The1982 Rhode Island Rams football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Rhode Island in theYankee Conference during the1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their seventh season under head coachBob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 7–4 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the conference.^[1]

On September 19, 1980, Rhode Island defeatedMaine in a game that took six overtimes to complete and was one of the longest games in college football history.^[2]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	atLafayette*	Fisher Field easton, PA	W 20–10	9,500	[3]
September 18	atMaine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 58–556OT	6,250	[2]
September 25	atBrown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 20–24	14,008	[4]
October 2	UMass	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 7–17	9,433	[5]
October 9	atNortheastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 14–13	1,200	[6]
October 16	Boston University	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 16–26	10,230	[7]
October 23	Southern Connecticut*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 41–14	4,611	[8]
October 30	atNew Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 23–20	6,235	[9]
November 6	Lehigh*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 20–16	7,526	[10]
November 13	atConnecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 21–26	3,063	[11]
November 20	Springfield*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 24–0	5,232	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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