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1942 Rhode Island State Rams football team

1942 Rhode Island State Rams football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record3–3 (0–2 New England)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
1942 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 3 0 0 6 0 0
Connecticut + 2 0 0 6 2 0
Northeastern 0 1 0 0 5 1
Rhode Island State 0 2 0 3 3 0
Maine 0 2 0 2 4 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as a member of the New England Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its first season under head coach Paul Cieurzo, the team compiled a 3–3 record (0–2 against conference opponents) and tied for last place in the conference.[1]

Rhode Island was ranked at No. 217 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26at Vermont*W 70–13[3]
October 3at Brown*L 0–28[4]
October 17at Massachusetts State*W 21–6
October 24at New HampshireL 13–14[5]
October 31WPIdagger*L 66–13
November 7at Connecticut
L 6–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Rhode Island Rams crush Vermont, 70–13". The Hartford Courant. September 27, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brown vanquishes R.I. State by 28-0". The New York Times. October 4, 1942. p. S4.
  5. ^ "N. H. trips Rhode Island St. 14-13". The Portsmouth Herald. October 26, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2019 – via newspapers.com.


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