The 1957 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 1957 college football season. In its second season under head coach Herb Maack, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record (3–0–1 against conference opponents), tied with Connecticut for the Yankee Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 131 to 82.[1][2] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.
| 1957 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 5–2–1 (3–0–1 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | at Northeastern* | Boston, MA | W 12–7 | ||||
| September 28 | Maine | W 25–7 | |||||
| October 5 | New Hampshire |
| W 28–13 | ||||
| October 12 | at Brandeis* | Waltham, MA | W 32–7 | ||||
| October 19 | at UMass | W 27–13 | |||||
| October 26 | at Brown* | L 7–21 | 18,500 | [3] | |||
| November 2 | Springfield* |
| L 0–14 | ||||
| November 16 | at Connecticut | T 0–0 | |||||
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References
edit- ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013.
- ^ "Rhode Island Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Brown Sets Back Rhode Island, 21-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 27, 1957. p. S3.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 28, 2022.