Records
1062005 Rhode Island Football
Athletic Hall of FameA total of 296 University of Rhode Island stu-
dent-athletes, coaches, teams, administrators andathletic boosters have been enshrined in theUniversity of Rhode Island Athletic Hall of Famesince 1959.
To qualify for induction, a person must havebeen an outstanding performer or have providedtremendous service to the athletic program at theUniversity. Induction ceremonies for the Class of2005 on Homecoming Weekend.
Athletic Hall of Fame CommitteeJean Angell (Athletic Designate)
Blair Barbieri (At-Large)Kengy Bell (Hall of Fame) Roland Bettez (Alumnus)
Ellen Bruckshaw (Alumnus)Louise Dinsmore (Athletic Administrator)
Carl Koussa (RIRAA)Frank Leoni (Men’s Sport Coach)
Barbara Luebke (Athletic Advisory Board)Jim Norman (Hall of Fame)
Ed Quinlan (Alumnus)Yngve Ramstad (Athletic Advisory Board)
Mike Szostak (Media)Mick Westkott (Women’s Sport Coach)
Tom McElroy (Ex-Officio)Mike Ballweg (Ex-Officio)
■ 1959 (8): Frank W. Keaney, Walter Doll (Class of’12), John L. Sullivan (’14), William H. Tully (’14),Marshall H. Tyler, Albert A. LeBoeuf (’17), Albert S.Hudson (’20), Grant H. Potter (’22)
■ 1972 (13): Pasquale J. Abbruzzi (’55), WilliamM.H. Beck, Robert J. Black (’50), Ernest A. Calverley(’46), Richard K. Cole, Thomas R. Doherty (H’76),Frank B. Lanning (H’59), Hugo R. Mainelli Sr. (’30),John E. Meade (’15), Dr. A.A. Savastano (’28), DavidR. Stenhouse (’55), Stanley J. Stutz (’42), Frederic D.Tootell
■ 1973 (14): Louis J. Abbruzzi (’41), Frank H.Briden (’13), Carl L. Coleman (’15), Edward J. Cox(’33), Henry F. Dreyer (’35), Irving H. Folsworth(’39), Kenneth B. Goff (’33), Charles A. Hall (’32),Chester S. Jaworski (’39), Warner M. Keaney (’41),Charles J. Lazarek (’30), Robert C. Nichols (’43),William J.A. Rowe (’37), Earl F. Shannon (’43)
■ 1974 (8): William M. Baird (’54), Dr. Harold W.Browning (’14), Paul F. Cieurzo (’31), Charles E.Flaherty (’31), Charles E. Gibbons (’56), Robert E.Miller (’49), William G. Mokray (’29), Dr. John F.Quinn (H’72)
■ 1975 (8): John B. Blount (’50), Frederick S. Conley(’41), R.A. Debucci (’27), Robert G. Dispirito (’53),Donald M. Dwyer (’43), Angelo M. Gencarelli (’22),Robert M. Mudge (’37), William E. Rutledge (’42)
■ 1976 (11): John M. Baxter (’52), Henry Z. Brenner(’56), Theodore S. Clarke (’40), Robert L. Cragan(’33), James J. Federico (’35), H. David Hedison(’43), Dr. Francis H. Horn (H’67), Winifred Keaney,Dr. Robert Lepper Jr. (’36), Bernard T. Pina (’54), Dr.Carl R. Woodward
■ 1977 (10): William E. Butler (’39), Robert C. Haire(’28), Alec H. Hurwitz (’29), Josephine T. Lees Kirn,Harold W. Kopp (H’80), Carl B. Lisa (’61), Michael J.Martynik (’33), Ralph C. Potter (’47), William C. vonWeyhe (’57), James A. Warren (’58)
■ 1978 (6): Bradford B. Boss (’55), Thomas V.Falciglia (’45), Robert J. Mairs III (’58), John S.Messina (’37), Ambrose R. Smith (H’83), Robert B.Strong (’26)
■ 1979 (7): Janet Potter Brownell (’38), William A.Cawley, Fred J. Congleton (’53), Frederick J.Lakeway (’59), Robert F. Shea (’46), Robert S.Sherman (’46), Alton W. Wiley (’51)
■ 1980 (10): Donald Graham (’39), Arthur F.Hanley (’36), Gary E. Koenig (’62), Clifford E. Pace(’41), Lawrence R. Panciera (’47), Roger L. Pearson(’60), Joseph W. Pinto (’25), Joseph J. Scussell (’31),Anna M. Tucker (’41), Thomas J. Wright (’34)
■ 1981 (10): Frederick S. Ackroyd (’30), Harold E.Adams Jr. (’53), James N. Adams Jr. (’59), Donald M.Brown (’60), Steven Chubin (’66), Milton H. Price(’15), John L. Rego (’32), Thomas G. Russell (H’82),Arthur L. Sherman (’50), James D. Wright (’37)
■ 1982 (8): Albert E. Carlotti Sr. (’32), Edward J.Dahl (’48), Edward L. DiSimone (’57), Charles H.Hunt (’56), Matthew E. Kearns Jr. (’30), Everett S.McDaniel (’59), Harold Q. Moore (’18), Robert N.Talbot (’28)
■ 1983 (9): Roland J. Bettez Jr. (’61), Albert A.Carpenter (’42), William D. Dolan (’35), Raymond T.Dwyer (’50), Joseph F. Hall (’48), Tom Harrington(’60), Robert L. Linne (’53), Robert J. MacDonald(’55), John F. Martin (’36)
■ 1984 (11): Gaetano G. Calise Jr. (’59), James W.Eastwood (’37), William S. Ellis (’34), MorrisFabricant (’39), Harry D. Hedison (’42), Joseph F.McHenry, James W. Norman (’57), David W.Partington (’39), Francis H. Sherman (’49), KennethG. Taylor (’43), Ruth (Jerrett) Urquhart (’38)
■ 1985 (8): J. William Corr (’43), Ronald A. Cruff(’56), William J. Falk, Paul Fitzgerald (’57), DonaldN. Kaull (’67), Dr. William R. Lister (’52), RoccoNegris (’53), William F. Poland (’60)
■ 1986 (7): Chester A. Berry (’38), Nathalie E.Briggs (’33), Charles E. McGinnis (’69), A. RobertRainville (’64), Harold F. Smith Sr. (’53), Dr. RobertP. Sorlien (H’71), Malcolm M. Williams
■ 1987 (9): Arthur P. Arnold Sr. (’34), Armand A.Cure (’43), Stephen R. Furness (’72), Helen S. King(’40), Dr. M. Dorothy Massey (H’70), Richard L.Narcessian (’71), David J. Ricereto (’62), Dr.Raymond E. Stevens (’28), Maurice Zarchen (’49)
■ 1988 (9): Joseph D. Almonte (’58), Dr. Sylvester A.Capalbo (’34), Owen R. Conroy (’29), Frank T.Geiselman (’68), Louise Anthony Greene (’44),Frank P. Mormando (’58), Barry D. Multer (’61),Raymond J. Peltier (’57), Stephen A. Rowell (’73)
■ 1989 (8): Edward K. Adams (’78), Gustin L.Buonaiuto (’53), Helen E. Cruickshank (’51),Kenneth C. Goodwin Sr. (’49), Richard A. Moser(’78), Robert P. Narcessian (’74), Dana C. Quigley(’69), Ronald L. Rothstein (’64)
■ 1990 (7): Alvin S. Clegg Jr. (’57), H. Richard Hole(’47), Dennis C. McGovern (’65), Patricia Nicol (’80),Pasquale Pezzelli Jr. (’53), Scott M. Pucino (’76),Arthur J. Stephenson (’68)
■ 1991 (7): Alan G. Arbuse (’63), Frank N. Caruso(’67), Michael P. Fitzgerald (’67), Manoog T.Heditsian (’47), John J. Mantenuto (’36), Carol E.Morris (’81), Nancy French Schock (’44)
■ 1992 (6): Lawrence Caswell (’70), Paul T.Faulkner (’63), Edward K. Fracassa (’65), John H.Leach Jr. (’57), Brinton C. Piez (H’84), Patricia A.Ruggiero (’71)
■ 1993 (8): Joseph A. Buesing (’65), Arthur R. Carlin(’48), Jeannette E. Crooker, Kimberly S. Nelson (’81),Alan L. Nero (H’79), Kenneth B. Potter (’32), MichaelSarkesian (’53), Ronald L. Stenhouse (’62)
■ 1994 (6): Arthur H. Boulet (’59), Raymond P.Freitas, Robert J. Hoder (‘62), Eleanor R. Lemaire,Sylvester McGee (’76), Mark W. Strawderman (’86)
■ 1995 (7): Robert A. Adams (’57), Frank A. DiPiro(’55), Naomi Graves (’82), Jack Kraft, Len Mercurio(’83), John Norris (H’93), Linda Louise Rowell (‘76)
■ 1996 (11): Larry Barrett (’43), Tom Ehrhardt (’86),John Fultz (’71), Bob Griffin, Geza Henni, PatHorgan (’83), Kevin Murphy (’81), Horace Owens(’83), Steve Tosches (’79), Michele Washington (’86),Jeffrey Williams (’76)
■ 1997 (9): Sue Scott Beeman (’87), Herman Brown(’84), Kristen Ford (’84), Mary McAllister (’40), LisaMurphy (’82), Paul Narcessian, Paul Quigley (’67),John Rollins, Jim Urquhart (’78)
■ 1998 (8): Don Almy (’55), Dale Brown (’61), LeoDiMaio, Tom Garrick (’89), Sally Keleher Goodwin(’50), Harold Melkonian (’52), Dan McCrudden(’78), Carlton Owens (’93)
■ 1999 (9): James S. Buehler (’77), Mark Cameron(’75), Luis S. Carvalho (’72), Lorenzo A. Gallo Jr.(’73), Mary C. Gamble (’42), Kerry P. McKay (’79),John P. Riley Jr. (’96), Charles S. Scarpulla (’63),Robert K. Underhill (’51)
■ 2000 (10): Douglas D. Clark (’85), Brian Forster,Kenny Green (’89), Bruce Hallworth (’66), ChristosLatos (’55), John O’Leary (’57), Steve Peterson (’85),Al Skinner, Anthony Tetro (’64), Louiseannette PlattWright (’43)
■ 2001 (7): Kengi Gardiner Bell (‘92), EllenQuantmeyer Bruckshaw (‘88), Charlie Connery(‘71), Lars Guck (’91), Dameon Reilly (‘86), CalWhitfield (‘82), Bob Wells (’59)
■ 2002 (9): Diane Hull Brown (’86), Dana Conley(’38), Mark Cruise (’81), Tony DeLuca (’84), HaroldFell (’61), Don Gamble (’48), John Gonsalves (’64),Elisa Warren McDonough (’90), John Mitchell (’51)
■ 2003 (10): Jennifer Eaton Burkhardt (’91), ClayClatur (’65), Tony DiMaggio (’86), Steve Godin (’85),Charlotte Waters Mapes (’34), Tracie YrigoyenMorenberg (’92), Tom Mut (’83), Les Nichols (’42),Bob Taylor (’55), Norman O. Wilcox (’42)
■ 2004 (7): Brad Carson (’97), Greta Cohen (’64),Jacquelyn Elmer Fagan (’79), Jason Gailes (’92),Anne Kelsen (’94), Terry Lynch (’84), Bob Peltier(’59)
■ 2005 (2): 1984 football team, 1985 football team
1072005 Rhode Island Football
Rams in the Pros
Name, Position Years at URI Team (League) NFLSeasonsDuke Abbruzzi, RB 1938-41 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 1941-43Pat Abbruzzi, RB 1951-54 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 1956-59Alan Abruse, OT 1960-63 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 1963John Bush, C 1995-98 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 2000Cy Butler, WR 1993-95 New Haven Ninjas (Arena) 2002
Mohegan Wolves (Arena2) 2003Dan Callahan, P 1973 New England Patriots (NFL) 1974
Washington Redskins (NFL) 1975Jacksonville Express (WFL) 1975
Guy Carbone, DB 1982-85 New England Patriots (NFL) 1986Mike Cassidy, DB 1983-85 New England Patriots (NFL) 1986Armand Cure, RB 1941-43 Baltimore Colts (NFL) 1943-44Lou D’Agostino, DL 1993-95 New York Jets (NFL) 1996Chy Davidson, WR 1978-79 New England Patriots 1981-82Tony DeLuca, DT 1980-83 Buffalo Bills (NFL) 1987T.J. DelSanto, WR 1980-82 Philadelphia Stars (USFL) 1983Tom Ehrhardt, QB 1984-85 New York Jets (NFL) 1986
Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) 1986Frank Ferrara, DT 1994-96, 1998 New York Giants (NFL) 1999-01
Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 2002Brian Forster, WR 1983-85, 1987 New England Patriots (NFL) 1988Greg Fournier, OL 1991-94 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) 1995Steve Furness, DT 1969-71 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) 1971-80
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL), Detroit Lions (NFL) 1981Frank Geiselman, Fl 1966-67 Green Bay (NFL) 1968Charlie Gibbons, DL 1954-56 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 1956Dick Grann, C 1953-55 Baltimore Colts (NFL) 1955Brian Hunte, LB 1992-93 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 1996Eric Jenkins, DE 1992-94 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 1996James Jenkins, RB 1996-98 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 2000LaJhon Jones, LB 1994-97 San Diego Chargers (NFL) 1998
New Haven Ninjas (Arena) 2002Chris Keneally, OL 1992-94 Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 1995-96Ken Mastrole, QB 1999 Orlando Predators (Arena) 2001
Amsterdam Admirals (NFL Europe) 2002Molly McGee, FB 1971-73 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) 1974
Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) 1975Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) 1976-79
Rich Moser, RB 1975-77 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) 1978-79Miami Dolphins (NFL) 1980Kansas City Chiefs (NFL), Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) 1981Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL) 1982-83
Tom Mut, WR 1978, 1980-82 New England Patriots (NFL) 1983Rich Pelzer, OT 1980-82 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 1982Jim Pratt, WR 1985-86 New England Steamrollers (Arena) 1988Dameon Reilly, WR 1983-85 Indianapolis Colts (NFL) 1986
Miami Dolphins (NFL) 1987Howie Small, C 1950-52 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) 1967Lance Small, DB 1998-01 Mohegan Wolves (Arena) 2002Kevin Smith, CB 1987-90 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) 1991Dennis Talbot, DE 1979-82 Chicago Fire (USFL) 1983Shane Vergari, C 1998-01 Mohegan Wolves (Arena ) 2002Chuck Wesley, DB 1998-01 Buffalo Destroyers (Arena2) 2003Bob White, OT 1982-85 New York Jets (NFL) 1986
Dallas Cowboys (NFL) 1987-89New England Patriots (NFL) 1990
Calvin Whitfield, CB 1979-82 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 1983Buffalo Bills (NFL) 1984
Jeff Williams, OT 1973-76 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 1977-78Washington Redskins (NFL) 1979-80San Diego Chargers (NFL) 1981Chicago Bears (NFL) 1982
Ray Williams, DB 1983-86 New England Patriots (NFL) 1987Wendall Williams 2000-03 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) 2004-05Fearon Wright, DE 1999-00 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) 2001
Bob White
Brian Forster
Cal Whitfield
Chris Keneally
Chuck Wesley
Cy Butler Dan CallahanDuke Abbruzzi
Greg Fournier
James Jenkins
John Bush
Ken Mastrole
Kevin SmithLance Small
Tony Deluca
Tom Mut
Steve Furness
Molly McGee
Lou D’Agostino
LaJhon Jones
Frank Ferrara
Fearon Wright
1082005 Rhode Island Football
Ram Legends: Frank KeaneyWhen most people think of Frank Keaney, they remember racehorse
basketball, fast-breaking offenses and the Rams piling up victory after vic-tory on the hardwood.
But Keaney spent 21 years (1920-40) as Rhode Island’s head footballcoach, as well. He is the school’s second winningest coach registering 70victories during his tenure. Inheriting a team that had posted a 0-7-1record in 1919, he sought to rebuild the Rams, a process that would takethree years. From 1929-36, Rhode Island posted winning records in sevenof eight seasons, going 37-26-4 (.582) over that span.
His biggest win on the gridiron came on Oct. 5, 1935 when the Ramsbattled powerful Brown. The Rams had lost to the Bears 23 straight timesand were shutout in the first 13 games between the two teams.
Such was the Rams’ record entering the contest against their intrastaterival. As coach Frank Keaney led his charges onto the Brown Stadiumgridiron in from of 15,000 fans, a chorus of whistles and catcalls greetedtheir new Keaney Blue uniforms and white Kangaroo leather shoes, prob-ably the first football team ever to be so attired.
As usual, Brown was favored against the Rams. The Rams had losttheir first two games of the season without even scoring a point. RhodeIsland lost the season-opener, 32-0, at Holy Cross before falling, 7-0, atMaine a week later. The game was the season-opener for Brown.
Brown had 80 players in uniform while the Rams dressed just 13.Despite their decided underdog status, Keaney had his team prepared forcoach D.O. McLaughry’s Brown squad. The game was a thriller that isstill talked about today as one of the greatest games ever between the twostate teams.
Rhode Island marched 94 yards for a score in the first quarter and hitpay dirt on a nifty gallop by Bob Mudge to put the Rams ahead, 13-0, athalftime. Brown rallied and scored on a 65-yard lateral play in the thirdquarter to cut the lead to 13-7. But the stubborn Ram defense was neveragain threatened and a late interception by Justin McCarthy assured a vic-tory for the Rams.
Pandemonium broke loose when the game ended. Keaney was carriedthe length of the field by his ecstatic players and the Rhode Island faith-ful. The victory celebration over the Ivy League power lasted several dayswith a dance celebration at Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet, a campus rally onthe Quad and a full Monday holiday for the entire college courtesy of col-lege president, Carl Woodward.
A portly, wide-faced Irishman, Keaney belonged to the old fashionedschool of coaching that stressed character over technique. “My psycholo-gy of it is that you’ve got to feel victory if you’re going to win,” hedeclared. To his players, he was fond of emphasizing the differencebetween Will to Win and Love to Lose. “As far as techniques of the game,he was probably the worst coach I ever had,” admitted one player. “Butas far as being able to psyche teams up and get them ready for games, hewas super. He had a great way with all his players, from the substitute tothe star.”
To compensate for football teams that lacked size and number, Keaneystressed conditioning above all else, seeking both to outlast opponentsand to minimize injuries. His players were expected to play every minuteof every game.
Impatient with the conservative style of play then in fashion, hesearched for ways to open up the game. In football he was one of the first to employ the double wing formation, running it with double andtriple backfield lateral plays that flabbergasted coaches who shrank fromany thrown ball as if it were a live grenade. His baseball teams ran oppo-nents dizzy. The fast break was but the logical extension of this impulse
to basketball.
That Keaney cared more for the opinion of the fans than of his peerswas made evident when he advised his fellow coaches at a New Yorkluncheon, “Give the crowds action. If some coach puts up a screwydefense, use a screwier offense. Then if you lose, pivot and go home.” Tocritics of his style he said simply, “We don’t say we’re right, but you’vegot to stop us.”
During his long coaching and teaching tenure at Rhode Island - span-ning more than four decades from the 1920s to the late 1940s - Keaneywas constantly experimenting with new ideas both as a coach and as achemist, as well as a foot hardener suitable, a potent-smelling lineamentfor aches and pains and distinctive school color “Keaney Blue,” alsoknown as “Rhody Blue.”
Before Keaney concocted his special shade of powdery blue, RhodeIsland’s colors had been white and royal blue. But Keaney, after spendingconsiderable time mixing a variety of blue and white paints together inhis on-campus laboratory, came up with his special shade of blue - a light,soft tint all but the same color as the University of North Carolina’s. Later,after Keaney Gym was finished in 1953, Keaney set up a small lab in athird floor room - now the football player’s lounge - in the southwesterncorner of the building where he refined the color to match his exactingspecifications.
But Keaney had something more; a restless imagination and a flair forshowmanship. The fast break in basketball was not the only product ofhis maverick genius; there was a touch of originality in everything he did.A native of Boston, Keaney graduated from Bates in 1911. He played pro-fessional baseball and coached high school before coming to Rhode Islandin 1920 as athletic director, coach of all sports and chemistry instructor.Later he even produced a light blue dye, known as “Keaney blue,” a colorhis teams wore in place of the school’s official color, royal blue.
In 28 years as Rhode Island’s legendary basketball coach, Keaney com-piled an impressive 401-124 record, but the numbers scarcely measure hisachievement. He turned a game of patterned plodding into forty minutesof frenzied excitement while overflow crowds, delighted at the spectacleof racehorse basketball, howled their approval. In an era when mostteams did well to score 40 or 50 points a game, Rhode Island averagednearly 80 and routinely led the nation in scoring.
Keaney retired from active coaching in 1948 and was inducted into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960, the Hall of Fame’ssecond year. Frank William Keaney passed away on Oct. 10, 1967 at theage of 81.
1092005 Rhode Island Football
Ram Legends: Hal KoppIn May, 1998, Hal Kopp, the winningest football coach in Rhode
Island annals, passed away at the age of 89. Never far from the grid-iron, he served as an honorary assistant coach and helped broadcastRhode Island football games on radio well into his 80s and was a regu-lar at Ram football games until 1997.
Growing up at Perry Point, Md., Kopp was exposed to the world ofathletics at an early age. Perry Point was a government reservation hos-pital complex, and at the end of World War I, the reservation employedKopp’s father and kept young Hal busy in the recreation program.
He learned to play baseball, mostly because he was the only one whowould agree to crouch down behind the plate and catch the patientswho were pitching. Many of the patients were shell-shocked from thewar, others had lung damage from mustard gas attacks, and otherswere unbalanced for one reason or another. But every afternoon duringthe summer, the instructors would be out on the field working with thepatients. And soon Kopp became a regular in their games.
