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1959 Rhode Island Rams football team

1959 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–5–1 (1–2–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Connecticut $ 4 0 0 6 3 0
UMass 2 2 0 3 5 1
Maine 1 2 2 3 3 2
New Hampshire 1 2 1 3 3 2
Rhode Island 1 2 1 3 5 1
Vermont 0 1 0 4 3 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1959 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1959 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Herb Maack, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record (1–2–1 against conference opponents), tied for fourth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 159 to 64.[1][2] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Northeastern*Boston, MAW 8–64,000
September 26Maine T 0–03,227–3,500[3]
October 3New Hampshire
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
L 0–453,500–4,200[4]
October 10at Brandeis*Waltham, MAW 20–02,000
October 17at UMassW 30–66,478–6,500[5]
October 24at Brown*L 0–67,000[6]
October 31Springfield*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
L 0–214,000
November 7at No. 9 Buffalo*L 6–418,500–9,000[7]
November 14at ConnecticutL 0–3410,300–10,352[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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