1968 Rhode Island Rams football team

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| year = 1968

| team = Rhode Island Rams

| sport = football

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| conference = Yankee Conference

| short_conf = Yankee

| record = 3–6

| conf_record = 2–3

| head_coach = Jack Zilly

| hc_year = 6th

| captain =

| stadium = Meade Stadium

}}

The 1968 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 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jack Zilly, the team compiled a 3–6 record (2–3 against conference opponents), finished in a three-way tie for third place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 168 to 137.{{cite web|title=2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Rhode Island|year=2009|page=115|url=https://www.gorhody.com/sports/m-footbl/2009-10/media_guide/FBMG9.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425170413/http://www.gorhody.com/sports/m-footbl/2009-10/media_guide/FBMG9.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 25, 2013}} The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule

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|September 21|at|Temple|Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|L 0-28|11,000|{{cite news |title=Temple jolts Rhode Island in opener |first=Jack |last=Chevalier |date=September 22, 1968 |at=sect. 3, p. 1 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69369935/1968-temple-uri/ |accessdate=June 4, 2021}}

|September 28|at|Brown|Brown Stadium|Providence, RI (rivalry)|L 9-10|11,200–13,200|{{cite news |title=R.I. comeback falls short against Brown |first=Bob |last=Monahan |date=September 29, 1968 |page=62 |newspaper=The Boston Globe|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69384769/1968-brown-uri/ |accessdate=June 4, 2021}}

|October 5||{{cfb link|year=1968|team=Southern Connecticut State Fighting Owls|title=Southern Connecticut State}}|Meade Stadium|Kingston, RI|W 33-8|10,000|

|October 12||Vermont|Meade Stadium|Kingston, RI|W 52-10|10,600–12,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78921449/rhode-island-romps-over-vermont-5210/|work=The Boston Globe|title=Rhode Island romps over Vermont, 52–10|date=October 13, 1968|accessdate=June 4, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web |author= |title=Cumulative Football Statistics Report (1968 Vermont) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/738/stats/12712 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=August 2, 2024 }}

|October 19||UMass|Meade Stadium|Kingston, RI|W 14-9|3,500|

|October 26|at|Maine|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|L 14-21|8,000–10,000|{{cite web |author= |title=Cumulative Football Statistics Report (1968 Maine) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/380/stats/12712 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 25, 2022 }}

|November 2|at|New Hampshire|Cowell Stadium|Durham, NH|L 6-27|8,133|

|November 9||Boston University|Meade Stadium|Kingston, RI|L 3-20|4,000–4,500|{{cite news|title=Calascibetta Sparks B.U. Past Rhody, 20-3|newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe|author=Leigh Montville|date=November 10, 1968|page=56|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95390752/calascibetta-sparks-bu-past-rhody/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 16|at|Connecticut|Memorial Stadium|Storrs, CT (rivalry)|L 6-35|10,500–11,384|{{cite web |author= |title=Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Connecticut) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/164/stats/12712 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 26, 2022 }}

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{{cite web |author= |title=Cumulative Football Statistics Report (1968 Rhode Island) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/572/stats/12712 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 29, 2022 }}

References

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