In high school, he also took up basketball, soccer and football, and itwasn’t long before people started noticing the talented halfback’s giftfor the gridiron game. By his senior year, he decided he would attendWestern Maryland and play his college ball for coach Dick Harlow. Arugged 200-pound running back, Kopp gained more yards againstarchrival Maryland in his sophomore season than the entire Terrapinbackfield. In his senior season, he was selected to play in the very firstNorth-South game, held in Baltimore Stadium. Aligned with playersfrom Mississippi, Alabama and throughout the deep South, Kopp andhis teammates practiced for one week before the big game. The day ofthe game, it snowed six inches. For many of his teammates it was thefirst time they had seen snow.
A good spring on the baseball diamond helped him garner a briefstint with the Washington Senators after college, but after bouncingaround the baseball ranks, he stumbled upon a coaching opportunitywith a former Harlow assistant, Jimmy Dunn at Northeastern, anddecided to take it. He had married his college sweetheart, June, and thecouple had one son, Karl.
His career in coaching was just beginning to take hold when PearlHarbor was bombed, plunging the United States into World War II.Kopp was called up as a first lieutenant and saw combat during theallied invasion of North Africa. But his coaching career was not on holdfor the duration. Due to a stateside assignment, he was able to returnhome to serve as assistant coach at Brown and later at Connecticut,while head of the ROTC program. After the war ended, Kopp was dis-
charged from the Army and joined Harlow as a line coach at Harvard.After Harlow’s retirement from coaching, Kopp spent a spring withConnecticut, before moving on to Yale. When Connecticut began look-ing for a new head coach, Kopp believed his time had come. What hedidn’t know was that a former teammate would beat him out for thejob.
But all was not lost. At the same time, Rhode Island, a small schoolwhose football program was third in athletic importance to basketballand track, was shopping for a head coach. Kopp was offered the job athis first meeting with Vice President Dr. Harold Browning. In his book,“I’ve Seen It All,” Kopp writes about his first few months at the URIhelm: “With the help of the alumni secretary, Charlie Hall, the studentbody and Dr. Browning, I was able to offer a few scholarships to someof the Rhode Island high school players.
“I was wont to say that I had 21 boys and 19 sea gulls at our firstspring practice. Despite my small squad, we did well the first year. Infact, we beat the University of Connecticut. It was great satisfaction tome — beating (new Connecticut head coach) Art Valpey. While I was atRhode Island, my teams never lost to Connecticut, Massachusetts orNortheastern. We also won three out of four games with Brown.”
After a 3-5 season in 1950, Kopp was called back to serve in theKorean War. Reassured his job would be secure when he returned, hereported to Fort Benning, Ga., where he became the athletic officer ofthe Combat Training Center and coached football and basketball. Whenthe time came for duty assignments, Kopp was sent to Bremerhaven,Germany to begin a football program for morale purposes. When hereturned to URI in 1952, he had only a week to get his players ready forthe annual Brown game. His team defeated Brown for the first time in14 years, and Kopp was on his way. The 7-1 record of his 1952 teamwas the best in school history.
He spent five seasons at the URI helm, and compiled a 28-11-2record, the best winning percentage in URI coaching history. He wasnamed the Rhode Island Coach of the Year three times and the NewEngland Coach of the Year in 1955, after piloting his team through anundefeated regular season and then to a postseason game at theRefrigerator Bowl in Evansville, Ind.
In 1956, Kopp left Rhode Island to become the first non-Mormonhead coach at Brigham Young. After three seasons there, the Mormonlifestyle and the Hal Kopp philosophies were blending like oil andwater. He knew his contract would not be renewed and so he accepteda position at Boston University as a line coach.
After coaching eight colleges, two all-star games, and two armyteams, Kopp decided in 1964 to give high school coaching a try. He wasjust as successful in the high school ranks, putting together an unde-feated season in 1965 and continuing until the 1971 season. Then, hedecided to retire from coaching. But giving up an addiction cold turkeyis never easy; and so when Bentley called to say they were going tostart a program, the renowned coach knew he had to help. He spent thenext five seasons developing Bentley into a solid Division III program.
June and Hal both retired from the Massachusetts school system atthe same time, moving back home to Narragansett. But he still couldn’tstay away from the game — after all, it had been his life for nearly 70years. In 1993, he surpassed Amos Alonzo Stagg’s longevity record asthe oldest active coach in college football.
In his own words, Hal Kopp’s career was symbolized by “So manyfriends. So many victories. So much in the ‘win’ column, after all.”
1102005 Rhode Island Football
Ram Legends: Tom EhrhardtIt has been more than a decade since Rhode Island quarterback Tom Ehrhardt
and his outstanding supporting cast made back-to-back appearances in theNCAA I-AA playoffs, but if any memories are eternal, then the 1984 and 1985Ram teams not only etched their place in the Rhode Island record books, butalso in the minds of their faithful fans.
Those two teams are a part of Rhode Island lore, and the atmosphere sur-rounding them permeated throughout the state and the region. “I rememberthinking that URI was never going to lose when he (Ehrhardt) was in thegame,” said Ram alumnus and assistant gymnastics coach Mike Franco. “Youhad a sense that he would get it done. He had an intangible quality that allowedhim to put his team over the top and he and (Brian) Forster were a great tan-dem.”
The 1984 and 1985 teams combined for a 20-6 record, won two YankeeConference Championships, and won two NCAA playoff games - the last Ramteams to make the post-season. Ehrhardt is quick though to credit his team-mates for the teams’ success. “Our offensive line was strong, we had a soliddefense and great receivers,” said Ehrhardt, who holds every Ram passingrecord after spending just two years at Rhode Island.
Ehrhardt and his golden arm transferred to Kingston from then Division IIC.W. Post because he liked coach Bob Griffin’s pass oriented offensive style. Butin his first start for the Rams in 1984, he was far from great, completing justseven of 14 passes for 71 yards and suffered two interceptions in a 31-21 winover Howard - a game he left injured in the third quarter.
Following a win over Lafayette in his second game and a loss to Holy Crossin week three, Ehrhardt began to click. He passed for 272 yards and two touch-downs as the Rams blasted Maine 27-0. A week later, he showed his prowess,throwing for 410 yards and five touchdowns in a 34-13 rout of state rival Brown.
The Rams rolled through their schedule unscathed for the next four weeks asEhrhardt had passing performances of 408 yards against Massachusetts and 425versus Northeastern. With an 8-1 record and a perfect Yankee Conferencemark, the Rams traveled to Durham, New Hampshire and dropped a 14-12decision to the Wildcats. In the final week of the regular season, Ehrhardttossed three touchdown passes to Dameon Reilly and one to Bob Donfieldin a 29-19 win over Connecticut giving the Rams the league title.
After an opening round playoff bye, Rhode Island hostedRichmond at Meade Stadium. Ehrhardt, who along with Griffinwere inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996,rose to the occasion. The Rhode Island signal-caller completed34-of-53 passes for 389 yards and Forster caught a schoolrecord 18 passes as Rhode Island downed the Spiders 23-17setting up a semifinal match-up at Montana State.
Like Ehrhardt’s first game in Keaney blue, the last game ofthe 1984 season is one he wishes he could forget. With the Ramsleading 20-18, Ehrhardt forced a pass that was intercepted on theMontana State three-yard line and returned 97 yards for a touchdown.Rhode Island did not recover, fumbling the ensuing kickoff to set upanother Bobcat score. The Rams lost 32-20. “I still have the tape ofthat game,” said Ehrhardt. “You look at it and say ‘Why did youthrow it?’ That interception probably cost us the national cham-pionship.”
If the end of the 1984 season was disappointing, 1985 start-ed off even worse for Ehrhardt and the heralded Rams. Threeplays into the season-opener against Delaware, Ehrhardt leftwith an injured hip pointer and the Rams fell to the BlueHens 29-13. Rhode Island also lost All-America defensiveback Tony Hill for the season on the fourth defensive play ofthe game when he fractured his arm.
With Ehrhardt out of action against Howard in the next
game, backup quarterback Greg Farland stepped in and threw two touchdownpasses and the defense stepped up its play in a 46-0 drubbing of the Bison.
The return of Ehrhardt in week three saw him throw for 357 yards in a 34-14 win over Maine, but the following week, Brown would avenge their 1984loss with a 32-27 win over Rhode Island despite 461 yards passing by Ehrhardt. Forster tied his own record of 18 catches for another record 327 yardsin the loss.
As they did in 1984, the Rams went on a tear, winning their next seven gamesto finish the regular season at 9-2. Ehrhardt connected for 520 yards passing in a45-38 win over Lehigh. It was November 16, 1985 when the Rams hosted theHuskies with an undefeated Yankee Conference season hanging in the balance,and after Ehrhardt hit for two first quarter TD passes and a 14-0 lead, it lookedlike Rhode Island was in control. Connecticut responded with five straight
touchdowns and a 35-14 lead. At the half, the Rams trailed 42-28. The URIdefense responded in the second half by shutting down the Husky attack
while Ehrhardt continued to work his magic as he tossed four moretouchdown passes after the break and the Rams rolled to a 56-42 win
and the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA playoffs.
Ehrhardt’s 566 yards passing set a new school standard aswere his eight touchdown passes and his .667 passing percent-age. Forster, who was named to the Yankee Conference all-timeteam, caught 16 passes for 205 yards and Reilly hauled in ninepasses for 204 yards in the game.
“That was a memorable game,” said a modest Ehrhardt,“because we fell behind by 21 points and came back and won to
have an undefeated conference season.”
Rhode Island opened the playoffs with a 35-27 win overAkron in Kingston and Ehrhardt was sizzling as he completed aschool record 43 passes. In round two, the Rhode Island signal-caller was picked off six times in a 59-15 loss to Furman. He com-pleted 39 of a record 78 attempts, but the interceptions, of whichone was returned for a touchdown, led to the end of the seasonand Ehrhardt’s impressive career.
“It was great experience,” Ehrhardt, the only Rhode Islandfootball player ever to have their uniform number (12) retired,said later. “As you get older and you work and have a family,you look back and appreciate it. That was really neat and I waslucky to experience it and we were fortunate to have a greatteam.”
A great team led by a great player which left great memo-ries and set a few records along the way.
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Ram Legends: Pat AbbruzziIt has been said that persistence pays off. For
Rhode Island football coach Hal Kopp, it suredid. If it was not for his determination inrecruiting local high school star Pasquale “Pat”Abbruzzi to spend his Saturday afternoons onthe grass of Meade Stadium, Abbruzzi mighthave set a number of rushing records at NotreDame or Boston College.
A life-long native of Warren, R.I., Abbruzziwas a three-sport star athlete in football, basket-ball and baseball at Warren High. Kopp hadhis eye on the All-State player and convincedthe local product to stay in Rhode Island eventhough the Fighting Irish and Eagles had aheavy interest in him.
Kopp knew Abbruzzi had the potential to begood back, one to build his offense around andhe didn’t want this prized recruit to slip away.His hard-nosed pile-driving style of running,reminiscent of John Riggins and Earl Campbell,was tailor-made for Kopp’s style of ball-controloffense.
“He was the reason why I went to theUniversity of Rhode Island,” said Abbruzzi.
The 5-foot-9, 206-pound Abbruzzi was ahard-nosed, rock solid player who had thephysical stature to take the constant pounding that he would take on aweekly basis.
In his four years at URI, the Rams had a 22-10 (.710) record andearned shares of the Yankee Conference title twice. In his freshman sea-son, Abbruzzi recorded the longest run from scrimmage with a 99-yardtouchdown run in the third game of the season against NewHampshire. The mark still stands today.
In the Rams’ 27-7 win at New Hampshire on October 4, 1952,Abbruzzi was the story as he bulldozed his way for three touchdownsand set a single-game record of 306 rushing yards, a record that hasnever been equaled. He finished the season with eight touchdowns,rushing for 1,189 yards (then a school record).
He started his third year in the Rams’ backfield with two touch-downs versus Northeastern in the season-opener. By the time the 1953campaign ended, he had rambled for 959 yards on 170 carries (5.6 yardsper carry) and scored a touchdown in each of the Rams’ eight gamesthat year.
In his senior year, a nagging ankle injury suffered in the season open-er at Northeastern slowed him all season. But in his final game of hisRam career, Abbruzzi ran for 221 yards and two touchdowns in a 20-0win over Connecticut. A fitting ending to a remarkable career.
Abbruzzi left a lasting impression on the Ram record books. He isURI’s all-time ground gainer with 3,389 yards on 562 carries, is theleader in career touchdowns (25) and is fourth in career points (150). AtRhode Island, he established himself as the greatest back in team histo-ry and one of the best ever from the state.
The Rams’ Little All-American in 1953 and ’54, Abbruzzi holds adozen New England, Yankee Conference and Rhode Island rushingrecords. Many of the URI records that he broke were held by his broth-er, “Duke,” who played on the Rams from 1937-41.
Abbruzzi is the only player in the history of the Yankee Conference
to be selected to the All-Conference team. Hewas selected the Rhode Island Athlete of theYear in 1953 and Rhode Island Italian-AmericanAthlete of the Year in 1953 and 1954. In addi-tion, he was also chosen as an All-New Englandselection twice.
After his illustrious career at URI, Abbruzziopted to take his talents north of the border toMontreal, Canada. Despite being drafted by theBaltimore Colts in the third round in 1953, hedecided on Canada because of a conflict regard-ing a bonus. Abbruzzi chose to play for theMontreal Alouettes of the Canadian FootballLeague. He played four seasons in Montrealand became one of the greatest all-time playersin Canadian Football history.
In his first year, he recorded eight 100-yardgames and subsequently was named theCanadian Football League’s Player-of-the-Yearin 1955. A member of the Alouettes’ Hall-of-Fame, Abbruzzi holds a number of team recordsand was named to the league’s All-Pro teameach season.
He played for the Alouettes from in 1955-58,and holds the team record for rushing touch-downs in a game with four (at Toronto, Oct. 22,1955) and is second on the all-time list in rush-
ing with 3,749 yards, carries (700), 100-yard games (11) and touchdowns(45).
In his first two seasons, Abbruzzi set the team record for touchdownsin a season with 19 in his first year and then broke his own record with20 the following season. He shares the record for points in a game with24 versus the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on September 22, 1956. In his firstseason, he tied the team record for touchdowns in a game with four ontwo different occasions (versus Hamilton and Toronto) and recordedanother four touchdown game the next year against the Tiger-Cats(September 22, 1956).
In three of his four seasons, Abbruzzi led the Alouettes in rushing.He ran for 1,248 yards in 1956, 1,062 in 1957 and 809 in 1957. He holdsthe team records for rushing touchdowns in a season with 17 and forthe most touchdowns in a season by a rookie.
In 1972, Abbruzzi’s feats were recognized as he was inducted into theUniversity of Rhode Island Athletic Hall of Fame and he was inductedinto the Providence Gridiron Club Hall of Fame in 1976.
After his playing days, Abbruzzi still stayed involved in the game heloved. He was a physical education teacher for 30 years and was a suc-cessful football coach for 26 years at his alma mater, Warren HighSchool. He built the football program into one of the most respectedprograms on and off the field. His teams won a total of nine divisionaland state championships, including a winning streak of 34 consecutiveregular-season victories during the 1970s. He was honored as the RhodeIsland School Boy Coach-of-the-Year in 1975. In addition, he is a mem-ber of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
In his illustrious football career on the high school, collegiate andprofessional levels, Pat Abbruzzi left a lasting impression on the gameboth in the United States and Canada. Abbruzzi, who passed away onJune 3, 1998 will be remembered as one of the best football players inRhode Island gridiron history.
