1979 Rhode Island Rams football team

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.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Delaware*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–34	7,141	[2]
September 15	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	L 7–17	3,567	[3]
September 22	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–35	6,121	[4]
September 29	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 13–31	11,250	[5]
October 6	No. 4 Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 10–0	8,158	[6]
October 20	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 0–24	13,500	[7]
October 27	at No. 6 Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 0–7	5,378	[8]
November 3	New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 6–21	1,754	[9]
November 10	Merchant Marine*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	T 24–24	1,250	[10]
November 17	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 9–10	5,938	[11]
December 1	at Florida A&M*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 6–16	8,273	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game