American college football season
2018 Rhode Island Rams football |
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
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Record | 6–5 (4–4 CAA) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Will Fleming (2nd season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Pete Rekstis (5th season) |
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Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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The 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in seventh place.
Preseason
CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Rams were predicted to finish in last place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | James Madison | 241 (21) |
2 | New Hampshire | 206 (2) |
3 | Delaware | 182 |
4 | Stony Brook | 169 |
5 | Elon | 168 (1) |
6 | Villanova | 164 |
7 | Richmond | 127 |
8 | Maine | 81 |
9 | Albany | 78 |
10 | Towson | 74 |
11 | William & Mary | 55 |
12 | Rhode Island | 39 |
Preseason All-CAA Team
The Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Offense Aaron Parker – WR Defense Brandon Ginnetti – DL |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 15 Delaware | | | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | W 21–19 | 17,945 |
September 8 | 1:00 p.m. | Albany | | | FCS/FSGO | W 45–26 | 6,520 |
September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at UConn* | No. 25 | | SNY/ESPN3 | L 49–56 | 20,691 |
September 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Harvard* | No. 22 | | ESPN+ | W 23–16 | 9,123 |
October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown* | No. 18 | | CAA.tv | W 48–0 | 6,141 |
October 13 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 Maine | No. 16 | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| CAA.tv | L 36–38 | 7,301 |
October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Stony Brook | No. 22 | | | L 14–52 | 12,701 |
October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | William & Mary | | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| CAA.tv | W 21–10 | 1,688 |
November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Elon | | | | L 21–24 | 10,513 |
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 9 James Madison | | | MASN/SNY | L 31–48 | 24,199 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| CAA.tv | W 24–21 | 3,012 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
At Delaware
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Great Danes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 |
Rams | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
At UConn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 25 Rams | 7 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
Huskies | 14 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
At Harvard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 22 Rams | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
Crimson | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
Brown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 18 Rams | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 48 |
Maine
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 21 Black Bears | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
No. 16 Rams | 10 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 36 |
At Stony Brook
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 22 Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
No. 18 Seawolves | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
William & Mary
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tribe | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Rams | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
At Elon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
No. 8 Phoenix | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
At James Madison
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
No. 9 Dukes | 14 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 |
New Hampshire
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
Rams | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | RV | 25 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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Coaches | — | RV | RV | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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References
- ^ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
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