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All-time LettermenALouis J. Abbruzzi 1939-41Pasquale J. Abbruzzi 1951-54David J. Abdinoor 1969Ibrahim Abdul-Matin 1996-98Manuel B. Abilheira 1964-65George W. Accomanda 1952-54Mike Achin 1976, 1980Arthur Adamopolous 1949Anthony Adams 1986-88James N. Adams Jr. 1956-58Jim Adams 1981-83Bernard Ahrens 1909-10, 1913Robert W. Albanese 1937-38David Allen 1942Lewis L. Allen Jr. 1936-37Robert Allen 1988Joseph D. Almonte 1956-58Tibera G. Aloma 1901Donald C. Almy 1952-54Andre Anderson 2002-04John Anderson 1972, 1974-75Richard T. Andrew 1967-68Alton B. Andrews 1946-49Robert M. Andreoli 1953Andrew Angel 1976Charles E. Anquilly 1909-10Kazar Apkarian 1953, 1955-56Bobby Apgar 1993-95
Ray Apo 1984-85Nicholas Apostolou 1947Alan Arbruse 1961-63Richard Archambault 1966Clinton Armstrong 1925-27Benjamin H. Arnold 1905Walter Augustyn 1976John Avento 1975-76
BCharles Babbitt 1978-80Bryan E. Babcock 1967-68Carlos Bacon 1908Mike Bailey 1978Joseph E. Balog 1969Richard Bambrick 1987Arthur H. Barber 1907Richard L. Barber 1925-27Ray Barker 2002-03Jeff Barlow 11984-86Ronald Barlow 1975Jamal Barnes 2001-02, 2004Dennis Barry 1913Henry Bartels 1917-18William F. Baxter 1960-61Dustin Bayer 2001-04Larry Brantley 2004Joe Bean 1992-93Kyle Beck 1999, 2002-03
William Beck Jr. 1923Edward C. Becker 1946-48Lucien Belanger 1993-1995Robert H. Belisle 1936-38Art Bell 1982-83Dick Bell 1976-78Frank Bellino 1942Jeff Belton 1976-77John Belviso 1974-76Russell Bemetli 1942John A. Bencivenga 1970Greg Benjamin 1986-89Roland Benjamin 1965-66Estes Benson 1976-78Dana Bent 1967Dave Bernard 1978-80Allan Bernstein 1947-49J.R. Betty 1907W.N. Berry 1905-06Charles Bertwell 1941Roland J. Bettez Jr. 1959-61Carle Bigelow 1913Matt Birkett 1998-99William Bjerke 1966Robert E. Blake 1926-27Walter J. Blecharczyk1939-41, 1943Gregory J. Bogdanich 1968-69Harry D. Bogosian Jr. 1955-57George J. Boitano 1953-55Steve R. Bokser 1962-64Bill Bonitati 1980-82Phil Boorda 2002-03Michael Borassi 1967Sumner Bornstein 1952Clifford Bosworth 1924-26Ben Bottone 1976-79Paul Boudreau 1963Arthur H. Boulet 1958Charles Bounty 1983-84Jordan Bowers 2002-04Alonzo Boyd 1994-95Brandon Bradshaw 1996-99John A. Bradshaw 1931Neal A. Bradstreet 1952-54Steve Brady 1992-93Richard A. Brandolini 1953-54Raymond Braszo 1972-74Dennis Breen 1969-71Eugene Brennan 1970-71Henry Z. Brenner 1953-55Walter Bressette 1948John C. Brickley 1971Paul A. Bricoccoli 1964-66Frank Briden 1910, 1913-14Norman H. Bridge 1942-43William H. Briggs 1905Wesley Brigham 1914-15Melvin H. Brightman 1917-18John Bristow 1901-03William Britt 1973-75Kurt Brockwell 1986-89Mark Brockwell 1981-84Rockie Bromell 1982-83Joe Brooks 1978-80Mike Bross 1989-92Bill Brown 1986-88C. Kendrick Brown 1926-27Donald M. Brown 1958-59Keith Brown 2002-03William H. Brown 1924Ralph Browning 1949Robert Bruce 1928-29Anthony R. Bruno 1961William Bryant 1964-65
Scott Buchanan 1999Mark Buckley 1986-89Joseph Buesing 1963-65Rudy Bulgar 1997-98Ralph Bumpus 1931Gustin L. Buonaiuto 1950-51Paul S. Burgess 1909-10James F. Burke 1971Walter L. Burns 1956John Bush 1995-98Cy Butler 1993-95Larry Butler 1978-79Robert T. Butler 1952
CRichard A. Cahill 1954-55Gerald Caito 1962-63Steve Caizzi 1980-82, 1983Brian Calascibetta 1992-93Seth Caldwell 1914Roy P. Call 1917-18, 1921Daniel Callahan 1973Edward Callahan 1964Billy Calloway 1999-00Chad Campbell 2002, 2004John Campenni 1999-02Robert Cannon 1975Nattie Capalbo 1929, 1932-33Sylvester A. Capalbo 1933-34Rich Capolongo 1983-84Albert J. Cappalli 1955-56Chris Caramanico 1987Guy Carbone 1982-85John Carbone 1985-86Arthur Carlin 1939-40, 1947-48Welcome S. Carmichael 1896Paul Carney 1968-69Albert Carpenter 1939-41Benjamin Carpenter 1896James Carr 1930-32Ryan Carstens 1994-97Raheem Carter 2002-03Rashaad Carter 2003-04Terrence Carter 1994John Caruso 1989-91Harold W. Case 1896John Casey 1936Brad Carson 1983-84Chris Cassara 1988-91Mike Cassidy 1983-85Kurt Caster 2003Francis Castrovillari 1933-35Lawrence Caswell 1967-68Thomas M. Cataldo 1968-70William Catone 1970-71Richard Cavanaugh 1923John Cawley 1950-51John Cearroccia 1942Vince Ceraso 1998Paul Chabot 1990Brian Chaisson 1988-90Roger A. Chambers 1958Rod Chance 2001-04George Chandler 1923Hollis Chapman 1979-82Grant Charles 1974-76Raymond E. Charron 1958-59Nathan Chase 1923Joe Chece 2003Jeff Chenard 1982-84Justin Cherry 2003-04Vincent K. Chesto 1953Andrew Christensen 1924-25
Walter Christensen 1973-75Jason Christopher 1996-99John J. Christy 1938Paul Cieurzo 1930-31Steve Cimalore 1978-79Bill Civitella 1983-84Doug Clark 1988-91Jesse Clark 1995-97Frederick Clarke 1924Latham Clarke 1901-03Rollin G. Clarke 1901William C. Clarke 1896Steve Claypoole 1988Gerald Cleary 1926Lloyd Clemons 1994Cory Cloud 1990, 1992Robert Coates 1940-41Pasquale Codola 1942Mike Coffas 1996-98Aaron Cohen 1970Bryan Colahan 2000-03Harold V. Coleman 1923Carlo Colesanti 1976Charles Collins 1933Everett Collins 1934Arnold Collinson 1930Curtis Collinson 1931-33Henry Collinson 1931Stephen W. Collis 1967-69Rich Collum 1996-97Kim Conlee 1972-73Dave Conlin 1980-81Gene Connors 2003William Conners 1923Bernard Connolly 1920-23John H. Connors 1953-55Owen R. Conroy 1926-29George Conti 1939-41, 1943James Conway 1972Clarence Conyers 1916Roy Conyrs 1941-42C. Milton Cook 1936Todd Cook 1988-90Edward Cooney 1924-25Stuart T. Cooper 1938Robert H. Corbett 1958Ralph Cordisco 1965Clay Cornell 2003Brian Corvese 1978-79Pasquale Costeldi 1939Brian Cote 1982-83James R. Cotter 1971-73Todd Coviello 1988-91Shaun Covington 1978Edward Cox 1933Monty Coyne 1991-92Henry J. Cragan 1929-30Robert L. Cragan 1931-32James M. Craig 1906-09Frederick K. Crandall 1905-08John Crawford 1978-79Raymond Crawford 1939Colin Cree 1990Victor Crenshaw 1999, 2002-03Steve Crone 1973-75Mark Cruise 1978-80Carnelius Cruz 1994-97Frank J. Cuddy 1965-66George Cuddy 1970Robert Cudworth 1954Paul Cugno 1982Edmund D. Cullen 1896Mike Cummings 2003-04Robert W. Cummings 1910
Rudy Bulgar
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All-time LettermenAlbert R. Cupello 1938Armand A. Cure 1941-43Matt Curran 1978-79Benjamin R. Curtis 1946-49Craig S. Curtis 1964-65Robert R. Curtis 1947-48
DLou D’Agostino 1993-95Peter G. Dalpe 1955-57Raymond Dalton 1947John Daly 1985William M. Daly 1952Anthony D’Amico 1949Bob Dana 1983-84Dieudonne D. Daubney 1955-57Edgar G. David 1910-13Joseph R. David 1930Chy Davidson 1978-79Donald K. Davidson 1929-30Henry Davis 1914-15Jayson Davis 2002-04Art D’Ercole 1992-93Daniel Dean 1964-65Romeo A. DeBucci 1927Anoclithe DeCesare 1939-40Fred Dechany 1925William Dechanz 1928Jesse DeCosta 1966Joseph A. DeFalco 1964-66Leduco DelGizzo 1946Jason DeLawrence 1997Morton Delozier 1975-77T.J. DelSanto 1980-82Tony DeLuca 1980-83Robert DelVecchio 1964Anthony DeMatteo 1962-64Mark Dennen 1981-83Grant Denniston 1970-72Jeff Denny 1984-85Anthony DePetrillo 1937-38Joseph DeRita 1931-34Rob DeSalvo 1993-95Lawrence T. Deschene 1952-54Scott DeSilva 1982-84Chris DeSimone 1998Manny DeSousa 1997Bob Deutsch 1976-77John Devaney 1968-70William Devin 1964Lincoln Dexter 1931Crawford Deyo 1966Jeremy DiBasio 2003Harold Dickens 1973-74David E. Dickey 1959Mark DiGangi 1978David DiGiacomo 1989-91Tom Dilatush 1901Tony DiMaggio 1983-85Richard Dimock 1931Louis D’Iorio 1936-37Frank A. DiPiro 1954-55Bob DiSano 1976-77, 1979-80Edward L. DiSimone 1954-56Robert DiSpirito 1950-53Eric Dober 1949-51Kevin Dobrzynski 1994-95Rowland Dodge 1917-18William M. Dolan 1968-70William O. Dolan Jr. 1934-35Everett Doll 1947Walter Doll 1910-13Walter Doll Jr. 1938James Donald Jr. 1925
Bob Donfield 1984-86Jim Donnelly 1984-85Sean Donovan 1988-91Pete Doremus 1989-92Tredell Dorsey 1996-98Tim Dougherty 1981-83R.S. Doughty 1896Victor Dow 1901Raymond Draghetti 1926-28Walter Drapala 1966Joseph D. Drew 1905-08Brian Droney 1997-00Warren Dubee 1939-42James Duff 1939-40Mike Duffley 1996-97Gus Duffy 1989Jim Duggan 1975-78John Duksta 1933-35Chris Duncan 2002-03Mark Duncan 1989-90, 1992Leslie L. Dunham 1917-18Rene Duranleau 1938-39Matt Durgin 1987-88Gerald Dusanenko 1964-66Kenneth Duval 1975-77Donald Dwyer 1941-43Mike Dwyer 1981-82
ESalvatore Eacuello 1942-43E. Cecil Eastwood 1920-21Robert A. Ebbs 1915, 1917-18Cameron Eberheim 1998-01Andrew Eberspaecher 1999Edward Edgar 1947-48Charles Edmonds 1916Eugene Edwards 1954Kyle Edwards 2003-04Ryan Edwards 1995Robert Elliot 1937John Ellis 1979-81Ramone Ellis 1996-97, 1999-00Adam Elmore 2003-04Andrew Elsing 2000-03Jared Elwell 1994-97J.R. Emmitt 1896Marshall Englebrook 1975Orvil J. Engott 1968-69Melvin Entin 1934Robert R. Ehrhardt 1969-71Tom Ehrhardt 1984-85
FRichard Fairman 1949Robert Falkenbach 1973Mano Fannopoulos 1998-01Greg Farland 1984-86Raymond Farnham 1921-23Paul T. Faulkner 1962Gerry Favreau 1980-83Thomas Fay 1969Harold Fayerweather 1956-57Martin Feeley 1972-73Mike Feeley 1978-79Jamal Felton 1999Thomas Fera 1947Mike Fernandes 2002Robert Ferrando 1975Frank Ferrara 1994-96, 1998Ryan Ferrelli 1992Jay Russell Ferry 1905-06Brian Field 1988-92Clesson H. Field 1907-08
Frank Finizio 1961-63John Fishel 1981-82John F. Fisher 1933-35Paul Fitzgerald 1955-57Guleb Flagg 1901-03Charles Flaherty 1930-31Arthur Flori 1939-42Fabian Flori 1980-81Ronald Fluellen 1999Frederick Flynn 1923Maurice Flynn 1941Jeremy Fountaine 2003Michael J. Forbes 1969-71Ricky Ford 1988-90Brian Forster 1983-85, 1987David A. Forsythe 1966Richard Fort 1941Chip Forte 1979-80William D. Fortune 1960Emerson Foster 1987-88Jeremy Fountain 2002Greg Fournier 1991-94Richard Fournier 1941Dave Frageorgia 1978-79Michael Franchuck 1947Edward J. Fratto 1952-54Jon Freedman 1972Howard French 1939-40Mark R. Friedman 1965-66Chris Fulton 1988-91Stephen R. Fulton 1969-71Stephen R. Furness 1969-71
GReginald Gadrow 1950-51Colin Gallagher 2003-04Thomas Gallagher 1975-77Daniel F. Galvin 1927-29Robert Gamble 1963-65William A. Gannon 1927-28Charles S. Gardner 1920, 1921-23William Gardner 1968Steve B. Garofalo 1971-73Tony Garofalo 1990-93Lawrence Gates 1939-40Richard F. Gaugh 1952-53Donald Gavin 1948-51Rich Gedeon 1992Stanley Geiger 1975-76Frank Geiselman 1966-67James E. Gerlach 1956-58Norman Gesick 1937Paul Ghilani 1986-88Chris Giacone 2003Andrew Giagrande 1972Bryan Giannecchini 2004Charles E. Gibbons 1954-56Teddy Gibbons 2001-04Ralph Gibbs 1916-18William R. Gibbs 1917Karim Gibson 1996-99Willis Gifford 1924-26David Giles 1971-73Warren Gilkey 1923Harrie C. Gill 1930-32Jean Gilman 1905John Gilman 1985-88Ed Givens 1980-83Marvin Glaubach 1961-63John Glynn 1914Kenneth Goff 1930-33Daniel J. Goldstein 1970-71Leon Golenbruski 1946Duke Golz 1998, 2000-01
Effy Gottlieb 1997, 99John Gouin 1972-74Carl Gourgues 1999Richard M. Gourley 1955-57Herman Grabert 1952Rod Graham 1979Walter S. Gralton 1927Richard A. Grann 1953-55Noel Grant 2002Mike Grasso 1998Eric Gray 2000-01Virgil Gray 2003-04Jason Green 2003-04Luther Green 2000-03Russ Green 1988-90Herbert Greene 1969Everett J. Greer 1959-61John Gregg 1969-71Thomas Grega 1968Andy Gresh 1994-95Damien Gresko 2004Rory Gribbin 1973Isaiah Grier 2000-01Mike Griffin 1984-86Mark J. Grillo 1970-72Albert A. Grills 1950-52Dave Grimsich 1980-82Walter Grinnell 1906Nicholas H. Grosz 1960-62Vincent Grupposo 1942-43Kevin Gudejko 1976-77Ken Guerrier 1994Daniel Guerrieri 1965-66Ralph Guerriero 1979-82Brian Gunning 1987-88Gregory Gutter 1963-65John J. Gutter 1961-63
HChris Hagerty 1981-82Francis L. Halliwell 1971Jason Ham 2001-04
Frederick M. Hammett 1927-28Harry D. Hanchett 1953-54Alex Hanewich 1947-49Frank Hanlin 1914-15Mike Hansen 1993-96Jim Happe 1984-86Lee L. Harding 1906John I. Hardy 1909-10William F. Harley 1896Cory Harper 1997Burton K. Harris 1910James Harvey 1939-41Billy Jack Haskins 1997George Haslam 1923-24Edward Hayes 1948Jerome Hayes 2003John L. Hayes 1955Marc Hayes 1999-02Doug Haynes 1985-86Peter Hayward 1908Michael P. Healy 1968-69Dennis Heck 1976-79Manny Heditsian 1947Rich Heffernan 1987-90Dan Heffron 2003-04Keith Heinemann 1998-01Daniel Henderson 1913Erik Henderson 1987-88Lorenzo Henderson 1975-78Roswell Henninger 1914Dan Henriquez 2000Justin Henry 1997-99Christopher T. Hess 1969-71Dameon Hewlette 1984-86Clarence Hickey 1925-26Peter Hickey 1981-82Shundell Hicks 1992-94Dario Highsmith 1991Flournoy Hightower 1968Henry J. Hill 1971-73James Hill 2004Tony Hill 1982-85Kareem Hinckson 1997-99, 2001
Frank Ferrara
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All-time LettermenJonathan Hines 2003-04Ernest Hirsch 1949Roy Hirtle 1921Paul Hitt 1980-81Chris Hixson 1993-95Andrew Hjelmstrom 1930-31Robert J. Hoder 1961-62James Hodgens 1976Glenn Hodgins 1989-92Gregg Hoffmann 1991-93Jeff Hogan 1986-88, 1990James Hogdson 1931-33Terry Hogg 1967-68Bob Holden 1979-80Lee Holden 1974-77Steve Holland 1991-92Curtis Horne 2001-04Reginald Horseman 1931-34Robert K. Horton 1956Warren B. Houston 1969-71Roy Howard 1924Albert M. Howe 1909Richard Howes 1929-30Willard Hoxsie 1901-03Carl P. Hubbard 1905Robert Hueston 1967Chris Hughes 1983-85Pat Hughes 1990-92Robert J. Humphrey 1960-61Charles H. Hunt 1955-56Brian Hunte 1993Russell Hunter 1991-93Rex A. Hurlburt 1971Robert Hurley 1948-51Alex H. Hurwitz 1928-29Bill Hutchinson 1979
IRon Iannotti 1995-98Ingalls 1906Edward Inas 1927-28Robert Introini 1972-74
Keith Irving 1989-90Alex Ivanov 1989-90, 1992
JJohn Jackowitz 1915Frederick Jackson 1964-65James Jackson 1975Kevin Jackson 1995Shane Jacobs 1995-98Harvey Jaksch 1992David Jamison 1998-01Mike Janson 1985-86Chester Jaworski 1938Eric Jenkins 1992-94James Jenkins 1996-98Chester Jensen 1925-26Mike Jensen 1984-85James M. Jerue 1956-58Alex Jiminez 1995Charles R. Johnson 1947-48Charles W. Johnson Jr. 1955Elliot W. Johnson 1946-48Eskel C. Johnson 1920-23Garrett Johnson 2001-02Tang Johnson 1980Tony Johnson 1979-81Jerell Jones 2003-04LaJhon Jones 1994-97Terrence Jones 2003Frantzy Jourdain 1993-96Rich Judkins 1988-90Dean Julian 1973-74Stanley Jusczyk 1947Timothy W. Justice 1971
KFrancis R. Kapusinsky 1961-63Edward Kassak 1967Soloman Katzen 1947-49Brent Kaufman 1967-68Frank W. Keaney Jr. 1934-36
Warner Keaney 1939-41Matthew E. Kearns 1929-30Richard Keckler 1965Leslie A. Keegan 1916-18Everett Keene 1967-68Lawrence Keith 1913-15Rich Kelley 1982-84Benjamin Kelly 1967-68Kris Kelly 1994-97Larry A. Kemelgor 1965-66Winfield S. Kendrick 1906Chris Keneally 1992-94William Kennedy 1923Raymond W. Kent 1903Scott Kent 1989Charles Kenyon 1901-03Anthony Keris 1972Evans Killeen 1992-93Kevin Killian 1979-81Arthur L. Kilroy 1931George P. Kimball 1917-18, 1923Thomas Kirby 1923-24Tom Kirby 1996Eric Kless 2001John Klumbach 1988-91Willie Knapp 1997James E. Knott 1917-18, 1921Horace Knowles 1928Dae Koch 1981-82Rick Koehler 1975Henry Kogut 1936David Kollman 1992-93Anthony Konasavage 1996-97Albert Kopeck 1939-41James Krause 1993-94William Krohn 1937-38Pete Kuc 1995-97Peter Kulevich 1989-90Kenneth Kuzman 1967-68
LLawrence Labree 1920-23Ranard Ladd 2000-03Shane Laisle 2000-03Morgan Laity 1946Joseph Lamb 1925Clark Lamboy 1979Kirk Lamboy 1975-77John K. Lamond 1907Calvin Lamont 1924-25Jim Landry 1984-86Robert C. LaRoche 1960Robert Larrabee 1939-40Christos Latos 1951-55John L. Lavelle 1971-73Shawn Lawton 1995Matt Lawrence 1975Samuel E. Lawrence 1916-18Chris Lawson 1993-96Edward R. Lawson 1962Pat Lawson 1983Charles J. Lazarek 1929John H. Leach Jr. 1955-57Albert A. LeBoeuf 1916-18Donald LeClair 1949Rene LeDoux 1950-53Ken Lee 1978-79Greg LeFever 1997Arthur G. Lemoi 1953Bob Leonhardt 1986Robert Lepper 1935-36William Lepre 1965James Leslie 1949
Michael Lettieri 1930Preston Letts 1999-00Andy Levy 1985-86Nick Levy 2003-04Harold Reynold Lewis 1930-32Harry R. Lewis 1907Shamel Lewis 2003-04Marc Librizzi 1976-79Reynolds J. Lillibridge 1961Alpert P. Lindeman Jr. 1958-59Robert H. Linder 1970-72Henry Little 1924Lester W. Lloyd 1915-16Maurice Lobdell 2002Ron Logue 1992Felix G. Lombardi 1960Nicholas Lombardi 1946-47Raymond C. Lombardo 1969Devon London 1997Peter Long 1992-93Robert Long 1989-90Vincent J. Lovett 1953Tony Lowe 1987-90Matt Lucas 1995Terry Lynch 1979-82John Lyons 1967
MDavid M. Macaulay 1946-47John L. Macdonald 1960Peter R. MacDougall 1960-61Carl Mackay 1987-89Ronald Madison 1967James Magee 1937-38Joseph A. Magliocco Jr. 1960Adolph B. Magnola 1946-47Creighton Magoun 1928-29Edmund Maher 1941Edward Maher 1939-40Leonard Mailloux 1914Robert J. Mairs 1956-58Henry Majkut 1947-48
Rob Malini 1997-98Bill Maker 1984-85Albert Making 1924-25Thomas Maliff 1924George F. Malloy 1917-18, 1921Sean Maloney 1992Victor Mancini 1963Albert Mangiamele 1964-65Rick Mangili 1991-92Eric Manley 1987-89Raymond Mansolillo 1947John Mantenuto 1934-36Tom Marhefka 1976-78Frank Marinella 1991-94Steve Marrella 2003-04Tom Marsocci 1973-74James P. Martin 1947-49John K. Martin 1949-51Maurice Martin 1997Nelson Martinez 1994-97Shaka Martin 2002Donald R. Massie 1952-53Ken Mastrole 1999Robert W. Matje 1960-62Michael Matkevich 1972-74Michael Matone 1971John F. Matthews 1955-56Thomas Matthews 1939-40William Maxwell 1998-99Robert McAllister 1968David C. McBrair 1968-70Robert McCabe 1939-40, 1942-43William McCagney 1975-76Jerry McCargo 1985-86Frederick C. McCarthy 1936-37Justin McCarthy 1934-36Mike McCarthy 1987George McCombs 1949-51James J. McCormick 1960John McCormick 1938Martin P. McCue 1929-30Everett S. McDaniel 1956-58
Shane Laisle
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All-time LettermenJohn L. McDonald 1959Al McDougall 1979Sylvester McGee 1971-73Mark W. McGroary 1968-69Arthur McGuire 1932Albert McIntosh 1914-17John J. McLaughlin 1942, 1946-48Leander W. McLeod 1915-16James McMahon 1965-66William L. McMullen 1969-71William McNally 1939-40Edward E. McNulty 1948-51Paul McNulty 1978-79Larry McPhillips 1979-81Robert McSweeney 1947-48Ralph V. Meade 1925-27Albert E. Medici 1937-38Farrell Meeker 1998William Meekins 1975-76Harold Melkonian 1947-50Bob Menard 1979Ernest R. Menezes 1960-61Mike Mento 1999Dan Merlin 1987W.C.P. Merrill 1896Brian Merritt 1990-93Robert Messier 1975-78John S. Messina 1936-38Greg Meyer 1979-81George Miaris 2003Michael Miello 1965-66Rob Milani 1997-99Miller 1908-09Daniel Miller 2000-03J. Walter Miller 1905Raymond G. Miller Jr. 1953-54Robert Miller 1948Charles I. Milnes 1916Arthur E. Miner 1905Arthur J. Miner 1908-10Jack Miravel 1977Bryan Mitchell 1986Clovis W. Mitchell 1906-08Robert Mitchell 1973-76Ron Mitchell 2002Charles Modliszewski 1931-34William Mokray 1929Steve Moll 2003-04Steve Monaco 1987-90Jay H. Monaghan 1968-70Gordon Monroe 1949-51, 1953William J. Montanaro 1955-56Vincent F. Montcalvo 1946Mike Monti 1988-91Damon Moore 1997Harold P. Moore 1916-18John Mooshian 1939-40Bernie Moran 1981-84Arthur S. Moreau 1970-71Stephen Moreau 1969Frank F. Morey 1958-60Shaun Morgan 1994Robert Morini 1972-73Dave Morrill 1984-86Charles Morris 1953Steve Morris 1980-81, 1983Rich Moser 1975-77John Moss 1934Harold L. Mounce 1910-13Leroy L. Mounce 1908-10Sigsbee D. Mowry 1920-21Thomas Muddiman 1947-48Robert Mudge 1935-37Dan Mullan 1993
