The2003 Rhode Island Rams football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Rhode Island in theAtlantic 10 Conference during the2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coachTim Stowers, the Rams compiled a 4–8 record (3–6 against conference opponents) and tied for eighth place in the conference.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	No. 13Fordham*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 28–63	4,311	[2]
September 13	No. 5Northeastern	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 39–42	2,970
September 20	New Hampshire	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 55–40	3,261
September 27	atRichmond	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 17–13	8,270
October 4	atBrown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 27–9	5,728	[3]
October 11	No. 3Villanova	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 17–21	3,623
October 18	at No. 4Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 10–55	20,795	[4]
October 25	William & Mary	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 24–37	4,098
November 1	atJames Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 27–39	13,885	[5]
November 8	atCincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 24–31	14,066
November 15	Hofstra	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 24–0	2,523
November 22	at No. 7UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 17–31	7,087
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromThe Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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