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2018 Rhode Island Rams football
File:Rhode Island Rams logo.svg
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2018 record 6–5 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach Jim Fleming (5th year)
Offensive coordinator Will Fleming (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Pete Rekstis (5th year)
Home stadium Meade Stadium
(Capacity: 6,555)
Seasons
« 2017 2019 »
2018 CAA football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
No. 4 Maine $^   7 1         10 4  
No. 9 James Madison ^   6 2         9 4  
No. 16 Stony Brook ^   5 3         7 5  
No. 20 Towson ^   5 3         7 5  
No. 24 Delaware ^   5 3         7 5  
No. 19 Elon ^   4 3         6 5  
Rhode Island   4 4         6 5  
William & Mary   3 4         4 6  
New Hampshire   3 5         4 7  
Villanova   2 6         5 6  
Richmond   2 6         4 7  
Albany   1 7         3 8  
† – Conference champion
^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in seventh place.

Previous season[]

The Rams finished the 2017 season 3–8, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

Preseason[]

CAA Poll[]

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Rams were predicted to finish in last place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 James Madison 241 (21)
2 New Hampshire 206 (2)
3 Delaware 182
4 Stony Brook 169
5 Elon 168 (1)
6 Villanova 164
7 Richmond 127
8 Maine 81
9 Albany 78
10 Towson 74
11 William & Mary 55
12 Rhode Island 39

Preseason All-CAA Team[]

The Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Offense

Aaron Parker – WR

Defense

Brandon Ginnetti – DL

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.at No. 15 DelawareCBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 21–1917,945
September 81:00 p.m.AlbanyFCS/FSGOW 45–266,520
September 1512:00 p.m.at UConn*No. 25
SNY/ESPN3L 49–5620,691
September 287:00 p.m.at Harvard*No. 22
ESPN+W 23–169,123
October 61:00 p.m.Brown*No. 18
CAA.tvW 48–06,141
October 1312:00 p.m.No. 21 MainedaggerNo. 16
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
CAA.tvL 36–387,301
October 206:00 p.m.at No. 18 Stony BrookNo. 22
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
L 14–5212,701
October 2712:00 p.m.William & Mary
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
CAA.tvW 21–101,688
November 31:00 p.m.at No. 8 Elon
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
L 21–2410,513
November 102:00 p.m.at No. 9 James Madison
MASN/SNYL 31–4824,199
November 1712:00 p.m.New Hampshire
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
CAA.tvW 24–213,012
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries[]

at Delaware[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Rams 0 7 14 0 21
No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 10 3 6 19




Overall record Last meeting Result
9–22 2015 W, 20–0


Albany[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Great Danes 7 0 0 19 26
Rams 14 17 14 0 45




Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2017 W, 31–14


at UConn[]

1 2 3 4 OT
No. 25 Rams 7 21 14 7 49
Huskies 14 28 7 7 56




Overall record Last meeting Result
34–51–8 2009 L, 10–52


at Harvard[]

1 2 3 4 OT
No. 22 Rams 2 14 7 0 23
Crimson 3 0 6 7 16




Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2017 W, 17–10


Brown[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
No. 18 Rams 3 24 14 7 48




Overall record Last meeting Result
27–73–2 2017 L, 21–24


Maine[]

1 2 3 4 OT
No. 21 Black Bears 7 7 8 16 38
No. 16 Rams 10 6 14 6 36




Overall record Last meeting Result
34–59–3 2017 L, 27–51


at Stony Brook[]

1 2 3 4 OT
No. 22 Rams 0 7 0 7 14
No. 18 Seawolves 10 14 14 14 52




Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 2017 L, 18–35


William & Mary[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Tribe 7 0 3 0 10
Rams 14 0 7 0 21




Overall record Last meeting Result
3–13 2013 L, 0–20


at Elon[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Rams 7 0 0 14 21
No. 8 Phoenix 0 21 0 3 24




Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 L, 34–35


at James Madison[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Rams 7 7 10 7 31
No. 9 Dukes 14 13 7 14 48




Overall record Last meeting Result
3–10 2017 L, 3–38


New Hampshire[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Wildcats 0 0 7 14 21
Rams 3 7 7 7 24




Overall record Last meeting Result
28–59–5 2017 L, 14–28


Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS NR RV 25 23 22 18 16 22 RV RV RV RV RV  
Coaches NR RV RV 23 20 17 15 23 RV RV RV RV RV


References[]

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