 1111 | |||||
| 1968 | 0–1 | 1129 | |||||
| 1967 | 1–0 | 1146 | |||||
| 1966 | 0–1 | 1122 | |||||
| 1965 | 1–0 | 1141 | |||||
| 1964 | 0–2 | 1088 | |||||
| 1963 | 0–1 | 1106 | |||||
| 1962 | 0–0–1 | 1121 | |||||
| 1961 | 1–0 | 1122 | |||||
| 1960 | 0–1 | 1093 | |||||
| 1959 | 0–1 | 1102 | |||||
| 1958 | 0–1 | 1109 | |||||
| 1957 | 0–1 | 1121 | |||||
| 1956 | 0–1 | 1138 | |||||
| 1955 | 1–0 | 1170 | |||||
| 1954 | 0–1 | 1120 | |||||
| 1953 | 1–0 | 1141 | |||||
| 1952 | 1–0 | 1103 | |||||
| 1951 | 0–1 | 1085 | |||||
| 1950 | 0–1 | 1083 | |||||
| 1949 | 0–2 | 1081 | |||||
| 1948 | 0–1 | 1084 | |||||
| 1947 | 0–1 | 1084 | |||||
| 1946 | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1942 | 0–1 | 1090 | |||||
| 1941 | 0–1 | 1093 | |||||
| 1940 | 0–1 | 1094 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–1 | 1094 | |||||
| 1938 | 0–2 | 1098 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–1 | 1108 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–1 | 1120 | |||||
| 1935 | 1–0 | 1135 | |||||
| 1934 | 0–1 | 1090 | |||||
| 1933 | 0–1 | 1090 | |||||
| 1932 | 0–1 | 1090 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1090 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1091 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–1 | 1091 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–1 | 1091 | |||||
| 1927 | 0–1 | 1091 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–1 | 1090 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–1 | 1090 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–1 | 1090 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–1 | 1089 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–1 | 1089 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1917few games on file | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–2 | 1086 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–1 | 1086 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–1 | 1081 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–1 | 1074 | |||||
| 1905few games on file | 0–2 | 1063 | |||||
| 1903few games on file | 0–1 | 1081 |
Officially 446–646–43 since 1895 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 108–239–2 (349 of its 1,135 games are on file). Our file starts in 1903; the program began in 1895. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1904, 1906–08, 1918, 1924, 1943–45, 1982, 1984–99, 2001: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.