Brian Mulcahy 1984-86Joseph A. Murgo 1930-31Michael Murgo 1964-66Dennis P. Murphy 1967-68Edward Joseph Murphy 1938Joseph Murphy 1921Maurice V. Murphy 1917-18, 1921Jim Muse 1984-86Tom Mut 1978, 1980-82Ernest Myers 1973-75Greg Myerson 1987Carl W. Myllymaki 1964
NEmmett Nagle 1964Mark Nahorski 1988Alphonse L. Najjar 1962Richard L. Narcessian 1968-70Ralph Narducci 1939-40Pat Narduzzi 1987-89C.E. Nash 1896Vince Nedimyer 1999-01Warren A. Negri 1968-69Dave Neill 1981-83James R. Nester 1970Donald Neuberger 1973Kevin Neville 1987-90Jeff Newsome 1990-92John Newson 1988-91Leroy Newton 1913-15Tom Niles 1980-82Dave Nordstrom 1992-93Douglas Nordstrom 1967-68Raymond Northup 1924-25Robert J. Novelli 1955-57Arthur R. Nunes 1964-66Marshall Nye 1925
OCharles F. O’Brien 1917-18Dan O’Brien 1983-86William O’Brien 1930Mark Occhipinti 1973-75David O’Donnell 1967Anthony Offord 2002-04John O’Gara 1947John L. O’Leary 1955-57Edward Oliveira 1962-64Mike Oliver 1979Arthur Olson 1921James Olverson 1995James O’Neil 1975-76Patrick O’Neill 2002-04Henry Orobane 1949Chris Orlando 1995-96Mike Orlando 1998Nicholas Orlando 1939-40Steve Oronte 1975-76Luke O’Reilly 1995-98Herbert O’Rourke 1946-47Chris Ougheltree 1978Adrian Owen 2004Drew Owens 2003-04Anthony Ozello 1975-77
PClifford Pace 1938-39Mike Paino 2003-04Bob Palermo 1986-87Lawrence Panciera 1940, 1943-45Michael Pariseau 1962-63James Patrick 2000-03
Harold E. Pattee 1938Adonis Patterson 1924-25Arthur Patterson 1913Keith Peacock 2002-04A. Pearson 1896Roger L. Pearson 1958-60Eugene H. Peck 1959-60Warren Peck 1964-65Joe Pelosi 1983-85Rich Pelzer 1980-82Robert A. Peltier 1957-59James Periera 1985-88Earle R. Perkins 1959-60Edward Pernaveau 1949-51Cliff Perry 1975Roy Perry 1923-24Bob Peterson 1985-86Michael Peterson 2000-02Mike Peterson 1991-92Vincent J. Petrarca 1965-67Edward Petro 1938-39Pasquale Pezzelli 1949-52Joe Philbin 1986-88, 1989T.K. Phillips 1998-01William J. Phinney 1968-69Ron Piccioli 1988-90Dustin Picciotti 2003-04Paul Picciotti 1998-01Hercules Picerne 1936-37Robert Piekarski 1971-73Chris Pierce 1989-92Louis Pieri 1949Russell Pietrini 1972-74Michael C. Pilla 1969-71Bernard T. Pina 1952-54Joseph Pinto 1925Chris Plamondon 1991-92Paul Podgurski 1972-74Chris Poirier 1986-89Brackston Poitier 1999-02William F. Poland 1958-60Calvin Poole 2002-04Cameron Pooler 1993-95David Pope 1994David Potter 1975Grant Potter 1920-21, 1923Kenneth Potter 1931-33Jim Pratt 1985-86Charles Pray 1929Mike Prew 1988-89Milton Price 1913-16Raquan Pride 2003-04Frank Prusaczyk 1933-34John Joseph Prybyla 1933-35Joe Ptaszek 1979-82Steve Ptaszek 1986-87Alfred Pullano 1937-38James K. Purcell 1972John L. Putnam 1930-32Justin Puvogel 1998-99Edgar Puzio 2000-03
QKenneth J. Quinlan 1971Kevin Quinn 1991-94Stephen Quinn 1905-08Stephen J. Quinn 1970-72
RRaymond Rabidoux 1933-34Pat Raggio 1967-69Matt Ramey 2001-04Herbert D. Randall 1969
Phineas Randall 1916Harold A. Ranson 1952Raymond Rathbun 1947Damon Ray 1997-00Stuart Reardon 1934-36David A. Redford 1916-18Jack D. Reed 1964-66Dewan Reeves 1995-98Robert E. Reid 1971-72Dameon Reilly 1983-85Peter Reilly 1976-78Andy Reindl 2003Waldo Reiner 1914Nate Reis 1990-91Rich Remondino 1975-76Thomas C. Ricci 1966-67Joseph Riccio 1932Barney Rinaldi 1980-82Keith Ring 1979-81Joseph J. Rinoski 1938Gil Rishton 1980-82Tim Rishton 1984-86Darren Rizzi 1990-92Alden I. Robblee 1938Jim Roberson 1978, 1981-82Kevin Roberts 1983Milton Roberts 1929Peter Roberts 1973William Roberts 1946Jacob Robertshaw 1936-37John A. Robillard 1966Dallas Robinson 1938-39Randy Rocha 1983-85Arthur S. Roche 1950-53Joseph Rock 1942-46Mike Rock 1991-92William Rockett 1964Isaiah Roddie 2002Anthony Roderick 1946-48Jon Rodgers 1977, 1979-81Roland Rodrigues 1964Casimer A. Rogers 1927Mike Rogers 1987-90
William Rohrhurst 1927John H. Rollins 1959-61James E. Rolston 1925-27Tony Romaniello 1980-81Frank Romano 1995Russell Romano 1966Timothy Rosafort 1975-76Ben Ross 1978-79Matt Rossi 1997-98Joseph Rotenberg 1934-35Troy Rothmann 1992-94Frank Romano 1994Rich Rouser 1990, 1992-93James Rowley 1968Paul Rubino 2001-02Mark Russo 1983-84William Rutledge 1940Edward Ryan 1933-35Paul Ryan 1972-74Scott Rynning 1989
SDonald Sadowski 1972-73Jamal Saleem 2000-02Stephen C. Salkeldi 1967-68Robert Sammartino 1956Mike Sanders 1982-84Shyron Sanford 1995-98Will Santi 1993-96Vincent Santo 1947Chris Santopietro 1984-86Chris Sargent 1988-89Michael Sarkesian 1950-53Matt Satkowski 1981-84Karlo Sauer 1992-93Philip J. Saulnier 1961-62Frank Scarafile 1949-51Thomas Scarduzio 1972Charles Scarpula 1961-63Luke Schiavone 1995-96L.G. Schermerhorn 1905-06Melvin Schrieberg 1965-66
Paul Picciotti
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All-time LettermenBruce Schoelle 1965-66Albert R. Schryver 1910Steve Schwab 1986-88Scott Sciretto 1992Joe Scirocco 1995-98Paul Scoffone 1993-95Francis Scott 1929Monty Scott 1989-91William E. Scott 1953-54Joseph R. Scrabis 1958Tyrone Seabrooks 1990Doug Seabury 1921Kenneth S. Seal 1955-57Bob Seccareccia 1982-83Charles Siefert 1915Joseph Seigalmann 1940William Sellers 1963-64Reuben Sevigny 1994Earl Shannon 1942-43Philip Shaughnessy 1949Leroy Shaw 1977-79Walter Shea 1924-25William F. Sheedy 1954-55Mark Shepard 1981-82Robert S. Sherman 1929-30Leroy Sherwin 1913-15Frank Shields 1925Kevin Shirley 1991-93Tod Short 1992-94Charles Shrader 1973
Mark Shumilla 1989-92Harvey Silvers 1964-66Nicholas Silvestri 1942Raymond Simpson 1934Reginald Simpson 1923Vincent Sinagra 1971-73Anthony A. Sivo 1965-66David Slattery 1990-93Lewis Slack 1905-07Howard Small 1966-67Lance Small 1998-01Aaron Smith 1986-87Blair Smith 1995Brian Smith 1993-96Earl Smith 1985-86Elmer F. Smith 1907H.S. Smith 1907Harold Smith 1950-52Herbert A. Smith Jr. 1938Hiram J. Smith 1908-10Howard U. Smith 1901-03John L. Smith 1907Kevin Smith 1987-90Leslie T. Smith 1924Norman W. Smith 1923-25George L. Smyrnious 1958-59James Snead 1973Salvatore Soccoccia 1952Bob Soderlund 1980-83Paul H. Sollitto 1934-35
Bruce Sotire 1991James Souther 1934Carmine Spagnuolo 1997-00Thomas Spann 1975-77Edwin H. Spencer 1952Henry Sperling 1942Robert Spillane 1971Leon B. Spinney 1967-68Pasquale Spitaletta 1968-70Charles Spooner 1936-37Robert Squadrito 1947-49Donald Squires 1972-73Tony Squitieri 1991-94Korry Stagnito 1986Joseph Stanelun 1956Will Stanton 2003-04Chris Staub 1978-79John Staulo 1974-76Selwyn Stearns 1973-75Anthony E. Steere 1901-03Milton Steere 1924Nick Steffner 2003Ryan Steffner 2003-04Raymond Stevens 1927-28Frederick Stickney 1933-34Steve Stoehr 1983-85Mark Stolte 2003-04Frank H. Storey 1901Stephen Stramm 1968Robert P. Straut 1959-60Paul Stringfellow 1983-85Ray Studley 1986Greg Sturgis 1982-83, 1985Dan Sullivan 1991-94Gerald P. Sullivan 1968-70John L. Sullivan 1910, 1913-14Leo Sullivan 1947Albert H. Suter 1930Gary J. Sverker 1969-71John Sweeney 1973-74Robert Sweet 1987Richard W. Swift 1961-63Mark Swistak 1993-96Ryan Szczesniak 1999-01
TRichard Taft 1921Moses Tajong 1998-01Dennis Talbot 1979-82Donald Talley 1992-96Robert Tallman 1937Warren Tampke 1947Leonard Tamulevick 1934Bayden Taylor 1925Brandon Taylor 2003Raymond D. Taylor 1917-18Robert E. Taylor 1953-55Ernest Teft 1901-03Tony Teolis 1970Anthony Tetro 1962-64Justin Thames 2003Mike Thibault 1993Brian Thomas 1990-91Gary Thomas 2004Irving Thomas 1896Warren Thomas 1993-94John A. Thompson 1965-66Leonard M. Thompson 1960-62Vernard Thompson 2002Thomas A. Thurber 1968-69Joe Tighe 1984-86, 1988Raymond Timperley 1933Donald Tinty 1949
Virgil Tobey 1923Unitas Todd 2001John Tolento 1979-81Attillio Topazio 1946Ernie Torres 1989Louis Toscano 1962-64Mike Toscano 1995Steve Tosches 1977-78Frank Totman 1923Gary Tougas 2003Gary Tourony 1987-90James K. Townsen 1927-28Michael A. Traficante 1960Leonard Tribbett 2001-02William Trumbull 1929Charles F. Trumpetto 1934-36Chris P. Tsokois 1958William Tully 1915-16William H. Tully 1908-10Michael Tunie 1974-75Todd Tunnell 1983-85George E. Turano 1957Edgar E. Turner 1920-21John Turi 1997James Tweedell 1924William Tweedell 1921Kevin Twomey 1988, 1991George Tyler 1934John Tyler 1931Matt Tyrell 2003-04
UThomas J. Uhlig 1969-71Robert Underhill 1948-50Lewis Usher 2001, 2003
VJared Vance 1994-97Craig Vandersea 1992-94Mike Van Wyck 2002-04Charles R. Varney 1948-51Joseph Venditto 1951Joseph Ventetuolo 1948-51Charles J. Vento 1960-62Salvatore Vento 1946-48Mike Verani 1997-00Shane Vergari 1998-01Rick Viall 1978Miguel Viera 1997-98Monte Vieselmeyer 1987Hugo Vigorose 1949-51Harold Vinton 1926Anthony Votta 1974-75
WDaniel Wakely 1999Henry Walker 1967-68Ian M. Walker 1926-27Matt Walker 1995-98John M. Wallace 1977-78, 1980John W. Wallace 1977-79Lee Walmsley 1986Michael Wallor 1967-68Steve Walsh 1978-80Chad Waltrip 2003-04Lionel M. Warde 1925-27Joe Warner 1907-08James A. Warren 1956-58Thomas Wasko 1971-72Charles Watson 1984Walter Watson 1901-03Claude Watts 1948
Mike Wear 1996-99Jeff Weaver 1996-98W. Harold Webb 1913-15John Weber 1978-79Earl Webster 1914Danny Weed 1971-73Jay Weibel 1973-74Chris Weinreich 1998, 00Salim Wellington 1998-01Brandon Wenz 2002-04Robert Welsh 1976-77, 1979Chuck Wesley 1998-01Jeff West 2002-04William Westervelt 1930Justin Westley 2000, 2002-2004Horace Whaley 1938-39Timothy Wheaton 1972-73Thomas E. Wheeler 1968-70Lucius A. Whipple 1907-08Daniel Whitaker 1972-74Harold Whitaker 1921-23Bob White 1982-85Josh White 2002-04Mark White 1983-85Curtis Whiting 1993Calvin Whitfield 1979-82Charles Whitmore 1901-03Kurt R. Wicks 1969-70Dave Wienke 1982-83John Wilby 1901-03Mike Wilds 2003Albert E. Wilkinson 1905Charod Williams 1994-96Gerry Williams 1985Jeffrey Williams 1973-76Jerry Williams 1988-89John Williams 1999Lawrence Williams 1968Raymond Williams 1983-86Wendall Williams 2000-03Dan Wilson 2003Harry P. Wilson 1896Matt Wilson 1996-97Joseph J. Withington 1962Amir Womack 2003Rob Wondolowski 1994-96Glenn C. Woodbury 1961-62Walter Woodward 1973-74Paul Wortley 1995-96Dana L. Woyteck 1971Brian Wright 1991-92Fearon Wright 1999-00James Wright 1936-37Thomas Wright 1932-37
YAchille Yangambi 2003Bryan Yvon 1992-93
ZRalph Zednick 1991-92Marc Zlotek 1999-02
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Rhode Island vs. Nationally-Ranked TeamsRecord: 6-35 (.146). Home: 4-18 (.182), Away: 2-17 (.105)
Date ScoreResult Opponent RankingSeptember 18, 1993 11-32 L DELAWARE 3
October 23, 1993 15-48 L at Boston University 15
September 3, 1994 17-38 L WILLIAM & MARY 21
October 8, 1994 23-45 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY 12
October 29, 1994 7-13 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC) 25
November 4, 1994 16-42 L at Hofstra 23
September 16, 1995 10-7 W at New Hampshire 22
October 7, 1995 14-23 L at William & Mary 17
October 21, 1995 24-19 W CONNECTICUT (HC) 15
November 11, 1995 3-37 L HOFSTRA 8
November 18, 1995 19-24 L DELAWARE 8
November 2, 1996 16-34 L at Villanova 16
November 16, 1996 27-43 L at Delaware 13
November 1, 1997 15-37 L VILLANOVA 1
September 5, 1998 13-21 L WILLIAM & MARY 14
October 17, 1998 30-48 L at Hofstra 25
October 24, 1998 17-31 L at Connecticut 10
November 7, 1998 13-23 L MASSACHUSETTS 12
September 18, 1999 13-28 L HOFSTRA 7
October 30, 1999 9-31 L at Massachusetts 20
November 13, 1999 0-35 L at Delaware 25
Date ScoreResult Opponent RankingSeptember 2, 2000 7-29 L DELAWARE 16
September 23, 2000 12-30 L at Hofstra 12
October 14, 2000 7-6 W JAMES MADISON (HC) 8
November 4, 2000 10-13 L RICHMOND (OT) 13
August 30, 2001 10-7 W at Delaware 4
September 8, 2001 35-26 W HOFSTRA 4
October 13, 2001 34-31 W WILLIAM & MARY 25
November 2, 2001 14-26 L MAINE 24
September 7, 2002 19-37 L at Hofstra 20
September 28, 2002 14-31 L at Maine 3
November 9, 2002 6-44 L at William & Mary 20
November 18, 2002 3-45 L at Villanova 4
September 6, 2003 28-63 L FORDHAM 13
September 13, 2003 39-42 L NORTHEASTERN 6
October 11, 2003 17-21 L VILLANOVA 3
October 18, 2003 10-55 L at Delaware 4
November 22, 2003 17-31 L at Massachusetts 7
October 16, 2004 24-31 L at William & Mary 16
October 30, 2004 9-48 L VILLANOVA 23
November 6, 2004 3-27 L NEW HAMPSHIRE 8
Jeff West Pat O’Neill
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RecordsINDIVIDUAL
SCORING■ MOST POINTS SCOREDGame 30, Ed DiSimone vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 16, 1954
24, Brian Forster vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
24, Dameon Reilly vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
24, Dameon Reilly vs. Lafayette, Oct. 26, 1985
24, Tony DiMaggio vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
24, James Jenkins vs. Hofstra, Oct. 17, 1998
24, David Jamison vs. Richmond, Oct. 9, 1999
24, Jayson Davis vs. Fordham, Sept. 4, 2004
18, Dameon Reilly vs. Connecticut, Nov. 17, 1984
18, Dave Morrill vs. Howard, Sept. 14, 1985
18, Dameon Reilly vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
18, James Jenkins vs. American International, Aug. 31, 1996
18, Luther Green vs. Hofstra, Sept. 8, 2001
18, David Jamison vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 2001
18, Vince Nedimyer vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
18, Jayson Davis vs. Brown, Oct. 5, 2002
18, Jayson Davis vs. Central Connecticut State, Sept. 11, 2004
18, Jerell Jones vs. Hofstra, Sept. 25, 2004
18, D.J. Porter vs. Towson, Oct. 9, 2004
Season 102, Dameon Reilly, 1985
84, Dameon Reilly, 1984
72, Brian Forster, 1984
72, Brian Forster, 1985
72, Pat Abbruzzi, 1954
69, Skip Thomas, 1993
68, Jayson Davis, 2004
67, Michael Griffin, 1985
66, James Jenkins, 1996
66, James Jenkins, 1998
66, Jason Davis, 2002
Career 228, Dameon Reilly, 1983-85
208, Matt Walker, 1995-98
192, Brian Forster, 1983-85
188, Jayson Davis, 2002-04
168, James Jenkins, 1996-98
153, Chris Cassara, 1988-91
150, Pat Abbruzzi, 1951-54
140, David Jamison, 1998-01
114, Bobby Apgar, 1993-95
111, Michael Griffin, 1983, 1985-86
■ MOST TDs RUSHINGGame 5, Ed DiSimone vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 16, 1954
4, James Jenkins vs. Brown, Oct. 3, 1998
4, James Jenkins vs. Hofstra, Oct. 17, 1998
4, David Jamison vs. Richmond, Oct. 9, 1999
4, Jayson Davis vs. Fordham, Sept. 4, 2004
3, Pat Abbruzzi vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 4, 1952
3, Dan Weed vs. Vermont, Oct. 9, 1971
3, Rich Moser vs. Maine, Oct. 1, 1977
3, Dave Morrill vs. Howard, Sept. 14, 1985
3, Frantzy Jourdain vs. Hofstra, Sept. 11, 1993
3, James Jenkins vs. American International, Aug. 31, 1996
3, James Jenkins vs. James Madison, Oct. 31, 1998
3, Luther Green vs. Hofstra, Sept. 8, 2001
3, David Jamison vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 2001
3, Vince Nedimyer vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
3, Jayson Davis vs. Brown, Oct. 5, 2002
3, Jayson Davis vs. Central Connecticut State, Sept. 11, 2004
3, Jerall Jones vs. Hofstra, Sept. 25, 2004
3, D.J. Porter vs. Towson, Oct. 9, 2004
Season 12, Pat Abbruzzi, 1954
11, James Jenkins, 1996
11, James Jenkins, 1998
11, Jayson Davis, 2002
11, Jayson Davis, 2004
10, John Newson, 1990
10, David Jamison, 2001
9, Duke Abbruzzi, 1939
9, Jayson Davis, 2003
8, Pat Abbruzzi, 1952
8, Rich Moser, 1977
8, David Jamison, 1999
Career 31, Jayson Davis, 2002-04
27, James Jenkins, 1996-98
25, Pat Abbruzzi, 1951-54
23, David Jamison, 1998-01
17, John Newson, 1988-91
17, James Jenkins, 1996-97
15, Leroy Shaw, 1977-80
13, David Jamison, 1999-2000
12, Rich Moser, 1974-77
11, Molly McGee, 1971-73
■ TOUCHDOWNS RECEIVINGGame 4, Dameon Reilly vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
4, Brian Forster vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
4, Dameon Reilly vs. Lafayette, Oct. 26, 1985
4, Tony DiMaggio vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
3, Dameon Reilly vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
3, Brian Forster vs. Delaware, Sept. 12, 1987
3, Bobby Apgar vs. Maine, Sept. 10, 1994
3, Dameon Reilly vs. Connecticut Nov. 17, 1984
3, Grant Denniston vs. Vermont, Oct. 10, 1970
3, Frank Geiselman vs. Brown, Sept. 24, 1966
Season 17, Dameon Reilly, 1985
14, Dameon Reilly, 1984
12, Brian Forster, 1984
12, Brian Forster, 1985
12, Bobby Apgar, 1994
9, Tony DiMaggio, 1985
7, Bobby Apgar, 1993
7, Bobby Apgar, 1995
7, Dameon Reilly, 1983
7, Bob Donfield, 1984
Career 38, Dameon Reilly, 1983-85
32, Brian Forster, 1983-85- 1987
26, Bobby Apgar, 1993-95
15, Tony DiMaggio, 1982-85
15, Darren Rizzi, 1989-92
14, Frank Geiselman, 1965-67
14, Cy Butler, 1993-96
13, Bob Donfield, 1983-87
11, T.J. DelSanto, 1980-82
9, Chris Pierce, 1989-92
■ MOST POINTS BY KICKINGGame 12, Chris Cassara vs. Northeastern, Nov. 5, 1988
12, Skip Thomas vs. Brown, Oct. 2, 1993
11, Ralph Guerriero vs. Southern Connecticut, Oct. 23, 1982
11, Skip Thomas vs. Maine, Oct. 16, 1993
10, Ralph Guerriero vs. Northeastern, Sept. 13, 1980
10, Ralph Guerriero vs. Maine, Sept. 18, 1982
10, Michael Griffin vs. Howard, Sept. 14, 1985
10, Chris Cassara vs. Delaware, Sept. 17, 1988
10, Matt Walker vs. Massachusetts, Sept. 30, 1995
9, Rod Graham vs. Connecticut, Nov. 17, 1979
9, Michael Griffin vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
9, Michael Griffin vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
9, Chris Cassara vs. Towson State, Sept. 28, 1991
9, Skip Thomas vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 13, 1993
