1997 Rhode Island Rams football team

1997 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
New England Division
New Hampshire x	5	–	3	5	–	6
Connecticut	4	–	4	7	–	4
Maine	4	–	4	5	–	6
Rhode Island	2	–	6	2	–	9
Boston University	1	–	7	1	–	10
UMass	1	–	7	2	–	9
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 1 Villanova x$^	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 3 Delaware ^	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 20 Northeastern	5	–	3	8	–	3
Richmond	4	–	4	6	–	5
William & Mary	4	–	4	7	–	4
James Madison	3	–	5	5	–	6

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

The 1997 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth season under head coach Floyd Keith, the Rams compiled a 2–9 record (2–6 against conference opponents) and finished fourth in the New England Division of the conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–30	4,670	^[2]
September 13	New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 35–21	2,680
September 20	Northeastern	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 13–41	2,639
September 27	at UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 14–18	8,218
October 4	Hofstra*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 20–17	5,178
October 11	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 20–17	1,281
October 18	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 15–23	4,922	^[3]
October 25	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 21–37	5,139
November 1	No. 1 Villanova	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 15–37	2,297
November 8	at Richmond	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	L 11–27	5,918	^[4]
November 15	at James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 37–39 ^3OT	6,800
*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.
^ "UMaine trips up Rams". The Bangor Daily News. September 8, 1997. p. 21. Retrieved April 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Perry Engineers a Win for Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 19, 1997. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Spiders fins QB in their mist". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 9, 1997. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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