1979 Rhode Island Rams football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1979
| team = Rhode Island Rams
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Yankee Conference
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 1–9–1
| conf_record = 1–4
| head_coach = Bob Griffin
| hc_year = 4th
| def_coach = Pete Adrian
| dc_year = 4th
| captain =
| stadium = Meade Stadium
}}
{{1979 Yankee Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=2007 Rhode Island Rams Football Media Guide|year=2007|publisher=University of Rhode Island|page=115|url=https://gorhody.com/documents/2020/6/30//section10.pdf?id=3548}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1979
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = AP
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 8||Delaware
|September 15|at|Northeastern
|September 22|at|Holy Cross
|September 29|at|Brown
|October 6||No. 4 Maine
|October 20|at|UMass|Alumni Stadium|Hadley, MA|L 0–24|13,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-union-um-handcuffs-rhode-isl/155211538/|work=The Morning Republican|title=UM handcuffs Rhode Island, 24–0|date=October 21, 1979|accessdate=September 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 27|at|No. 6 Boston University|Nickerson Field|Boston, MA|L 0–7|5,378|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-boston-university-sn/155205671/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Boston University sneaks past Rhode Island 7–0|date=October 28, 1979|accessdate=September 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 3||New Hampshire|Meade Stadium|Kingston, RI|L 6–21|1,754|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-new-hampshire-21-rhode/155213005/|work=The Buffalo News|title=New Hampshire 21, Rhode Island 6|date=November 4, 1979|accessdate=September 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 10||{{cfb link|year=1979|team=Merchant Marine Mariners|title=Merchant Marine}}
|November 17||Connecticut|Meade Stadium|Kingston, RI|L 9–10|5,938|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-huskies-nip-rams-and/155212448/|work=The Hartford Courant|title=Huskies nip Rams – and find a bonus|date=November 18, 1979|accessdate=September 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|December 1|at|Florida A&M
}}