Season 69, Skip Thomas, 1993
67, Michael Griffin, 1985
63, Matt Walker, 1998
60, Ralph Guerriero, 1982
59, Matt Walker, 1995
52, Matt Walker, 1996
52, Shane Laisle, 2002
51, Chris Cassara, 1990
50, Shane Laisle, 2001
48, Chris Cassara, 1991
Career 208, Matt Walker, 1995-98
165, Shane Laisle, 2000-03
144, Chris Cassara, 1988-91
111, Michael Griffin, 1984-86
109, Skip Thomas, 1993-94
104, Ralph Guerriero, 1979-82
77, Rick Viall, 1977-78
70, Walter Christiansen, 1973-75
67, Paul Stringfellow, 1983-85
33, Warren Houston, 1969-70
RUSHING■ LONGEST RUSHGame 99, Pat Abbruzzi vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 4, 1952
95, Danny Weed vs. Northeastern, Sept. 22, 1974
95, Wendall Williams vs. Villanova, Oct. 11, 2003
89, John Newson vs. Richmond, Oct. 14, 1991
87, Shundell Hicks vs. Northeastern, Nov. 17, 1992
86, James Jenkins vs. Hofstra, Oct. 17, 1998
74, Rich Remondino vs. Boston University, Oct. 26, 1974
72, Wendall Williams vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
71, Doug Haynes vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
71, Jayson Davis vs. Northeastern, Sept. 13, 2003
■ MOST RUSHESGame 46, Frantzy Jourdain vs. Maine, Oct. 16, 1993
45, David Jamison vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 20, 2001
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Records37, Cy Butler vs. Brown, Oct. 2, 1993
36, David Jamison vs. Northeastern, Oct. 21, 2000
35, John Newson vs. Brown, Sept. 22, 1990
35, Rich Kelly vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
33, Jon Rodgers vs. Connecticut, Nov. 14, 1981
33, Cal Whitfield vs. Springfield, Nov. 20, 1982
33, Shyron Sanford vs. James Madison, Nov. 15, 1997
33, David Jamison vs. Delaware, Aug. 30, 2001
33, David Jamison vs. William & Mary, Oct. 13, 2001
33, Jason Ham vs. Hofstra, Nov. 15, 2003
Season 307, David Jamison, 2001
283, Cal Whitfield, 1982
256, James Jenkins, 1997
254, James Jenkins, 1998
233, Jason Ham, 2003
227, David Jamison, 2000
218, Jason Ham, 2004
217, Rich Kelly, 1984
216, Jayson Davis, 2002
213, James Jenkins, 1996
Career 765, James Jenkins, 1996-98
703, David Jamison, 1998-01
699, Leroy Shaw, 1977-80
562, Pat Abbruzzi, 1951-54
556, Jason Ham, 2001-04
532, Chris Poirier, 1986-89
517, Jayson Davis, 2002-04
424, John Rodgers, 1977, 1979-81
398, John Newson, 1988-91
389, David Jamison, 1999-00
■ MOST RUSHING YARDSGame 306, Pat Abbruzzi vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 4, 1952
260, David Jamison vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 20, 2001
221, Pat Abbruzzi vs. Connecticut, Nov. 13, 1954
197, Jon Rodgers vs. Connecticut, Nov. 14, 1981
197, David Jamison vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 2001
194, Jayson Davis vs. Brown, Oct. 4, 2002
172, David Jamison vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 9, 2000
171, Shundell Hicks vs. Northeastern, Nov. 7, 1992
168, Jason Ham vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2003
162, John Newson vs. Brown, Sept. 22, 1990
Season 1,320, David Jamison, 2001
1,206, James Jenkins, 1998
1,200, Cal Whitfield, 1982
1,189, Pat Abbruzzi, 1952
1,119, Jason Ham, 2003
1,065, David Jamison, 2000
1,032, James Jenkins, 1997
1,008, Rich Remondino, 1974
977, James Jenkins, 1996
959, Pat Abbruzzi, 1953
Career 3,389, Pat Abbruzzi, 1951-54
3,215, James Jenkins, 1996-98
3,087, David Jamison, 1998-01
2,765, Leroy Shaw, 1977-80
2,630, Jason Ham, 2001-04
2,217, Chris Poirier, 1986-89
2,161, Jayson Davis, 2002-04
1,802, Jon Rodgers, 1977, 1979-81
1,795, Shyron Sanford, 1995-98
1,749, David Jamison, 1999-00
PASSING■ LONGEST PASS COMPLETIONGame 98, Emerson Foster from Steve Monaco vs. Holy Cross,
Sept. 3, 1988
95, Danny Weed from Steve Crone vs. Northeastern,
Sept. 22, 1973
85, Mike Rogers from Sean Donovan vs. New
Hampshire, Nov. 10, 1990
84, John Tolento from Dave Grimsich vs. Connecticut,
Nov. 15, 1980
81, Dick Narcessian from Larry Caswell vs. Vermont,
Oct. 12, 1968
81, Cy Butler from Chris Hixson vs. Maine,
Sept. 9, 1995
80, T.J. DelSanto from Dave Grimsich vs. Boston
University, Oct. 16, 1982
79, Shane Jacobs from Jeff Weaver vs. Villanova,
Nov. 21, 1998
78, Karim Gibson from Rudy Bulgar vs. Hofstra,
Oct. 17, 1998
77, Mike Matkevic from Paul Ryan vs. Connecticut,
Nov. 16, 1974
■ MOST PASSES COMPLETEDGame 43, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
40, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
40, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
39, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
38, Greg Farland vs. Boston University, Oct. 18, 1986
37, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
35, Tom Ehrhardt vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 2, 1985
34, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Richmond, Dec. 1, 1984
34, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Maine, Sept. 22, 1984
32, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Boston University, Oct. 19, 1985
32, Greg Farland vs. Towson State, Sept. 13, 1986
32, Greg Farland vs. Connecticut, Nov. 15, 1986
Season 365, Tom Ehrhardt, 1985
308, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984
199, Greg Farland, 1986
190, Chris Hixson, 1995
177, Chris Hixson, 1994
162, Chris Hixson, 1993
162, Chris Hixson, 1996
150, Dave Wienke, 1983
145, Kevin Neville, 1990
144, Tony Squitieri, 1992
136, Steve Monaco, 1988
Career 691, Chris Hixson, 1993-96
673, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984-85
275, Steve Monaco, 1987-90
280, Tony Squitieri, 1992-94
260, Kevin Neville, 1987-90
255, Bob Ehrhardt, 1969-71
242, Larry Caswell, 1966-68
224, Steve Tosches, 1977-78
214, Steve Farland, 1984-86
210, Steve Crone, 1973-75
■ MOST PASSES ATTEMPTEDGame 78, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
70, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
70, Greg Farland vs. Boston University, Oct. 18, 1986
67, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
65, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
63, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Boston University, Oct. 19, 1985
62, Tom Ehrhardt vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 2, 1985
61, Larry Caswell vs. Maine, Sept. 20, 1986
61, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Montana State, Dec. 8, 1984
60, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
Season 645, Tom Ehrhardt, 1985
536, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984
397, Greg Farland, 1986
338, Dave Wienke, 1983
330, Chris Hixson, 1995
302, Tony Squitieri, 1992
295, Chris Hixson, 1994
285, Chris Hixson, 1996
276, Kevin Neville, 1990
275, Steve Monaco, 1988
Career 1,181, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984-85
1,179, Chris Hixson, 1993-96
586, Steve Monaco, 1987-90
569, Larry Caswell, 1966-68
563, Tony Squitieri, 1991-94
544, Kevin Neville, 1987-90
525, Greg Farland, 1984-86
502, Bob Ehrhardt, 1969-71
483, Dave Grimsich, 1980-82
479, Dave Wienke, 1982-83
■ BEST PASSING PERCENTAGEGame (minimum 10 completions)
.850 (17-20), Jeff Weaver vs. James Madison,
Oct. 31, 1998
.823 (14-17), Steve Tosches vs. New Hampshire,
Nov. 4, 1978
.761 (16-21), Steve Tosches vs. Kings Point,
Nov. 11, 1978
.761 (16-21), Chris Hixson vs. Maine, Sept. 9, 1995
.750 (12-16), Steve Tosches vs. Maine, Oct. 7, 1978
.722 (13-18), Chris Hixson vs. Boston University,
Oct. 14, 1995
.714 (20-28), Tom Ehrhardt vs. Lafayette, Sept. 8, 1984
.694 (34-49), Tom Ehrhardt vs. Maine, Sept. 22, 1984
.685 (37-54), Tom Ehrhardt vs. Massachusetts,
Oct. 6, 1984
.680 (17-25), Chris Hixson vs. Villanova, Nov. 4, 1995
Season (minimum 100 attempted)
.606 (114-188), Steve Tosches, 1978
.602 (162-269), Chris Hixson, 1993
.600 (177-295), Chris Hixson, 1994
.576 (190-330), Chris Hixson, 1995
.575 (308-536), Tom Ehrhardt, 1984
.570 (69-122), Billy Jack Haskins, 1997
.568 (162-285), Chris Hixson, 1996
.566 (365-645), Tom Ehrhardt, 1985
.558 (110-197), Steve Tosches, 1977
.542 (58-107), Jeff Weaver, 1998
Career .586 (691-1,179), Chris Hixson, 1993-96
.582 (224-385), Steve Tosches, 1977-78
.570 (673-1,181), Tom Ehrhardt, 1984-85
.508 (255-502), Bob Ehrhardt, 1969-71
.490 (257-525), Greg Farland, 1984-86
.490 (280-572), Tony Squitieri, 1991-94
.473 (210-444), Steve Crone, 1973-75
.469 (275-586), Steve Monaco, 1987-90
.466 (153-328), Terry Lynch, 1979-81
.457 (59-129), Jayson Davis, 2002
■ MOST YARDS PASSINGGame 566, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
520, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
494, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
472, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
461, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
446, Tom Ehrhardt vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 2, 1985
425, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Northeastern, Oct. 13, 1984
410, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 1984
408, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
398, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Northeastern, Nov. 9, 1985
1202005 Rhode Island Football
RecordsSeason 4,508, Tom Ehrhardt, 1985
3,870, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984
2,250, Chris Hixson, 1995
2,218, Chris Hixson, 1993
2,212, Chris Hixson, 1994
2,117, Dave Wienke, 1983
2,113, Ken Mastrole, 1999
2,070, Kevin Neville, 1990
2,058, Greg Farland, 1986
1,958, Tony Squitieri, 1992
Career 8,407, Chris Hixson, 1993-96
8,378, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984-85
3,730, Tony Squitieri, 1991-94
3,463, Kevin Neville, 1987-90
3,176, Bob Ehrhardt, 1969-71
3,119, Larry Caswell, 1966-68
3,016, Dave Grimsich, 1980-82
2,976, Steve Monaco, 1987-90
2,705, Vince Nedimyer, 1998-01
2,693, Steve Tosches, 1977-78
■ MOST TD PASSESGame 8, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
5, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 1984
5, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
5, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Lafayette, Oct. 26, 1985
5, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
4, Tom Ehrhardt, five times
4, Tom Ryan vs. Northeastern, Sept. 21, 1974
4, Chris Hixson, three times
Season 42, Tom Ehrhardt, 1985
36, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984
15, Chris Hixson, 1994
15, Chris Hixson, 1995
14, Dave Grimsich, 1982
13, Dave Wienke, 1983
13, Chris Hixson, 1996
12, Larry Caswell, 1967
12, Chris Hixson, 1993
11, Tony Squitieri, 1992
Career 78, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984-85
55, Chris Hixson, 1993-96
24, Dave Grimsich, 1980-82
23, Tony Squitieri, 1991-94
19, Larry Caswell, 1966-68
18, Bob Ehrhardt, 1969-71
17, Steve Crone, 1973-75
16, Steve Monaco, 1987-90
■ MOST PASSES HAD INTERCEPTEDGame 6, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
6, Greg Farland vs. Connecticut, Nov. 15, 1986
5, Greg Meyer vs. Holy Cross, Sept. 22, 1979
5, Dave Wienke vs. Connecticut, Nov. 12, 1983
5, Greg McFarland vs. Delaware, Sept. 7, 1985
5, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
5, Paul Ghilani vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 1, 1986
5, Tony Squitieri vs. Connecticut, Nov. 21, 1992
Season 27, Tom Ehrhardt, 1985
24, Dave Grimsich, 1981
23, Dave Wienke, 1983
23, Greg Farland, 1986
19, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984
15, Tom Fay, 1966
14, Tony Squitieri, 1992
14, Chris Hixson, 1995
13, Chris Hixson, 1994
13, Chris Hixson, 1996
12, Steve Holland, 1991
Career 48, Chris Hixson, 1993-96
40, Dave Grimsich, 1980-82
36, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984-85
31, Steve Crone, 1973-75
31, Greg Farland, 1984-86
28, Steve Monaco, 1987-90
28, Tony Squitieri, 1991-94
26, Kevin Neville, 1987-90
25, Dave Wienke, 1969-71
24, Bob Ehrhardt, 1969-71
24, Paul Ryan, 1972-74
PASS RECEIVING■ LONGEST PASS RECEPTIONGame 98, Emerson Foster from Steve Monaco vs. Holy Cross,
Sept. 3, 1988
95, Danny Weed from Steve Crone vs. Northeastern,
Sept. 22, 1973
85, Mike Rogers from Sean Donovan vs. New
Hampshire, Nov. 10, 1990
84, John Tolento from Dave Grimsich vs. Connecticut,
Nov. 15, 1980
81, Dick Narcessian from Larry Caswell vs. Vermont,
Oct. 12, 1968
81, Cy Butler from Chris Hixson vs. Maine,
Sept. 9, 1995
80, T.J. DelSanto from Dave Grimsich vs. Boston
University, Oct. 16, 1982
79, Shane Jacobs from Jeff Weaver vs. Villanova,
Nov. 21, 1998
78, Karim Gibson from Rudy Bulgar vs. Hofstra,
Oct. 17, 1998
77, Mike Matkevic from Paul Ryan vs. Connecticut,
Nov. 16, 1974
■ MOST PASSES CAUGHTGame 18, Brian Forster vs. Richmond, Dec. 1, 1984
18, Brian Forster vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
17, Brian Forster vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
16, Brian Forster vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
15, Brian Forster vs. Northeastern, Nov. 9, 1985
15, Cy Butler vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 1, 1994
12, Brian Forster vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
12, Tony DiMaggio vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
11, Brian Forster vs. Maine, Sept. 21, 1985
11, Tony DiMaggio vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
11, Bob Donfield vs. Boston University, Oct. 19, 1985
11, Darren Rizzi vs. Hofstra, Oct. 2, 1992
Season 128, Brian Forster, 1985
100, Brian Forster, 1984
75, Dameon Reilly, 1985
74, Darren Rizzi, 1992
73, Cy Butler, 1994
72, Tony DiMaggio, 1985
67, Bobby Apgar, 1994
60, Cy Butler, 1995
58, Dameon Reilly, 1984
53, Darren Rizzi, 1991
Career 284, Brian Forster, 1983-85, 1987
189, Cy Butler, 1993-96
165, Dameon Reilly, 1983-85
160, Darren Rizzi, 1989-92
149, Tony DiMaggio, 1982-85
145, Bobby Apgar, 1993-95
134, Bob Donfield, 1983-87
118, Jim Muse, 1984-87
105, Henry Walker, 1966-68
92, Chris Poirier, 1985-89
■ MOST RECEIVING YARDSGame 327, Brian Forster vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
299, Brian Forster vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
252, Brian Forster vs. Richmond, Dec. 1, 1984
206, Bobby Apgar vs. Brown, Sept. 24, 1993
205, Brian Forster vs. Northeastern, Nov. 9, 1985
205, Brian Forster vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
204, Dameon Reilly vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
164, Darren Rizzi vs. Delaware, Sept. 19, 1992
162, Darren Rizzi vs. Hofstra, Oct. 2, 1992
159, Dameon Reilly vs. Lafayette, Oct. 26, 1985
159, Brian Forster vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 2, 1985
Season 1,819, Brian Forster, 1985
1,357, Brian Forster, 1984
1,208, Dameon Reilly, 1985
1,103, Darren Rizzi, 1992
1,042, Bobby Apgar, 1994
902, Dameon Reilly, 1984
828, Cy Butler, 1994
803, Tom Mut, 1982
800, Tony DiMaggio, 1985
788, Matt Birkett, 1999
Career 3,944, Brian Forster, 1983-85, 1987
2,698, Dameon Reilly, 1983-85
2,431, Bobby Apgar, 1993-95
2,426, Darren Rizzi, 1989-92
2,348, Cy Butler, 1993-96
1,724, Tony DiMaggio, 1982-85
1,595, Bob Donfield, 1983-87
1,488, Fran Geiselman, 1965-67
1,414, Chris Pierce, 1989-92
1,401, Henry Walker, 1966-68
■ MOST KICKOFF RETURNSSeason 34, Cy Butler, 1994
34, Wendall Williams, 2003
29, Brian Merritt, 1992
26, Brian Merritt, 1991
26, Cy Butler, 1993
Dameon Reilly
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Records23, Lance Small, 2000
21, Cy Butler, 1995
21, James Jenkins, 1997
21, Jerell Jones, 2004
20, Wendall Williams, 2001
■ MOST KICKOFF RETURN YARDSSeason 769, Wendall Williams, 2003
694, Cy Butler, 1994
622, Brian Merritt, 1991
614, Brian Merritt, 1992
552, Lance Small, 2000
532, Wendall Williams, 2001
530, Cy Butler, 1993
452, Chris Pierce, 1991
402, Jerell Jones, 2004
401, Cy Butler, 1995
■ MOST PUNT RETURNSSeason 38, Ron Iannotti, 1998
34, Cy Butler, 1994
31, Cy Butler, 1995
26, Chris Pierce, 1990
22, Cy Butler, 1996
22, Lance Small, 2000
20, Lance Small, 1999
20, Chris Peirce, 1991
20, Manny DeSousa, 1997
20, Jerell Jones, 2004
■ MOST PUNT RETURN YARDS404, Cy Butler, 1995
266, Cy Butler, 1994
261, Chris Pierce, 1990
226, Cy Butler, 1996
209, Lance Small, 2001
192, Ron Iannotti, 1998
174, Gregg Hoffman, 1992
139, Lance Small, 1999
137, Lance Small, 2000
133, Chris Pierce, 1991
TOTAL OFFENSE■ MOST TOTAL PLAYSGame 80, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
76, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
75, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
74, Greg Farland vs. Boston University, Oct. 18, 1986
72, Tom Ehrhardt vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
Season 685, Tom Ehrhardt, 1985
604, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984
443, Greg Farland, 1986
403, Chris Hixson, 1995
383, Chris Hixson, 1994
382, Dave Wienke, 1983
381, Chris Hixson, 1993
378, Steve Monaco, 1988
377, Vince Nedimyer, 2000
360, Chris Hixson, 1996
Career 1,527, Chris Hixson, 1993-96
1,289, Tom Ehrhardt, 1984-85
738, Steve Monaco, 1987-90
737, Leroy Shaw, 1977-80
713, Kevin Neville, 1987-90
623, Tony Squitieri, 1991-94
642, Dave Grimsich, 1980-82
588, Greg Farland, 1984-86
562, Pat Abbruzzi, 1951-54
■ MOST YARDS TOTAL OFFENSEGame 566 (566 passing, 0 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt vs.
Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
509 (520 passing, -11 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt vs.
Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
480 (494 passing, -14 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt vs.
Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
477 (461 passing, 16 passing), Tom Ehrhardt vs.
Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
432 (472 passing, -40 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt vs.
Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
428 (446 passing, -18 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt vs.
New Hampshire, Nov. 2, 1985
413 (408 passing, 5 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt vs.
Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
401 (425 passing, -24 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt vs.
