1980 Rhode Island Rams football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1980
| team = Rhode Island Rams
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Yankee Conference
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 2–9
| conf_record = 0–5
| head_coach = Bob Griffin
| hc_year = 5th
| def_coach = Pete Adrian
| dc_year = 5th
| captain =
| stadium = Meade Stadium
}}
{{1980 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The 1980 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 2–9 record (0–5 against conference opponents) and finished last 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 = 1980
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = AP
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 6|at|Holy Cross
|September 13||Northeastern
|September 20|at|Maine|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|L 11–14|4,200|{{cite news|title=Maine tips URI|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Scott Cole|date=September 21, 1980|page=86|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54315627/1980-maine-uri/}}
|October 4||No. 8 UMass
|October 11|at|Virginia Tech
|October 18||No. T–10 Boston University|Meade Stadium|Kingston, RI|L 13–24|3,280|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tarrytown-daily-news-boston-u-24-rhode/157961149/|work=Tarrytown Daily News|title=Boston U. 24, Rhode Island 13|date=October 19, 1980|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 25||{{cfb link|year=1980|team=Southern Connecticut Owls|title=Southern Connecticut}}
|November 1|at|New Hampshire|Cowell Stadium|Durham, NH|L 28–31|5,280|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-1980-unh-uri/54320959/|work=The Boston Globe|title=UNH catches URI at end of 5th in row|date=November 2, 1980|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 8|at|No. 2 Lehigh
|November 15|at|Connecticut|Memorial Stadium|Storrs, CT (rivalry)|L 30–56|5,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-huskies-finish-on-5630/157962992/|work=The Hartford Courant|title=Huskies finish on 56–30 high note|date=November 16, 1980|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 22|at|Brown
}}