1991 Rhode Island Rams football team

The 1991 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 16th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 6–5 record (3–5 against conference opponents) and tied for fourth place out of nine teams in the conference.^[1]

1991 Rhode Island Rams football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Division	New England Division
Record	6–5 (3–5 Yankee)
Head coach	Bob Griffin (16th season)
Home stadium	Meade Stadium
Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Yankee Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Delaware +^	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Villanova +^	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 New Hampshire +^	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
UMass	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Boston University	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Maine	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	at Richmond	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	L 10–19	6,078	[2]
September 21	No. 8 Delaware	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 7–42	7,871	[3]
September 28	at Towson State*	Minnegan Stadium Towson, MD	W 45–25	2,846	[4]
October 5	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 38–36	8,200	[5]
October 12	at UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	W 17–14	9,427	[6]
October 19	Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 52–30	10,145	[7]
October 26	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 0–43	5,475	[8]
November 2	No. T–10 Villanova	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–49	3,052	[9]
November 9	Northeastern*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 28–20	6,603	[10]
November 16	at No. 15 New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 35–42	6,639	[11]
November 23	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	W 20–10	6,448	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game