Northeastern, Oct. 13, 1984
Season 4,372 (4,508 passing, -136 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt, 1985
3,691 (3,870 passing, -179 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt, 1984
2,158 (2,250 passing, -92 rushing), Chris Hixson, 1995
2,141 (2,070 passing, 71 rushing), Kevin Neville, 1990
2,116 (2,218 passing, -102 rushing), Chris Hixson, 1993
2,114 (2,117 passing, -3 rushing), Dave Wienke, 1983
2,038 (2,223 passing, -185 rushing), Chris Hixson, 1994
1,873 (2,058 passing, -185 rushing), Greg Farland, 1986
1,856 (1,610 passing, 246 rushing), Dave Grimsich, 1982
1,854 (1,958 passing, -104 rushing), Tony Squitieri, 1992
Career 8,063 (8,378 passing, -315 rushing), Tom Ehrhardt, 1984-85
7,927 (8,407 passing, -480 rushing), Chris Hixson, 1993-96
3,578 (873 rushing, 2,705 passing), Vince Nedimyer, 1998-01
3,558 (3,463 passing, 95 rushing), Kevin Neville, 1987-90
3,518 (3,640 passing, -122 rushing), Tony Squitieri, 1991-94
3,389 (3,389 rushing, 0 passing), Pat Abbruzzi, 1951-54
3,345 (3,345 rushing, 0 passing), James Jenkins, 1996-98
3,243 (3,176 passing, 67 rushing), Bob Ehrhardt, 1969-71
3,119 (3,119 passing, 0 rushing), Larry Caswell, 1966-68
3,045 (2,765 rushing, 280 receiving), Leroy Shaw, 1977-80
■ ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE(Rushing, Receiving, Kickoff and Punt Returns)
Season 1,964, Wendall Williams, 2003
1,915, Brian Forster, 1985
1,801, Cy Butler, 1994
1,689, James Jenkins, 1998
1,657, Cal Whitfield, 1982
1,569, Doug Haynes, 1986
1,547, Cy Butler, 1995
1,471, Chris Poirier, 1989
1,465, James Jenkins, 1997
1,357, Brian Forster, 1984
Career 5,380, Cy Butler, 1993-96
4,691, Chris Poirier, 1985-89
4,515, James Jenkins, 1996-98
4,346, Wendall Williams, 2000-03
4,046, Brian Forster, 1983-85, 1987
3,917, Leroy Shaw, 1977-80
3,389, Pat Abbruzzi, 1951-54
3,495, Chris Pierce, 1989-92
3,310, David Jamison, 1998-01
2,702, Dameon Reilly, 1983-85
KICKING■ LONGEST PUNTGame 88, Mike Cassidy vs. Montana State, 1985
(NCAA record)
75, Chris Cassara vs. New Hampshire, 1990
74, Steve Caizzi vs. Massachusetts, 1982
74, Steve Caizzi vs. Massachusetts, 1980
73, Jason Christopher vs. Maine, Sept. 6, 1997
71, Rob Welsh vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 1979
70, Bob Ehrhardt vs. Boston University, Oct. 23, 1971
69, Rob Welsh vs. Brown, Sept. 25, 1976
69, Ralph Guerriero vs. Maine, Sept. 20, 1980
68, Shane Laisle vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 22, 2003
■ MOST PUNTSGame 12, Ralph Guerriero vs. Northeastern, Oct. 10, 1981
12, Steve Caizzi vs. Idaho State, Dec. 5, 1981
12, Chris Cassara vs. Connecticut, Nov. 19, 1988
11, Ralph Guerriero vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 3, 1981
11, Kevin Dobryzinski vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 1, 1994
10, Ralph Guerriero vs. Virginia Tech, Oct. 11, 1980
10, Steve Goodrich vs. Richmond, Oct. 24, 1987
10, Chris Cassara vs. Maine, Oct. 15, 1988
10, Pat Donohue vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 13, 1993
10, Kevin Dobryzinski vs. Delaware State, Sept. 2, 1995
10, Shane Laisle vs. Maine, Nov. 3, 2001
Season 85, John Anderson, 1972
78, Rick Viall, 1977
78, Kevin Dobryzinski, 1995
76, Chris Cassara, 1988
72, Jason Christopher, 1999
69, Leon Spinney, 1967
65, Shane Laisle, 2002
61, Steve Goodrich, 1987
60, Shane Laisle, 2001
59, Chris Cassara, 1991
59, John Anderson, 1974
Career 236, Chris Cassara, 1988-91
222, Jason Christopher, 1996-99
215, John Anderson, 1972-75
215, Shane Laisle, 2000-03
167, Ralph Guerriero, 1979-82
139, Jay Monaghan, 1968-70
128, Rick Viall, 1977-78
125, Kevin Dobryzinski, 1994-95
110, Leon Spinney, 1967-68
■ MOST PUNTING YARDSSeason 2,958, John Anderson, 1972
2,866, Rick Viall, 1977
2,703, Jason Christopher, 1999
2,701, Shane Laisle, 2002
2,667, Chris Cassara, 1988
2,627, Jason Christopher, 1997
2,591, Kevin Dobryzinski, 1995
2,583, Leon Spinney, 1967
2,364, Shane Laisle, 2001
2,269, Steve Goodrich, 1987
Career 8,782, Chris Cassara, 1988-91
8,514, Jason Christopher, 1996-99
8,456, Shane Laisle, 2000-03
7,481, John Anderson, 1972-75
5,834, Ralph Guerriero, 1979-82
4,616, Rick Viall, 1977-78
4,463, Jay Monaghan, 1968-70
4,125, Shane Laisle, 2000-01
4,098, Kevin Dobryzinski, 1994-95
3,996, Leon Spinney, 1967-68
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Records■ BEST PUNTING AVERAGESeason 42.37 (62-2,627), Jason Christopher, 1997
41.55 (65-2,701), Shane Laisle, 2002
40.26 (45-1,812), Dan Callahan, 1973
40.21 (43-1,729), Chris Cassara, 1990
39.40 (60-2,364), Shane Laisle, 2001
39.24 (25-981), Steve Caizzi, 1982
38.32 (59-2,261), Chris Cassara, 1991
38.29 (21-804), Rob Welsh, 1979
37.86 (42-1,628), Shane Laisle, 2003
37.67 (48-1,808), Justin Cherry, 2004
Career 39.33 (215-8,456), Shane Laisle, 2000-03
38.70 (220-8,514), Jason Christopher, 1996-99
37.21 (236-8,782), Chris Cassara, 1988-91
36.33 (110-3,996), Leon Spinney, 1967-68
36.06 (128-4,616), Rick Viall, 1977-78
34.93 (167-5,834), Ralph Guerriero, 1979-82
34.80 (215-7,481), John Anderson, 1972-75
34.66 (103-3,570), Kevin Dobryzinski, 1994-95
34.66 (103-3,559), Mike Cassidy, 1983-84
32.11 (139-4,463), Jay Monaghan, 1968-70
■ CONSECUTIVE PATsGame 8, Bob McCabe vs. Vermont, Oct. 4, 1942
8, Michael Griffin vs. Connecticut, Nov. 12, 1983
8, Shane Laisle vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
7, Shane Laisle vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
Career 106, Shane Laisle, 2000-02
■ EXTRA POINTS MADEGame 8, Bob McCabe vs. Vermont, Sept. 26, 1942
8, Michael Griffin vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
8, Shane Laisle vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
7, Ralph Guerriero vs. Maine, Sept. 18, 1982
7, Matt Walker vs. American International, Aug. 31, 1996
7, Wally Christensen vs. Northeastern, Sept. 21, 1974
7, Shane Laisle vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
6, Wally Christensen vs. Bridgeport, Nov. 9, 1974
6, Michael Griffin vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
6, Chris Cassara vs. Towson State, Sept. 28, 1991
Season 46, Michael Griffin, 1985
37, Shane Laisle, 2003
35, Shane Laisle, 2001
32, Paul Stringfellow, 1984
30, Ralph Guerriero, 1982
30, Chris Cassara, 1991
28, Matt Walker, 1996
24, Chris Cassara, 1990
23, Matt Walker, 1995
22, Wally Christensen, 1974
Career 106, Shane Laisle, 2000-03
94, Matt Walker, 1995-98
78, Chris Cassara, 1988-91
69, Shane Laisle 2000-02
63, Michael Griffin, 1983, 1985-86
55, Wally Christensen, 1973-75
52, Paul Stringfellow, 1983-84
48, Ralph Guerriero, 1980-82
32, Rick Viall, 1977-78
■ EXTRA POINTS ATTEMPTEDGame 10, Bob McCabe vs. Vermont, Sept. 26, 1942
8, Michael Griffin vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
8, Shane Laisle vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
7, Ralph Guerriero vs. Maine, Sept. 18, 1982
7, Matt Walker vs. American International, Aug. 31, 1996
7, Shane Laisle vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
6, Wally Christensen vs. Northeastern, Sept. 21, 1974
6, Wally Christensen vs. Bridgeport, Nov. 9, 1974
6, Wally Christensen vs. Massachusetts, Sept. 20, 1973
6, Wally Christensen vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 3, 1973
6, Michael Griffin vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
6, Chris Cassara vs. Towson State, Sept. 28, 1991
Season 51, Michael Griffin, 1985
38, Paul Stringfellow, 1984
37, Shane Laisle, 2003
35, Shane Laisle, 2001
33, Ralph Guerriero, 1982
33, Chris Cassara, 1991
31, Matt Walker, 1996
29, Chris Cassara, 1990
29, Matt Walker, 1996
28, Bryan Giannecchini, 2004
Career 107, Shane Laisle, 2000-03
101, Matt Walker, 1995-98
80, Chris Cassara, 1989-91
80, Matt Walker, 1995-97
71, Michael Griffin, 1985-86
67, Wally Christensen, 1974-75
64, Paul Stringfellow, 1983-84
59, Ralph Guerriero, 1980-82
38, Rick Viall, 1978-79
33, Skip Thomas, 1993-94
■ BEST EXTRA POINT PERCENTAGEGame minimum five made
1.00 (8-8), Michael Griffin vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
1.00 (8-8), Shane Laisle vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
1.00 (7-7), Ralph Guerriero vs. Maine, Sept. 18, 1982
1.00 (7-7), Matt Walker vs. American International,
Aug. 31, 1996
1.00 (7-7), Shane Laisle vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
1.00 (6-6), Michael Griffin vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
1.00 (6-6), Chris Cassara vs. Towson State, Sept. 28, 1991
1.00 (5-5), Wally Christiansen vs. Northeastern,
Sept. 22, 1973
1.00 (5-5), Ralph Guerriero vs. Southern Connecticut,
Oct. 23, 1982
1.00 (5-5), Michael Griffin vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
1.00 (5-5), Chris Cassara vs. Towson State, Sept. 8, 1990
1.00 (5-5), Chris Cassara vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 16, 1991
1.00 (5-5), Chris Cassara vs. Brown, Oct. 5, 1991
1.00 (5-5), Skip Thomas vs. Hofstra, Sept. 11, 1993
1.00 (5-5), Shane Laisle vs. Brown, Oct. 5, 2002
1.00 (5-5), Bryan Giannecchini vs. Hofstra, Sept. 25, 2004
Season 1.00 (37-37), Shane Laisle, 2003
1.00 (35-35), Shane Laisle, 2001
1.00 (20-20), Shane Laisle, 2002
.957 (22-23), Matt Walker, 1997
.955 (21-22), Matt Walker, 1998
.947 (18-19), Skip Thomas, 1993
.933 (14-15), Shane Laisle, 2000
.923 (13-14), Skip Thomas, 1994
.920 (23-25), Matt Walker, 1996
.909 (30-33), Chris Cassara, 1988
.909 (30-33), Ralph Guerriero, 1982
Career .991 (106-107), Shane Laisle, 2000-03
.939 (31-33), Skip Thomas, 1993-94
.931 (94-101), Matt Walker, 1995-98
.900 (72-80), Chris Cassara, 1988-91
.887 (63-71), Michael Griffin, 1985-86
.842 (32-38), Rick Viall, 1977-78
.820 (55-67), Wally Christensen, 1973-75
.813 (52-64), Paul Stringfellow, 1983-84
.763 (48-59), Ralph Guerriero, 1980-82
■ LONGEST FIELD GOALGame 50, Wally Christensen vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1974
50, Shane Laisle vs. Brown, Oct. 4, 2003
49, Ralph Guerriero vs. Brown, Sept. 25, 1982
48, Matt Walker vs. James Madison, Oct. 31, 1998
47, Chris Casara vs. Delaware, Sept. 17, 1988
47, Matt Walker vs. Hofstra, Nov. 11, 1995
46, Tom Centore vs. Northeastern, Nov. 7, 1987
45, Skip Thomas vs. Northeastern, Sept. 25, 1993
45, Shane Laisle vs. Syracuse, Sept. 14, 2002
44, Colin Gallagher vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 6, 2004
■ MOST FIELD GOALS MADEGame 4, Chris Cassara vs. Northeastern, Nov. 5, 1988
3, Chris Cassara vs. Delaware, Sept. 16, 1988
3, Ralph Guerriero vs. Northeastern, Sept. 13, 1980
3, Rod Graham vs. Connecticut, Nov. 17, 1979
3, Ralph Guerriero vs. Lehigh, Nov. 6, 1982
3, Skip Thomas vs. Northeastern, Sept. 25, 1993
3, Skip Thomas vs. Brown, Oct. 2, 1993
3, Skip Thomas vs. Maine, Oct. 16, 1993
Tom Ehrhardt
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Records3, Skip Thomas vs. Connecticut, Oct. 22, 1994
3, Matt Walker vs. Hofstra, Oct. 17, 1998
3, Ryan Szczesniak vs. Connecticut, Oct. 2, 1999
3, Shane Laisle vs. Brown, Oct. 5, 2002
Season 17, Skip Thomas, 1993
14, Matt Walker, 1998
12, Matt Walker, 1995
12, Shane Laisle, 2003
11, Shane Laisle, 2002
10, Ralph Guerriero, 1982
10, Rick Viall, 1978
10, Ryan Szczesniak, 1999
9, Chris Cassara, 1988
9, Chris Cassara, 1990
9, Skip Thomas, 1994
Career 38, Matt Walker, 1995-98
32, Shane Laisle, 2000-03
26, Skip Thomas, 1993-94
25, Chris Cassara, 1988-91
24, Matt Walker, 1995-97
20, Shane Laisle, 2000-02
18, Ralph Guerriero, 1980-82
16, Michael Griffin, 1983, 1985-86
15, Mike Viall, 1977-78
10, Ryan Szczesniak, 1999
■ FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTEDSeason 25, Skip Thomas, 1993
24, Ralph Guerriero, 1982
20, Matt Walker, 1998
19, Matt Walker, 1995
18, Ryan Szczesniak, 1999
16, Shane Laisle, 2003
15, Rick Viall, 1978
14, Shane Laisle, 2002
12, Chris Cassara, 1990
12, Chris Cassara, 1988
12, Matt Walker, 1995
Career 59, Matt Walker, 1995-98
48, Shane Laisle, 2000-03
43, Ralph Guerriero, 1980-82
36, Skip Thomas, 1993-94
34, Chris Cassara, 1988-91
31, Matt Walker, 1995-97
30, Shane Laisle, 2000-02
28, Michael Griffin, 1983-84
22, Rick Viall, 1977-78
18, Ryan Szczesniak, 1999
■ BEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGESeason .818 (9-11), Skip Thomas, 1993
.800 (12-16), Shane Laisle, 2003
.786 (11-14), Shane Laisle, 2002
.750 (9-12), Chris Cassara, 1988
.700 (7-10), Michael Griffin, 1985
.700 (14-20), Matt Walker, 1998
.688 (11-16), Shane Laisle, 2002
.680 (17-25), Skip Thomas, 1993
.667 (10-15), Rick Viall, 1978
.632 (12-19), Matt Walker, 1995
Career .722 (26-36), Skip Thomas, 1993-94
.682 (15-22), Rick Viall, 1977-78
.676 (25-37), Chris Cassara, 1988-91
.667 (32-48), Shane Laisle, 2000-03
.644 (38-59), Matt Walker, 1995-98
.571 (16-28), Michael Griffin, 1983, 1985-86
.556 (10-18), Ryan Szczesniak, 1999
.419 (18-43), Ralph Guerriero, 1980-82
■ LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN98, Chris Pierce vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 12, 1991
96, Chris Pierce vs. Northeastern, Nov. 9, 1991
93, Wendall Williams vs. William & Mary, Oct. 25, 2003
92, Wendall Williams vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 23, 2002
90, Chris Pierce vs. Richmond, Sept. 9, 1989
89, Chris Poirier vs. Connecticut, Nov. 15, 1986
86, Doug Haynes vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
83, Brian Merritt vs. Connecticut, Nov. 23, 1991
73, Jon Rogers vs. Kings Point, Nov. 5, 1977
70, Calvin Whitfield vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 1, 1980
■ LONGEST PUNT RETURN83, Cy Butler vs. William & Mary, Oct. 7, 1995
82, Grant Dennison vs. Brown, Sept. 30, 1972
80, Cy Butler vs. Delaware State, Nov. 12, 1994
80, Cy Butler vs. American International, Aug. 31, 1996
75, Lance Small vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 2001
75, Wendall Williams vs. Richmond, Sept. 27, 2003
69, Tony Hill vs. Howard, Sept. 1, 1984
50, Chris Pierce, 1990
49, Alonzo Boyd vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 29, 1994
47, Wendall Williams vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 23, 2002
47, Chris Poirier, 1988
DEFENSE■ MOST TACKLESGame 23, LaJhon Jones vs. Boston University, Oct. 8, 1994
22, Gil Rishton vs. Boston University, Oct. 24, 1992
20, Lance Small vs. Richmond, Oct. 25, 2001
19, Miquel Viera vs. Richmond, Sept. 19, 1998
17, John Avento vs. Boston University, Oct. 26, 1974
17, Preston Letts vs. William & Mary, Nov. 6, 1999
16, Preston Letts vs. Connecticut, Oct. 2, 1999
16, Andrew Elsing vs. Northeastern, Oct. 12, 2002
16, Raquan Pride vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2003
16, Teddy Gibbons vs. Brown, Oct. 2, 2004
Season 151, Marty Coyne, 1992
147, Chip Forte, 1981
144, Tom Marhefka, 1977
140, Miquel Viera, 1998
139, Mark Brockwell, 1984
136, Pat Lawson, 1986
132, Miquel Viera, 1997
131, Russell Hunter, 1991
126, Mark Dennen, 1982
124, Preston Letts, 1999
Career 388, Paul Picciotti, 1998-01
380, Lance Small, 1998-01
354, Kurt Brockwell, 1986-89
339, Tom Marhefka, 1975-78
320, LaJhon Jones, 1994-97
282, Mark Dennen, 1981-83
279, Jared Elwell, 1994-97
277, Ron Iannotti, 1995-98
274, Frank Ferrara, 1994-98
■ LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN109 yards (TD), Guy Carbone vs. Lafayette, Oct. 26, 1985
94, Tony Hill vs. Northeastern, Oct. 8, 1983
■ MOST PASSES INTERCEPTEDGame 4, Kevin Smith vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 8, 1988
3, Mike Cassidy vs. Boston University, Oct. 19, 1985
3, Chuck Wesley vs. Hampton, Sept. 6, 2001
2, Guy Carbone vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
2, Bill Brown vs. Delaware, Sept. 17, 1988
2, Kris Kelly vs. Villanova, Nov. 2, 1996
2, Chuck Wesley vs. Brown, Oct. 3, 1998
2, Ramone Ellis vs. Maine, Oct. 10, 1998
2, Chuck Wesley vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 7, 1998
2, Chuck Wesley vs. William & Mary, Sept. 22, 2001
2, Terrence Jones vs. Villanova, Oct. 11, 2003
Season 11, Mike Cassidy, 1985
9, Tony Hill, 1983
9, Kevin Smith, 1988
7, Ron Iannotti, 1998
7, Lance Small, 1999
7, Chuck Wesley, 2001
6, Gregg Hoffman, 1991
6, Kevin Smith, 1990
5, Guy Carbone, 1983
5, Tony Hill, 1982
5, Chris Orlando, 1995
5, Jim Roberson, 1982
5, Ramone Ellis, 1997
5, Chuck Wesley, 1998
Career 23, Kevin Smith, 1987-90
15, Tony Hill, 1982-85
15, Chuck Wesley, 1998-01
14, Guy Carbone, 1982-85
11, Mike Cassidy, 1983-85
11, Lance Small, 1998-00
10, Jim Roberson, 1978, 1981-82
9, Gregg Hoffmann, 1991-93
9, Bernie Moran, 1981-84
9, Joe Ptaszek, 1979-82
■ MOST QUARTERBACK SACKSGame 4, LaJhon Jones vs. Brown, Oct. 18, 1997
3, Fearon Wright vs. Northeastern, Oct. 21, 2000
3, Frank Ferrara vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1996
3, Frank Ferrara vs. Hofstra, Nov. 23, 1996
3, Isaiah Grier vs. Hofstra, Sept. 8, 2001
2, Charles Babbitt vs. VMI, Nov. 19, 1977
2, Paul McNulty vs. Boston University, Oct. 28, 1978
2, Frank Ferrara vs. William & Mary, Sept. 3, 1994
2, Lou D’Agostino vs. Brown, Sept. 23, 1994
2, Ryan Carstens vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 16, 1995
2, Frank Ferrara vs. Connecticut, Oct. 21, 1995
2, Carmine Spagnuolo vs. Maine, Oct. 10, 1998
2, Dustin Picciotti vs. Hofstra, Sept. 25, 2004
Season 15, Frank Ferrara, 1998
14, Lou D’Agostino, 1995
13, Doug Clark, 1991
13, Lucien Belanger, 1996
13, Will Santi, 1996
13, LaJhon Jones, 1997
11, Charles Babbitt, 1980
10, Steve Garofalo, 1993
10, Jeff Chenard, 1984
9, Jeff Chenard, 1983
Career 33, Frank Ferrara, 1995-98
24, Lou D’Agostino, 1992-95
23, LaJhon Jones, 1994-97
20, Charles Babbitt, 1977-80
20, Jeff Chenard, 1982-84
19, Will Santi, 1993-96
16, John Klumbach, 1988-91
14, Lucien Belanger, 1993-96
13, Doug Clark, 1988-91
11, Charles Babbitt, 1978-80
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Records■ MOST TACKLES FOR LOSSGame 6, Frank Ferrara vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1996
5, Lou D’Agostino vs. Connecticut, Oct. 21, 1995
5, Wil Santi vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1996
