The1978 Rhode Island Rams football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Rhode Island in theYankee Conference during the1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their third season under head coachBob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 7–3 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and finished in a tie for second place in the conference.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	atDelaware*		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 0–37	18,584	[2]
September 16	Northeastern*		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 27–13	1,750	[3]
September 30	atBrown*		Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 17–3	8,500	[4]
October 7	atMaine	No. T–10	Alumni Stadium Orono, ME	W 47–0	7,600	[5]
October 14	Virginia Union*	No. 10	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 3–0	2,178	[6]
October 21	No. 10UMass	No. 8	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 17–19	7,995	[7]
October 28	No. T–9Boston University		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 7–6	8,033	[8]
November 4	atNew Hampshire		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 19–14	9,730	[9]
November 11	No. T–9Merchant Marine*		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 34–7	6,161	[10]
November 18	atConnecticut	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 6–31	7,038	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAssociated Press Poll released prior to the game

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