1996 Rhode Island Rams football team

1996 Yankee Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
New England Division
No. 18 New Hampshire x	6	–	2	8	–	3
Maine	5	–	3	7	–	4
UMass	4	–	4	6	–	5
Connecticut	3	–	5	4	–	6
Rhode Island	2	–	6	4	–	6
Boston University	0	–	8	1	–	10
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 7 William & Mary x$^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 14 Villanova ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 11 Delaware ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 23 James Madison	5	–	3	7	–	4
Northeastern	3	–	5	6	–	5
Richmond	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Floyd Keith, the Rams compiled a 4–6 record (2–5 against conference opponents) and finished fourth in the New England Division of the Yankee Conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	American International*	No. 23	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 49–3	3,719
September 7	William & Mary	No. 22	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 16–23	2,131
September 14	New Hampshire		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 26–35	2,570
September 21	at Maine		Alumni Stadium Orono, ME	L 19–58	3,525
September 28	Brown*		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	W 28–13	3,750	^[2]
October 5	UMass		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 41–21	5,390
October 19	at No. 24 Connecticut		Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	Cancelled^[3]
October 26	Boston University		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 38–7	5,000
November 2	at No. 16 Villanova		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 16–34	7,648	^[4]
November 16	at No. 13 Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 27–43	14,341
November 23	at Hofstra*		James M. Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY	L 0–21	2,451
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^ "2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2007. p. 116.
^ "Rhode Island 28, Brown 13". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. September 29, 1996. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Yankee Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1996. p. C13.
^ Ruled "no contest" by the NCAA and a forfeit by the Yankee Conference.
^ "Park, Finneran lead 'Nova past R. Island". The News Journal. November 3, 1996. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.