The1979 Rhode Island Rams football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Rhode Island in theYankee Conference during the1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coachBob 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	atNortheastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	L 7–17	3,567	[3]
September 22	atHoly Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–35	6,121	[4]
September 29	atBrown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 13–31	11,250	[5]
October 6	No. 4Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 10–0	8,158	[6]
October 20	atUMass	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 0–24	13,500	[7]
October 27	at No. 6Boston 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	atFlorida A&M*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 6–16	8,273	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

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