The1987 Rhode Island Rams football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Rhode Island in theYankee Conference during the1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 12th season under head coachBob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–10 record (1–6 against conference opponents) and finished last out of eight teams in the conference.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	atJames Madison*	JMU Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 0–38	3,300	[2]
September 12	Delaware	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 26–13	7,028	[3]
September 19	No. 6Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 20–24	6,858	[4]
September 26	atBrown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 15–17	13,500	[5]
October 3	atUMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 7–42	9,801	[6]
October 17	atBoston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 13–16	11,552	[7]
October 24	at No. 19Richmond	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	L 14–27	17,029	[8]
October 31	No. 6New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 14–28	11,231	[9]
November 7	Northeastern*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 3–21	6,994	[10]
November 14	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 7–52	3,906	[11]
November 21	atTowson State*	Minnegan Stadium Towson, MD	L 16–19	587	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromNCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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