1920 Rhode Island State Rams football
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College   –   8 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   8 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   6 – 0 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 0 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 0 – 2
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 2 – 1
New Hampshire   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   6 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Williams   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   4 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 4 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   0 – 4 – 4
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   1 – 5 – 2
Villanova   –   1 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1920 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as an independent during the 1920 college football season. The team compiled a 0–4–4 record.[1]

Prior to the 1920 season, Rhode Island State hired Frank Keaney as the coach of its athletic teams.[2] Keaney served as Rhode Island State's head football coach through the 1940 season. He was the basketball and baseball coach through the 1948 season. In 1960, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at Brown
L 0–25[4][5]
October 2at Wesleyan
L 0–20[6][7]
October 16at MaineOrono, MET 7–7[8]
October 23Boston UniversityKingston, RIL 0–7[9]
October 30at Union (NY)Schenectady, NYT 7–7[10]
November 6at Massachusetts
T 7–7
November 13Worcester TechKingston, RIL 0–7[11]
November 20at Connecticut
T 0–0[12]

References

  1. ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Gardner Hazen To Coach At Everett High School". The Boston Globe. June 19, 1920. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Frank W. Keaney". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Brown Rolls Up 25 to 0 Score on Rhode Island". The Brooklyn Daily Times. September 26, 1920. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brown Eleven Defeats Rhode Island State Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 26, 1920. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wesleyan Starts Well: Defeats Rhode Island State Eleven by Score of 20-0". The New York Times. October 3, 1920. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wesleyan Opens Season in Auspicious Fashion". The Hartford Courant. October 3, 1920. p. Z3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Maine Battles Rhode Island to 7 to 7 Tie". The Boston Globe. October 17, 1920. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fumble Paves Way for B. U. Win, 7-0". The Boston Globe. October 24, 1920. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Rhode Island and Union Play Scrappy 7-7 Tie". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1920. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Worcester Polytech, 10 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 14, 1920. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Connecticut Aggies And Rhode Island State Tie -- Neither Able To Score". The Hartford Courant. November 21, 1920. p. Z3 – via Newspapers.com.


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