The2001 Rhode Island Rams football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Rhode Island in theAtlantic 10 Conference during the2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their second season under head coachTim Stowers, the Rams compiled an 8–3 record (6–3 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of eleven teams in the conference.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	at No. 4.Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 10–7	20,794
September 8	No. 4.Hofstra	No. 19	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 35–26	4,309
September 22	atJames Madison	No. 12	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	W 16–12	10,200	[2]
September 29	atBrown*	No. 9	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 42–38	9,365	[3]
October 6	atHampton*	No. 7	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	W 56–7	1,802	[4]
October 13	No. 25William & Mary	No. 4	Meade Stadium Kingston, Ri	W 34–31	5,301
October 20	New Hampshire	No. 4	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 31–27	5,687
October 27	atRichmond	No. 4	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA	L 0–28	7,479
November 3	No. 24Maine	No. 8	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	L 14–26	5,803
November 17	atUMass	No. 14	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 7–24	6,085
November 24	Northeastern	No. 22	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 27–26	3,206
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromThe Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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