The1989 Rhode Island Rams football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Rhode Island in theYankee Conference during the1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 14th season under head coachBob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 3–8 record (1–7 against conference opponents) and finished in eighth place out of nine teams in the conference.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	atRichmond	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	W 45–14	12,854	[2]
September 16	No. 5Delaware	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 12–21	6,218	[3]
September 23	Northeastern*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 0–17	5,662	[4]
September 30	atBrown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 18–13	8,500	[5]
October 7	atUMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 6–31	10,102	[6]
October 14	No. 6Maine	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 21–47	8,847	[7]
October 21	atBoston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 31–342OT	5,545	[8]
October 28	vs. No. 17Villanova	Arena Civica Milan, Italy (Milano Kickoff Classic)	L 25–28	3,000	[9][10]
November 4	atTowson State*	Minnegan Stadium Towson, MD	W 19–6	4,619	[11]
November 11	at No. 18New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 0–25	4,184	[12]
November 18	Connecticut	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 28–35	5,045	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromNCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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