MarketRhode Island Rams football
Company Profile

Rhode Island Rams football

The Rhode Island Rams football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Rhode Island located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference. Rhode Island's first football team was fielded in 1895. The team plays its home games at the 6,555 seat Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Conference affiliations
Rhode Island has played as both an independent and conference-affiliated team. • Independent / Athletic League of New England State Colleges (1895–1946) • Yankee Conference (1947–1996) • Atlantic 10 Conference (1997–2006) • Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (2007–present) ==Playoffs==
Playoffs
NCAA Division I-AA/FCS The Rams have appeared in the Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs five times with a combined playoff record of 4–5. == Championships ==
Championships
Conference championships The Rams have won eight conference championships, seven in the Yankee Conference and two in the Coastal Athletic Association, with their lone outright title coming in 2025. The Yankee Conference titles were highlighted by two separate runs of numerous championships (four in five years during the 1950s and three in four years during the 1980s) and respective droughts between those run: a 24-year drought between titles in 1957 and 1981 and a 39-year drought between Rhode Island's final Yankee title in 1985 and their first CAA title in 2024. • † notes Co-championship Divisional championships The Rams have won one division title, in 1995: the Yankee Conference's New England Division. ==Rivalries==
Rivalries
Brown UConn ==Retired numbers==
Notable former players
Derek CassidyChy DavidsonTom EhrhardtFrank FerraraSteve FurnessAndy GreshChris HixsonPat Narduzzi Current NFL players As of April 28, 2025, there are three former Rhode Island Rams player listed on team roster in the National Football League (NFL). • Ajani Cornelius, right tackle, Dallas CowboysJordan Colbert, safety, Miami DolphinsRex Sunahara, long snapper, Cleveland Browns == Future non-conference opponents ==
Future non-conference opponents
Announced schedules as of January 7, 2026. ==References==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com