1979 Rhode Island Rams football team

1979 Rhode Island Rams football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	1–9–1 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Bob Griffin (4th season)
Home stadium	Meade Stadium

1979 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Boston University +	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
UMass +	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Connecticut	3	–	1	–	1			3	–	6	–	2
New Hampshire	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	2
Maine	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	9	–	1
Rhode Island	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–9–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Delaware*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–34	7,141
September 15	at Northeastern*	Brookline, MA	L 7–17	3,567
September 22	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–35	6,121
September 29	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 13–31	11,250
October 6	No. 4 Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 10–0	8,158
October 20	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 0–24	13,500
October 27	at No. 6 Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 0–7	5,378
November 3	New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 6–21	1,754
November 10	Merchant Marine*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	T 24–24	1,250
November 17	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 9–10	5,938
December 1	at Florida A&M*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 6–16	8,273
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game