The 1979 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–9–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Delaware*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–34	7,141	[2]
September 15	at Northeastern*	Brookline, MA	L 7–17	3,567
September 22	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–35	6,121
September 29	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 13–31	11,250	[3]
October 6	No. 4 Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 10–0	8,158
October 20	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 0–24	13,500
October 27	at No. 6 Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 0–7	5,378
November 3	New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 6–21	1,754
November 10	Merchant Marine*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	T 24–24	1,250
November 17	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 9–10	5,938
December 1	at Florida A&M*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 6–16	8,273
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game