2020 Rhode Island Rams football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2020
| team = Rhode Island Rams
| sport = football
| image = Rhode Island Rams logo.svg
| image_size = 100
| conference = Colonial Athletic Association
| division = North Division
| short_conf = CAA
| STATSRank = 18
| FCSCoachRank = 24
| record = 2–1
| conf_record = 2–1
| head_coach = Jim Fleming
| hc_year = 7th
| off_coach = Patrick Murphy
| oc_year = 1st
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Jack Cooper
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Meade Stadium
}}
{{2020 Colonial Athletic Association football standings}}
The 2020 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.
On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference is allowing the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wish to play in the fall.{{cite web |last1=Singelais |first1=Mark |title=Reports: CAA football won't play this fall |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Reports-CAA-football-won-t-play-this-fall-15414291.php |website=Times Union |accessdate=17 July 2020 |date=16 July 2020}}
On April 7, 2021, the team announced that its season would end earlier than expected due to a mandated pause in team activities resulting from positive COVID-19 cases that extended past their last scheduled game.{{cite web |title=Rhode Island Rams' football season is effectively over after positive COVID-19 tests |url=https://turnto10.com/news/local/rhode-island-rams-football-season-is-effectively-over-after-positive-covid-19-tests |website=WJAR |access-date=April 10, 2021 |date=April 7, 2021}}
Schedule
Rhode Island had a game scheduled against Brown on October 3, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Jenna |title=Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return |url=https://www.si.com/college/2020/07/08/ivy-league-postpone-fall-sports-hopeful-football-spring |website=Sports Illustrated |accessdate=8 July 2020 |language=en-us}} The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.{{cite web |last1=Kelley |first1=Kevin |title=CAA releases Spring 2021 football schedule |url=https://fbschedules.com/caa-releases-spring-2021-football-schedule/ |website=FBSchedules.com |accessdate=28 October 2020 |date=27 October 2020}}
{{CFB schedule
| time = y
| tv = y
| attend = y
| rank = y
| opprank = y
| rankyear = 2020
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Eastern
| March 13, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | at | No. 6 Villanova | | Villanova Stadium | Villanova, PA | FloFootball | W 40–37 {{sup|OT}} |
| March 20, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | at | No. 18 Albany | | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium | Albany, NY | FloFootball | W 17–10 {{sup|OT}} |
| March 27, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. | | No. 11 Delaware | 18 | Meade Stadium | Kingston, RI | FloFootball | L 21–35 |
| April 3, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | | New Hampshire | 22 | Meade Stadium | Kingston, RI | FloFootball | Canceled |
| April 10, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. | | Maine | 22 | Meade Stadium | Kingston, RI | FloFootball | Canceled |
| April 17, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. | | at Stony Brook | | Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium | Stony Brook, NY | FloFootball | Canceled |
}}
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