1951 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–5 (1–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
UMass 2 – 0 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Connecticut 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
New Hampshire 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Rhode Island 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Vermont 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 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 1951 college football season. It was the first and only season under head coach Ed Doherty, who took the job on a temporary basis after Hal Kopp was called to active duty in the United States Army.[1] The team compiled a 3–5 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 133 to 130.[2][3] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Northeastern*
L 0–21
September 29at Maine
L 0–12
October 6New Hampshire
W 27–0
October 13at Brown*
L 13–2010,000[4]
October 20at UMass
L 7–40
November 3Springfield*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 25–19
November 10Brooklyn*
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 52–0
November 17at Connecticut
L 6–21
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Report Eddie Doherty Offered R.I. Grid Job". The Boston Daily Globe. June 30, 1951.
  2. ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Rhode Island Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Brown Rally Tops Rhode Island, 20-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 14, 1951. p. S2.
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