5, LaJhon Jones vs. James Madison, Nov. 15, 1997
5, Frank Ferrara vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 7, 1998
5, Isaiah Grier vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 2001
4, Lou D’Agostino vs. Massachusetts, Sept. 30, 1995
4, LaJhon Jones vs. Delaware, Nov. 18, 1995
4, Wil Santi vs. Maine, Sept. 21, 1996
Season 27, Frank Ferrara, 1998
19, Lou D’Agostino, 1995
16, LaJhon Jones, 1997
16, Miquel Viera, 1998
14, Fearon Wright, 2000
13, Brian Smith, 1995
13, Fearon Wright, 1999
13, Eric Gray, 2000
12, LaJhon Jones, 1995
12, Frank Ferrara, 1999
12, Preston Letts, 1999
12, Paul Picciotti, 1999
Career 49, Frank Ferrara, 1994-96, 1997
35, LaJhon Jones, 1994-97
33, Lou D’Agostino, 1993-95
27, Fearon Wright, 1999-00
30, Paul Picciotti, 1998-01
25, Miquel Viera, 1997-98
23, Brian Smith, 1993-95
23, Will Santi, 1993-96
21, Kareem Hinckson, 1998-01
20, Eric Gray, 2000-01
■ MOST FORCED FUMBLESGame 2, Lou D’Agostino vs. Delaware, Nov. 18, 1995
2, Mark Swistak vs. Delaware, Nov. 18, 1995
2, Frank Ferrara vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 4, 1996
2, Lewis Usher vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
2, Kyle Beck vs. Villanova, Oct. 11, 2003
Season 5, Lucein Belanger, 1996
5, Lou D’Agostino, 1995
4, Will Santi, 1995
4, Frank Ferrara, 1998
3, LaJhon Jones, 1997
3, Jared Elwell, 1997
3, Fearon Wright, 2000
3, Andrew Elsing, 2003
3, Teddy Gibbons, 2004
3, Dan Heffron, 2004
Career 7, Lou D’Agostino, 1994-95
6, Frank Ferrara, 1995-98
6, Will Santi, 1994-96
5, Jared Elwell, 1994-97
5, LaJhon Jones, 1994-96
5, Lucien Belanger, 1994-96
4, Fearon Wright, 1999-00
4, Eric Gray, 2000-01
3, Lance Small, 1998-01
3, Andrew Elsing, 2000-03
3, Teddy Gibbons, 2001-04
3, Dan Heffron, 2001-04
■ MOST FUMBLE RECOVERIESGame 2, Karlo Saver vs. Connecticut, Nov. 6, 1993
2, Terrence Carter vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 13, 1993
2, James Olverson vs. Boston University, Oct. 14, 1995
Season 6, Will Santi, 1995
5, Frank Ferrara, 1996
4, Charles Babbitt, 1979
4, Steve Walsh, 1979
4, Dennis Talbot, 1980
4, Mark Dennen, 1982
4, Mike Cassidy, 1985
4, Lou D’Agostino, 1993
3, Mark Cruise, 1979
3, Ken Lee, 1979
3, Dennis Talbot, 1981
3, Jeff Chenard, 1983
3, Gerry Favreau, 1983
3, Mark Brockwell, 1984
3, Peter Hickey, 1984
3, Tony Hill, 1984
3, Mark White, 1984
3, Gary Tourony, 1990
3, Jeff Newsome, 1991
3, Monty Coyne, 1991
3, Eric Jenkins, 1993
3, Lou D’Agostino, 1993
3, Will Santi, 1993
3, Lou D’Agostino, 1994
3, Marc Hayes, 2003
Career 8, Dennis Talbot, 1980-82
7, Gerry Favreau, 1981-83
7, Mark Dennen, 1981-83
7, Mark Brockwell, 1983-85, 1987-88
7, Lou D’Agostino, 1993-94
7, Frank Ferrara, 1994-96, 1998
7, Will Santi, 1994-95
6, Charlie Babbitt, 1979-80
6, Gary Tourony, 1987-90
5, Peter Hickey, 1981-84
5, Tony Hill, 1982-84
5, Barney Rinaldi, 1980-82
5, Mark White, 1984-95
5, Jared Elwell, 1994-97
■ MOST PASS DEFLECTIONSGame 4, Keith Heinemann vs. William & Mary, Oct. 13, 2001
4, Anthony Offord vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 23, 2002
3, Mark Swistak vs. Boston University, Oct. 8, 1994
3, Chris Lawson vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 5, 1996
3, Lance Small vs. James Madison, Oct. 31, 1998
3, Chuck Wesley vs. Brown, Oct. 16, 1999
3, Chuck Wesley vs. Maine, Oct. 23, 1999
3, Jamal Saleem vs. Hofstra, Sept. 8, 2001
3, Andrew Elsing vs. Brown, Oct. 5, 2002
3, Mark Zlotek vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 23, 2002
3, Andrew Elsing vs. Northeastern, Sept. 13, 2003
Season 12, Jim Robertson, 1981
12, Kevin Smith, 1988
11, Guy Carbone, 1984
11, Tony Hill, 1984
11, Chuck Wesley, 1999
11, Chuck Wesley, 2001
10, Dennis Talbot, 1981
10, Raymond Williams, 1985
10, Chris Lawson, 1996
8, Hollis Chapman, 1982
8, Guy Carbone, 1985
8, Raymond Williams, 1986
8, Anthony Adams, 1987
8, Pete Doremus, 1990
8, Dan Sullivan, 1993
8, LaJhon Jones, 1995
8, Chris Orlando, 1995
8, Ron Iannotti, 1997
8, Paul Picciotti, 2001
Career 25, Raymond Williams, 1983-85
25, Chuck Wesley, 1998-01
22, Anthony Adams, 1986-88
20, Guy Carbone, 1983-85
19, Jim Robertson, 1981-82
18, Chris Lawson, 1995-96
17, Tony Hill, 1982-84
15, Ron Iannotti, 1996-98
15, Lance Small, 1998-01
14, Dennis Talbot, 1980-82
14, Bernie Moran, 1981-84
14, Pete Doremus, 1990-92
1252005 Rhode Island Football
RecordsMISCELLANEOUS
Longest Fumble Return- 95 yards, Matt Wilson vs. Hofstra,
Oct. 4, 1997
TEAM■ MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTSGame 82 vs. Fordham, Sept. 4, 2004
76 vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 20, 2001
76 vs. Hofstra, Nov. 15, 2003
74 vs. Temple, Nov. 6, 1971
73 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
71 vs. William & Mary, Oct. 16, 2004
70 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 13, 1971
70 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 14, 1981
70 vs. Hofstra, Sept. 25, 2004
70, vs. Towson, Oct. 9, 2004
70 vs. Maine, Nov. 13, 2004
Season 710 in 2003
692 in 2004
625 in 2002
614 in 2001
571 in 1981
546 in 2000
540 in 1982
520 in 1979 and 1980
510 in 1990
■ MOST RUSHING YARDSGame 516 vs. Brooklyn, Nov. 8, 1952
451 vs. Brown, Oct, 5, 2002
438 vs. Hofstra, Nov. 15, 2003
433 vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 20, 2001
406 vs. Northeastern, Sept. 13, 2003
395 vs. Central Connecticut State, Sept. 11, 2004
393 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
392 vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
390 vs. Maine, Oct. 19, 1991
371 vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2003
Season 4,005 in 2003
3,074 in 2004
2,904 in 2002
2,565 in 2001
2,244 in 2000
2,122 in 1981
2,038 in 1982
1,984 in 1997
1,921 in 1974
1,912 in 1998
■ FEWEST YARDS RUSHINGGame -42 vs. Holy Cross, Sept. 15, 1984
-41 vs. Northeastern, Nov. 7, 1987
5 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
6 vs. Maine, Sept. 21, 1985
10 vs. Brown, Sept. 27, 1986
13 vs. Hofstra, Nov. 11, 1995
16 vs. Delaware, Sept. 6, 1986
17 vs. Richmond, Oct. 22, 1988
22 vs. Maine, Oct. 15, 1988
33 vs. Maine, Sept. 9, 1995
■ MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNSGame 10 vs. Fort Adams, Sept. 23, 1916
9 vs. Vermont, Sept. 26, 1942
8 vs. Worcester Tech, Oct. 31, 1942
8 vs. Westerly High School, Sept. 28, 1904
7 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 20, 1909
7 vs. St. Stevens, Nov. 6, 1915
7 vs. Quonset Naval Air Station, Sept. 18, 1948
7 vs. Maine, Oct. 19, 1991
6 vs. Brown, Oct. 3, 1998
6 vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
6 vs. Central Connecticut State, Sept. 11, 2004
Season 29 in 2004
28 in 2001
27 in 2003
23 in 1952
22 in 1942
21 in 1991
20 in 1930
19 in 2000
18 in 1904, 1938 and 1998
■ MOST PASSES COMPLETEDGame 45 vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
43 vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
41 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
40 vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
38 vs. Maine, Sept. 21, 1985
35 vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 2, 1985
34 vs. Richmond, Dec. 1, 1984
32 vs. Boston University, Oct. 19, 1985
32 vs. Northeastern, Nov. 9, 1985
31 vs. Montana State, Dec. 8, 1984
Season 419 in 1985
319 in 1984
262 in 1986
248 in 1994
225 in 1999
207 in 1992
194 in 1995
191 in 1993
173 in 1989
171 in 1996
■ MOST PASSES ATTEMPTEDGame 90 vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
70 vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
67 vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
65 vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
64 vs. Boston University, Oct. 19, 1985
62 vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 2, 1985
61 vs. Maine, Oct. 22, 1966
61 vs. Montana State, Dec. 8, 1984
61 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
56 vs. Northeastern, Nov. 9, 1985
Season 761 in 1985
559 in 1984
530 in 1986
447 in 1992
427 in 1994
427 in 1999
374 in 1989
350 in 1983
338 in 1995
326 in 1988
■ HIGHEST PASSING PERCENTAGESeason .590 in 1993
.581 in 1992
.574 in 1995
.570 in 1984
.569 in 1978
.566 in 1996
.550 in 1985
.529 in 1977
.528 in 1998
.527 in 1999
■ MOST YARDS PASSINGGame 580 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
532 vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
520 vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
472 vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
461 vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
446 vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 2, 1985
425 vs. Northeastern, Oct. 13, 1984
410 vs. Brown, Sept. 24, 1984
408 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 1, 1984
398 vs. Northeastern, Nov. 9, 1985
Season 5,321 in 1985
3,985 in 1984
3,015 in 1994
2,779 in 1986
2,724 in 1992
2,545 in 1993
2,394 in 1990
2,284 in 1995
2,213 in 1999
2,204 in 1983
■ MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSESGame 8 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
5 vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 1984
5 vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
5 vs. Lafayette, Oct. 26, 1985
5 vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
4, 12 times
Season 47 in 1985
37 in 1984
21 in 1994
16 in 1992
15 in 1995
15 in 1983
14 in 1990, 1993 and 1996
13 in 1987
■ MOST TOTAL PLAYSGame 98 vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
96 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
95 vs. Boston University, Oct. 19, 1985
91 vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
89 vs. Maine, Sept. 18, 1982
89 vs. Richmond, Sept. 15, 1990
87 vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 20, 2001
84 vs. Northeastern, Sept. 25, 1993
83 vs. Maine, Oct. 19, 1991
83 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 9, 2000
Season 1,034 in 1985
974 in 1984
855 in 2003
843 in 1981
829 in 1982
824 in 1989 and 1990
822 in 2004
815 in 1983
803 in 1999
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Records■ MOST TOTAL YARDSGame 622 vs. Maine, Oct. 19, 1991
610 vs. Hofstra, Sept. 25, 2004
585 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
576 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
575 vs. Brown, Sept. 28, 1985
549 vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
547 vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
546 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
544 vs. Hofstra, Oct. 17, 1998
533 vs. Brooklyn, Nov. 8, 1952
Season 6,037 (5,231 passing, 806 rushing) in 1985
5,017 (3,985 passing, 1,032 rushing) in 1984
4,992 (987 passing, 4,005 rushing) in 2003
4,249 (2,394 passing, 1,855 rushing) in 1990
4,012 (938 passing, 3,074 rushing) in 2004
3,875 (1,837 passing, 2,038 rushing) in 1982
3,862 (1,950 passing, 1,912 rushing) in 1998
3,842 (2,545 passing, 1,297 rushing) in 1993
3,798 (3,015 passing, 783 rushing) in 1994
3,734 (830 passing, 2,904 rushing) in 2002
■ HIGHEST AVERAGE TOTAL OFFENSESeason 464.4 in 1985
453.8 in 2003
386.3 in 1990
385.9 in 1984
364.7 in 2004
352.3 in 1982
351.1 in 1998
349.3 in 1993
345.3 in 1994
345.0 in 1970
■ MOST TOUCHDOWNSGame 10 vs. Fort Adams, Sept. 23, 1916
10 vs. Vermont, Sept. 26, 1942
9 vs. Worcester Tech, Oct. 31, 1942
8 vs. Westerly High School, Sept. 28, 1904
8 vs. Quonset Naval Air Station, Sept. 18, 1948
8 vs. Maine, Sept. 18, 1982
8 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
8 vs. Maine, Oct. 19, 1991
8 vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
7 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 20, 1909
7 vs. St. Stevens, Nov. 6, 1915
7 vs. Brooklyn, Nov. 10, 1951
7 vs. Brooklyn, Nov. 8, 1952
7 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 16, 1954
7 vs. Brandeis, Oct. 11, 1958
7 vs. Vermont, Oct. 12, 1968
Season 58 in 1985
42 in 1984
37 in 2001
34 in 1982
33 in 1990. 1996 and 2003
32 in 1991
29 in 1983
29 in 2004
■ MOST EXTRA POINTS MADEGame 8 vs. Fort Adams, Sept. 23, 1916
8 vs. Vermont, Sept. 26, 1942
8 vs. Quonset Naval Air Station, Sept. 18, 1948
8 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
8 vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
7 vs. Westerly High School, Sept. 28, 1904
7 vs. Worcester Tech, Oct. 31, 1942
7 vs. Brooklyn, Nov. 10, 1951
7 vs. Brooklyn, Nov. 8, 1952
7 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 16, 1954
7 vs. Brandeis, Oct. 11, 1958
7 vs. Vermont, Oct. 12, 1968
7 vs. Maine, Sept. 18, 1982
7 vs. Maine, Oct. 19, 1991
7 vs. American International, Aug. 31, 1996
7 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
Season 54 in 1985
38 in 1984
37 in 2003
35 in 2001
33 in 1982
30 in 1991
29 in 1990
28 in 1996
26 in 1974 and 1983
■ MOST TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS MADE
Game 3 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 15, 1980
Season 6 in 1980
■ MOST FIELD GOALS MADEGame 4 vs. Northeastern, Nov. 5, 1988
3 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 17, 1979
3 vs. Northeastern, Sept. 13, 1980
3 vs. Delaware, Sept. 17, 1988
3 vs. Northeastern, Sept. 25, 1993
3 vs. Brown, Oct. 2, 1993
3 vs. Maine, Oct. 16, 1993
3 vs. Hofstra, Oct. 17, 1998
3 vs. Connecticut, Oct. 2, 1999
3 vs. Brown, Oct. 5, 2001
3 vs. Hofstra vs. Sept. 7, 2002
Season 14 in 1998
12 in 2003
11 in 2002
10, 1978, 1982 and 1999
12 in 1995
9, 1988 and 1990
8 in 1996
■ MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTEDSeason 25 in 1993
24 in 1982
20 in 1998
19 in 1995
18 in 1999 in 2003
16 in 2002
15 in 1978 and 1990
13 in 1979 and 1994
■ MOST POINTS SCOREDGame 70 vs. Vermont, Sept. 26, 1942
69 vs. Fort Adams, Sept. 23, 1916
66 vs. Worcester Tech, Oct. 31, 1942
58 vs. Maine, Sept. 18, 1982
56 vs. Quonset Naval Air Station, Sept. 18, 1948
56 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
56 vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
55 vs. Brooklyn, Nov. 10, 1951
55 vs. Brooklyn, Nov. 8, 1952
55 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
Season 417 in 1985
309 in 2003
303 in 1984
272 in 2001
266 in 1991
264 in 1982
254 in 1996
251 in 1990
219 in 1998
215 in 1952 and 1995
■ MOST FIRST DOWNSGame 35 vs. Lehigh, Oct. 12, 1985
34 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1985
31 vs. Akron, Nov. 30, 1985
29 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1984
29 vs. Boston University, Oct. 19, 1985
29 vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 20, 2001
29 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
28 vs. Richmond, Sept. 15, 1990
28 vs. Maine, Sept. 28, 2002
27 vs. Brown, Sept. 29, 1984
27 vs. Northeastern, Sept. 13, 1984
27 vs. Furman, Dec. 7, 1985
27 vs. Brown, Oct. 5, 1991
27 vs. Syracuse, Sept. 14, 2002
27 vs. Hofstra, Sept. 25, 2004
Season 344 in 1985
271 in 1984
247 in 2003
239 in 2002
229 in 1994
222 in 2004
219 in 1998
216 in 1990
213 in 1993
206 in 1999 and 2001
■ MOST FIRST DOWNS RUSHINGGame 26 vs. New Hampshire, Oct. 20, 2001
26 vs. Central Connecticut State, Sept. 11, 2004
23 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 2003
23 vs. Hofstra, Nov. 15, 2003
21 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 1, 1994
20 vs. William & Mary, Oct. 16, 2004
19 vs. James Madison, Nov. 15, 1997
19 vs. Fordham, Sept. 4, 2004
19 vs. Fordham, Sept. 4, 2003
18 vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2003
18 vs. Maine, Nov. 14, 2004
Season 188 in 2003
164 in 2004
150 in 2001
146 in 2002
119 in 2000
112 in 1981
108 in 1975
103 in 1982
96 in 1998
94 in 1989
■ MOST FIRST DOWNS PASSINGSeason 256 in 1985
182 in 1984
142 in 1994
117 in 1986
113 in 1992
105 in 1990
104 in 1993
102 in 1995
99 in 1983
98 in 1999
1272005 Rhode Island Football
Records■ MOST PUNT RETURNSSeason 44 in 1985
41 in 1998
39 in 1986
38 in 1994
36 in 1995
31 in 1987
30 in 1977, 1978 and 1981
29 in 1974
■ MOST PUNT RETURN YARDAGESeason 430 in 1995
381 in 1994
353 in 1985
269 in 1990
264 in 2001
263 in 1978
241 in 1998
214 in 1984
210 in 2002
212 in 1992
■ MOST KICKOFF RETURNSSeason 67 in 2003
58 in 2002
56 in 1992 and 1993
53 in 1987
52 in 1999
51 in 1986 and 1991
50 in 1988
49 in 1985
■ MOST KICKOFF RETURN YARDSSeason 1,265 in 2003
1,194 in 1991
1,122 in 1986
1,100 in 1992
1,084 in 1993
1,046 in 1989
1,001 in 2002
934 in 1988
923 in 1987
919 in 1997
■ MOST INTERCEPTIONS MADEGame 7 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 20, 1973
6 vs. Northeastern, Oct. 21, 1972
5 vs. Boston University, Oct. 19, 1985
5 vs. Villanova, Oct. 11, 2003
4 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 8, 1988
4 vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 7, 1998
Season 24 in 1985
22 in 1973
21 in 1988
20 in 1983
19 in 1980
18 in 1972 and 1999
17 in 1982, 1984, 1989, 1991 and 1998
■ MOST INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS
Season 428 in 1985
268 in 1983
252 in 1990
241 in 1998
235 in 2003
212 in 2001
204 in 1991
181 in 1989
180 in 1973
174 in 1995
■ MOST PUNTSGame 12 vs. Idaho State, Dec. 5, 1981
12 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 19, 1988
11 vs. Maine, Oct. 6, 1973
11 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 3, 1981
10 vs. Maine, Nov. 3, 2001
9 vs. Richmond, Oct. 25, 2001
Season 85 in 1972
79 in 1988
78 in 1977 and 1995
77 in 1979
74 in 1968
73 in 1981
73 in 2002
72 in 1987 and 1999
■ MOST YARDS PUNTINGGame 468 vs. Idaho State, Dec. 5, 1981
432 vs. Maine, Oct. 6, 1973
383 vs. Richmond, Oct. 25, 2001
379 vs. Maine, Nov. 3, 2001
370 vs. Northeastern, Sept. 23, 1972
360 vs. Delaware, Sept. 9, 1978
345 vs. Northeastern, Oct. 12, 2002
343 vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 17, 2001
342 vs. Richmond, Nov. 4, 2000
329 vs. Delaware, Oct. 19, 2002
Season 2,958 in 1972
2,891 in 1979
2,862 in 1977
2,744 in 2002
2,712 in 1988
2,703 in 1999
2,599 in 1987
2,591 in 1995
2,583 in 1967
2,545 in 1981
■ HIGHEST PUNTING AVERAGESeason 41.7 in 1996
40.4 in 2002
40.2 in 1990
39.4 in 2001
37.9 in 2003
37.6 in 1979
37.4 in 1967
37.0 in 1975
36.9 in 1991
36.8 in 1993
■ MOST FORCED FUMBLESGame 7 vs. Delaware, Nov. 18, 1995
4 vs. Boise State, Sept. 4, 1993
4 vs. Delaware State, Nov. 12, 1994
3 vs. Villanova, Nov. 4, 1994
3 vs. America International, Aug. 31, 1996
3 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 14, 1996
3 vs. Boston University, Oct. 11, 1997
3 vs. Richmond, Oct. 9, 1999
3 vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
3 vs. Northeastern, Oct. 12, 2002
3 vs. Delaware, Oct. 19, 2002
Season 22 in 1995
16 in 2004
14 in 2001
13 in 2002
11 in 1996
10 in 1997
10 in 1998
10 in 2000
9 in 1994
■ FUMBLE RECOVERIESGame 4 vs. Northeastern, Nov. 9, 1991
4 vs. Hampton, Oct. 6, 2001
3 vs. Northeastern, Oct. 17, 1994
3 vs. Boston University, Oct. 14, 1995
3 vs. Boston University, Oct. 11, 1997
3 vs. Richmond, Oct. 9, 1999
3 vs. Northeastern, Oct. 12, 2002
3 vs. Brown, Oct. 4, 2003
Season 23 in 1985
20 in 1995
19 in 1984
16 in 1983
16 in 1987
16 in 1988
16 in 1990
15 in 1994
14 in 1993
14 in 2002
■ MOST PASS DEFLECTIONSGame 10 vs. Massachusetts, Nov. 23, 2002
9 vs. Brown, Oct. 16, 1999
8 vs. Northeastern, Nov. 9, 1991
8 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 23, 1991
8 vs. Northeastern, Sept. 13, 2003
7 vs. Massachusetts, Oct. 12, 1991
7 vs. Delaware, Nov. 18, 1995
7 vs. New Hampshire, Sept. 13, 1997
7 vs. James Madison, Oct. 31, 1998
7 vs. Brown, Sept. 30, 2000
Season 53 in 1984
45 in 1991
44 in 1985
43 in 2001
42 in 1996
40 in 2004
39 in 1995
39 in 1999
38 in 1988, 1993 and 1997
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Coaching Records
Head Coach Seasons Years Won Lost Tied Pct.No coach 1895-97 3 2 7 0 .222
Marshall Tyler 1898-08 10 23 22 8 .509
George Cobb 1909-14 5 17 16 5 .513
Robert Bingham 1912 1 6 3 0 .667
Jim Baldwin 1915-16 2 6 9 1 .406
Fred Murray 1917, 1919 2 2 11 3 .219
Frank Keaney 1920-40 21 70 87 12 .450
Bill Beck 1941, 1946-49 5 12 22 2 .361
Paul Cieurzo 1942, 1945 2 5 4 0 .556
Hal Kopp 1950, 1952-55 5 28 11 2 .707
Ed Doherty 1951 1 3 5 0 .375
Herb Maack 1956-1960 5 17 22 2 .439
John Chironna 1961-62 2 4 11 3 .306
Jack Zilly 1963-69 7 21 41 2 .344
Jack Gregory 1970-75 6 22 33 3 .404
Bob Griffin 1976-92 17 79 107 1 .425
Floyd Keith 1992-99 7 23 53 0 .303
Tim Stowers 2000-present 5 22 35 0 .386
Totals 106 seasons 362 499 43 .424
Year Record Pct. Head Coach1895 1-1-0 .500 No coach
1896 0-4-0 .000 No coach
1897 1-2-0 .333 No coach
1898 5-0-0 1.00 Marshall Tyler
1899 2-3-1 .417 Marshall Tyler
1900 0-2-1 .167 Marshall Tyler
1901 0-2-0 .000 Marshall Tyler
1902 No team
1903 2-4-1 .357 Marshall Tyler
1904 3-3-1 .500 Marshall Tyler
1905 3-3-1 .500 Marshall Tyler
1906 1-2-1 .375 Marshall Tyler
1907 3-1-2 .667 Marshall Tyler
1908 4-2-0 .667 Marshall Tyler
1909 3-4-0 .429 George Cobb
1910 5-1-1 .786 George Cobb
1911 5-2-1 .688 George Cobb
1912 6-3-0 .667 Robert Bingham
1913 2-6-0 .250 George Cobb
1914 2-3-3 .438 George Cobb
1915 3-5-0 .375 Jim Baldwin
1916 3-4-1 .438 Jim Baldwin
1917 2-4-2 .375 Fred Murray
1918 No team due to World War I
1919 0-7-1 .063 Fred Murray
1920 0-4-4 .125 Frank Keaney
1921 3-5-0 .375 Frank Keaney
1922 4-4-0 .500 Frank Keaney1923 1-5-1 .214 Frank Keaney
1924 0-7-0 .000 Frank Keaney
1925 2-5-1 .313 Frank Keaney
1926 1-6-0 .143 Frank Keaney
1927 5-3-0 .625 Frank Keaney
1928 2-7-0 .222 Frank Keaney
1929 5-2-1 .688 Frank Keaney
1930 5-2-1 .688 Frank Keaney
1931 4-4-0 .500 Frank Keaney
Year Record Pct. Head Coach1932 2-5-1 .313 Frank Keaney
1933 6-2-0 .750 Frank Keaney
1934 6-3-0 .667 Frank Keaney
1935 4-4-1 .500 Frank Keaney
1936 5-4-0 .556 Frank Keaney
1937 3-4-1 .438 Frank Keaney
1938 4-4-0 .500 Frank Keaney
1939 3-4-1 .438 Frank Keaney
1940 5-3-0 .625 Frank Keaney
1941 5-2-1 .688 Bill Beck
1942 3-3-0 .500 Paul Cieurzo
1943 No team due to World War II
1944 No team due to World War II
1945 2-1-0 .667 Paul Cieurzo
1946 2-4-0 .333 Bill Beck
1947 3-4-0 .429 Bill Beck
1948 2-4-1 .357 Bill Beck
1949 0-8-0 .000 Bill Beck
1950 3-5-0 .375 Hal Kopp
1951 3-5-0 .375 Ed Doherty
1952 7-1-0 .875 Hal Kopp
1953 6-2-0 .750 Hal Kopp
1954 6-2-0 .750 Hal Kopp
1955 6-1-2 .778 Hal Kopp
1956 2-6-0 .333 Herb Maack
1957 5-2-1 .688 Herb Maack
1958 4-4-0 .500 Herb Maack
1959 3-5-1 .389 Herb Maack
1960 3-5-0 .375 Herb Maack
1961 2-6-1 .278 John Chironna
1962 2-5-2 .333 John Chironna
1963 4-5-0 .444 Jack Zilly
1964 3-7-0 .300 Jack Zilly
1965 2-7-0 .222 Jack Zilly
1966 1-7-1 .167 Jack Zilly
1967 6-2-1 .722 Jack Zilly
1968 3-6-0 .333 Jack Zilly
Year Record Pct. Head Coach1969 2-7-0 .222 Jack Zilly
1970 3-5-0 .222 Jack Gregory
1971 3-6-0 .333 Jack Gregory
1972 3-7-0 .300 Jack Gregory
1973 6-2-2 .700 Jack Gregory
1974 5-5-0 .500 Jack Gregory
1975 2-8-0 .200 Jack Gregory
1976 3-5-0 .375 Bob Griffin
1977 6-5-0 .545 Bob Griffin
1978 7-3-0 .700 Bob Griffin
1979 1-9-1 .137 Bob Griffin
1980 2-9-0 .182 Bob Griffin
1981 6-6-0 .500 Bob Griffin
1982 7-4-0 .636 Bob Griffin
1983 6-4-0 .600 Bob Griffin
1984 10-3-0 .769 Bob Griffin
1985 10-3-0 .769 Bob Griffin
1986 1-10-0 .091 Bob Griffin
1987 1-10-0 .091 Bob Griffin
1988 4-7-0 .363 Bob Griffin
1989 3-8-0 .273 Bob Griffin
1990 5-6-0 .454 Bob Griffin
1991 6-5-0 .545 Bob Griffin
1992 1-10-0 .091 Bob Griffin
1993 4-7-0 .364 Floyd Keith
1994 2-9-0 .182 Floyd Keith
1995 7-4-0 .636 Floyd Keith
1996 4-6-0 .400 Floyd Keith
1997 2-9-0 .182 Floyd Keith
1998 3-8-0 .273 Floyd Keith
1999 1-10-0 .091 Floyd Keith
2000 3-8-0 .273 Tim Stowers
2001 8-3 .727 Tim Stowers
2002 3-9 .250 Tim Stowers
2003 4-8 .333 Tim Stowers
2004 4-7 .364 Tim Stowers
All-time Coaching Records
Year-by-Year RecordFrank Keaney
All-time Scores
1302005 Rhode Island Football
All-time Scores1895 (1-1)
1-0 home, 0-1 awayNo coach
10/24 6-0 W PAWTUCKET HIGH SCHOOL
11/16 0-10 L at Friends School
1896 (0-4)0-3 home, 0-1 away
No coach10/11 0-8 L FRIENDS SCHOOL
10/18 0-8 L CAMP STREET ATHLETICS
10/25 0-2 L PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL
11/15 6-18 L at Friends School
1897 (1-2)1-0 home, 0-2 away
No coach10/16 0-6 L at New London High School
10/23 8-22 L at Storrs (University of Connecticut)*
11/13 22-0 W PAWTUCKET HIGH SCHOOL
*- First game versus collegiate competition
Marshall Tyler(1898-08)23-22-8 in 10 seasonsMarshall Henry (Tip) Tyler, an
all-American at Amherst,
became the first Rhode Island
coach in 1898. He went 24-21-7
in 10 years while he concen-
trated first on heading up the
remedial Preparatory Department and then on
teaching math. He also coached baseball and
women’s hoops. Tyler was a math professor from
1906 until his death in 1942, becoming one of the
most beloved figures on campus. Not one but two
buildings have been named for him, including the
current home of math and computer science.
1898 (5-0)5-0 home, 0-0 away
Coach Marshall Tyler10/7 12-6 W WESTERLY HIGH SCHOOL
10/15 33-0 W WESTERLY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
10/29 16-0 W PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL
11/5 5-0 W BROWN FRESHMEN
11/12 2-0 W EAST GREENWICH ACADEMY
1899 (2-3-1)2-2-1 home, 0-1 awayCoach Marshall Tyler
10/1 11-0 W DEAN ACADEMY
10/14 5-6 L BROWN FRESHMEN
10/18 0-0 T WESTERLY HIGH SCHOOL
11/8 22-0 W SOUTH KINGSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
11/11 6-27 L FRIENDS SCHOOL
11/18 0-17 L at Storrs (University of Connecticut)
1900 (0-2-1)0-1 home, 0-1-1 awayCoach Marshall Tyler
10/14 5-5 T at Rogers High School
10/21 0-43 L CONNECTICUT
10/28 0-0 T at Friends School
1901 (0-2)0-1 home, 0-1 away
Coach Marshall Tyler11/3 0-27 L at Connecticut
11/17 0-10 L BROWN SOPHOMORES
1902 No team
1903 (2-4-1)Coach Marshall Tyler
10/3 0-0 T Fall River High School
10/14 0-46 L Massachusetts
10/17 0-22 L Brown Freshmen
10/24 5-0 W Friends School (forfeit)
10/31 0-45 L Worcester Tech
11/7 0-30 L Dean Academy
11/14 11-6 W Connecticut
1904 (3-3-1)Coach Marshall Tyler
9/28 54-0 W Westerly High School
10/1 0-27 L Springfield
10/8 28-0 W Durfee High School
10/15 32-0 W Thibodeau Academy
10/29 0-28 L Dean Academy
11/12 0-7 L Brown Freshmen
11/19 10-10 T Connecticut
1905 (3-3-1)Coach Marshall Tyler
9/23 0- 6 L at New Hampshire
10/4 10-0 W EAST GREENWICH ACADEMY
10/7 0-11 L Massachusetts
10/21 5-5 T Brown Seconds
10/28 40-0 W Brown Freshmen
11/4 34-0 W Brown Sophomores
11/11 12-29 L Trinity
1906 (1-2-1)Coach Marshall Tyler
10/6 0-0 T Brown Seconds
10/13 0-33 L Springfield
10/20 0-20 L New Hampshire
11/3 14-0 W Bryant & Stratton
1907 (3-1-2)2-0-1 home, 1-1-1 awayCoach Marshall Tyler
10/5 0-11 L at Massachusetts
10/12 0-0 T DEAN ACADEMY
10/19 14-0 W at Worcester Tech
11/2 6-6 T at New Hampshire
11/9 6-0 W ST. ANDREW’S
11/26 42-0 W CONNECTICUT
1908 (4-2)3-1 home, 1-1 away
Coach Marshall Tyler9/25 0-2 L at Massachusetts
10/10 0-4 L WORCESTER TECH
10/17 21-0 W ST. ANDREW’S
10/24 6-0 W BRYANT & STRATTON
11/14 12-0 W NEW HAMPSHIRE
11/20 12-10 W at Connecticut
George Cobb(1909-11, 1913-14)17-16-5 in six seasonsGeorge R. Cobb, a former
Massachusetts standout ath-
lete, took over the football and
baseball coaching reigns from
Marshall Tyler when he
arrived in 1909 as an instructor
in horticulture and physical education. He tough-
ened up the schedule, taking on the Brown varsity
for the first time in his very first game. Cobb gave
up the coaching reins in 1912 to coach the junior
varsity squad but returned to coach the varsity in
1913. His teams suffered 10 shutouts in his final 16
games posting a combined 4-9-3 mark in 1913 and
1914.
1909 (3-4)3-1 home, 0-3 awayCoach George Cobb
9/29 0-6 L at Brown
10/9 0-7 L NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
10/16 9-0 W BOSTON COLLEGE
10/30 0-11 L at Worcester Tech
11/6 13-0 W ST. ANDREW’S
11/13 5-11 L at New Hampshire
11/20 51-0 W CONNECTICUT
1910 (5-1-1)3-0 home, 2-1-1 awayCoach George Cobb
9/24 0-0 T at Massachusetts
10/1 5-0 W at Tufts
10/5 0-5 L at Brown
10/22 22-0 W ST. ANDREW’S
10/29 33-0 W at Connecticut
11/5 10-0 W WORCESTER TECH
11/12 6-0 W NEW HAMPSHIRE
1911 (5-2-1)2-0 home, 3-2-1 awayCoach George Cobb
9/23 5-0 W at Massachusetts
9/30 3-0 W at Maine
10/4 0-12 L at Brown
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All-time Scores10/14 3-0 W NORWICH
10/21 0-0 T at New York University
10/28 9-8 W at New Hampshire
11/4 0-3 L at Worcester Tech
11/11 25-0 W BOSTON COLLEGE
Robert W.Bingham(1912)6-3 in one seasonStanding in for George R.
Cobb for one season, Robert
W. Bingham led Rhode Island
to a 6-3 mark in 1912, his only
season in Kingston. A 1911 graduate of Brown,
Bingham was just 23 years old when he took over
the head coaching reins of the Rhode Island pro-
gram. His squad posted five shutouts and
outscored the opposition 105-52 for the season.
After his departure from the sidelines, it would be
14 seasons (1927) until Rhode Island would again
post a winning season (5-3).
1912 (6-3) 4-0 home, 2-3 away
Coach Robert Bingham9/21 7-0 W at Massachusetts
9/28 20-0 W PAWTUXET ATHLETIC CLUB
10/5 0-14 L at Brown
10/12 0-18 L at Maine
10/19 6-0 W at Fordham
10/26 27-0 W WORCESTER TECH
11/2 25-0 W NEW HAMPSHIRE
11/9 14-6 W FORT GREBLE
11/16 7-14 L at New York University
1913 (2-6)2-0 home, 0-6 awayCoach George Cobb
9/27 0-10 L at Amherst
10/4 0-19 L at Brown
10/11 0-44 L at Maine
10/18 6-10 L at Colby
10/25 13-0 W FORT ADAMS
11/1 0-13 L at New Hampshire
11/8 19-0 W ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL
11/15 0-27 L at Boston College
1914 (2-3-3)2-1-1 home, 0-2-2 away
Coach George Cobb9/26 0-0 T at Wesleyan
10/3 0-20 L at Brown
10/10 0-21 L BOSTON COLLEGE
10/17 6-0 W EAST GREENWICH ACADEMY
10/24 0-21 L at Fordham
10/31 7-0 W NEW HAMPSHIRE
11/7 6-6 T WORCESTER TECH
11/14 0-0 T at New Hampshire
Jim Baldwin(1915-16)6-9-1 in two seasonsAs the college neared its 25th
anniversary, it hired James A.
Baldwin as its first athletic
director and head football,
basketball and baseball coach.
In two years, Baldwin’s teams
went 6-9-1 in football, 5-11 in basketball and 8-6 in
baseball. The gridders went scoreless in nine of 16
games but took out their frustration on Fort Adams
with a 69-0 blowout in 1916, the second highest
point total in school history. Baldwin left in 1917 to
direct a YMCA program for American troops fight-
ing in France.
1915 (3-5)2-0 home, 1-5 awayCoach Jim Baldwin
9/25 0-38 L at Brown
10/2 0-12 L at Wesleyan
10/16 0-6 L at Worcester Tech
10/23 9-7 W at Connecticut
10/30 0-3 L at Union
11/6 47-0 W ST. STEPHENS
11/13 0-7 L at Fordham
11/22 10-0 W NEW HAMPSHIRE
1916 (3-4-1)2-0 home, 1-4-1 awayCoach Jim Baldwin
9/23 69-0 W FORT ADAMS
9/30 0-18 L at Brown
10/7 3-3 T at Wesleyan
10/14 13-0 W at Maine
10/21 0-33 L at Colgate
10/28 13-6 W CONNECTICUT
11/4 0-39 L at Boston College
11/18 0-12 L at New Hampshire
Fred Murray(1917, 1919)2-11-3 in two seasonsFred J. Murray, the third in a
series of athletic directors to
last three years or less, strug-
gled to keep the program
afloat after America entered
World War I in 1917. Most
able-bodied junior and senior men left for military
service or agricultural work, leaving a skeleton
crew for sports. Murray’s first squad went 2-4-2 in
’17, but the college failed to field a team the follow-
ing year. In 1919 the Rams scored just 31 points in a
winless season, leaving Murray 2-11-3 for his brief
career.
1917 (2-4-2)1-0-1 home, 1-4-1 away
Coach Fred Murray9/29 0-27 L at Brown
10/6 0-0 T at Wesleyan
10/13 30-0 W at Worcester Tech
10/20 0-0 T NEW HAMPSHIRE
10/27 0-13 L at Holy Cross
11/3 0-48 L at Boston College
11/10 6-9 L at New York University
11/17 12-0 W FORT KEARNEY
1918No team due to World War I
1910: The Rams finished 5-1-1 allowing just five points during the season.
1322005 Rhode Island Football
All-time Scores1919 (0-7-1)
0-2 home, 0-5-1 awayCoach Fred Murray
9/27 0-27 L at Brown
10/11 0-35 L at Wesleyan
10/18 6-14 L at Boston University
10/25 2-31 L at St. Stephens
11/1 3-29 L at Holy Cross
11/8 11-19 L MASSACHUSETTS
11/15 6-6 T at Worcester Tech
11/22 3-7 L CONNECTICUT
Frank Keaney(1920-40)70-87-12 in 21 seasonsFrank W. Keaney is such an
exalted figure as a Hall of
Fame basketball coach that his
two decades in football (70-87-
2) are often overlooked. His
teams were .500 or better 10
times in his final 14 years and beat Brown for the
first time (1935). As a basketball coach, he invented
the fast break and took the Rams to the 1946 NIT
final, losing to Kentucky by a point in what was
then considered the national title game. And as a
chemistry professor, he invented Rhode Island’s
distinctive light blue color.
1920 (0-4-4)0-2 home, 0-2-4 awayCoach Frank Keaney
9/25 0-25 L at Brown
10/2 0-20 L at Wesleyan
10/16 7-7 T at Maine
10/23 0-7 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY
10/30 7-7 T at Union
11/6 7-7 T at Massachusetts
11/13 0-7 L WORCESTER TECH
11/20 0-0 T at Connecticut
1921 (3-5)2-0 home, 1-5 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/17 0-13 L at New London Sub Base
9/24 0-6 L at Brown
10/1 0-9 L at Bowdoin
10/15 3-7 L at Maine
10/22 27- 0 W at Worcester Tech
10/29 0-14 L at Boston University
11/5 7-2 W MASSACHUSETTS
11/12 Canceled-snowat Bates
11/19 27-21 W CONNECTICUT
1922 (4-4)2-2 home, 2-2 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/23 12-0 W at Coast Guard Academy
9/30 0-27 L at Brown
10/14 6-7 L ST. STEPHENS
10/21 7-0 W DELAWARE
10/28 7-23 L at New York University
11/4 19-0 W WORCESTER TECH
11/11 3-6 L LOWELL TEXTILE
11/18 12-7 W at Connecticut
1923 (1-5-1)1-1 home, 0-4-1 away Coach Frank Keaney
9/22 0-14 L at Maine
10/6 0-35 L at Harvard
10/13 0-13 L at New Hampshire
10/27 0-21 L at New York University
11/3 0-0 T at Worcester Tech
11/10 13-0 W COAST GUARD ACADEMY
11/17 0-7 L CONNECTICUT
1924 (0-7)0-4 home, 0-3 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/27 0-37 L MAINE
10/11 6-17 L NEW HAMPSHIRE
10/18 0-6 L LOWELL TEXTILE
10/25 0-13 L at CCNY
11/1 9-14 L WORCESTER TECH (HC)*
11/8 7-13 L at Bates
11/15 0-22 L at Connecticut
*- First Homecoming
1925 (2-5-1)2-1-1 home, 0-4 awayCoach Frank Keaney
9/26 0-33 L at Brown
10/3 0-7 L at Western Maryland
10/10 12-0 W LOWELL TEXTILE
10/17 0-26 L at New Hampshire
10/24 12-0 W CCNY
10/31 18-26 L at Worcester Tech
11/7 0-13 L BATES
11/14 0-0 T CONNECTICUT (HC)
1926 (1-6)1-2 home, 0-4 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/26 0-14 L at Brown
10/2 0-7 L MAINE
10/9 0-7 L at Lowell Textile
10/16 6-7 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC)
10/23 0-29 L at CCNY
11/6 26-7 W WORCESTER TECH
11/13 0-33 L at Connecticut
1927 (5-3)3-1 home, 2-2 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/24 0-27 L at Brown
10/1 0-27 L at Maine
10/8 26-0 W LOWELL TEXTILE
10/15 20-18 W at New Hampshire
10/22 19-20 L CCNY
10/29 20-14 W at Worcester Tech
11/5 14-6 W COAST GUARD ACADEMY
11/12 12-0 W CONNECTICUT (HC)
1928 (2-7)2-3 home, 0-4 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/22 0-7 L COAST GUARD DESTROYER*
9/29 6-20 L at Maine
10/6 6-0 W COAST GUARD ACADEMY
10/13 0-12 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC)
10/20 7-0 W NEWPORT NAVAL TRAINING STATION
10/27 0-21 L at Lowell Textile
11/10 0-13 L WORCESTER TECH
11/17 0-24 L at Connecticut
11/24 7-33 L at Brown
*-First game in Meade Field
1929 (5-2-1)3-0 home, 2-2-1 away
1935: The Rams finished 4-4-4 under coach Frank Keaney.
1332005 Rhode Island Football
All-time ScoresCoach Frank Keaney
9/21 19-0 W ARNOLD
9/28 0-6 L at Maine
10/5 6-14 L at Brown
10/19 6-6 T at Bates
10/26 26-7 W LOWELL TEXTILE
11/2 26-0 W at Coast Guard Academy
11/9 39-0 W at Worcester Tech
11/16 19-6 W CONNECTICUT (HC)
1930 (5-2-1)5-0 home, 0-2-1 awayCoach Frank Keaney
9/20 38-0 W ARNOLD
9/27 0-7 L at Brown
10/4 12-13 L at Maine
10/18 14-0 W BATES
10/25 27-0 W COAST GUARD ACADEMY
11/1 14-0 W BOSTON UNIVERSITY
11/8 45-0 W WORCESTER TECH (HC)
11/15 0-0 T at Connecticut
1931 (4-4)2-0 home, 2-4 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/26 8-7 W at Maine
10/3 0-18 L at Brown
10/17 0-3 L at Bates
10/24 33-7 W COAST GUARD ACADEMY (HC)
10/31 7-25 L at Boston University
11/7 34-0 W at Worcester Tech
10/14 14-0 W CONNECTICUT
10/28 0-6 L at Providence
1932 (2-5-1)1-3 home, 1-2-1 awayCoach Frank Keaney
9/24 0-12 L at Maine
10/1 0-19 L at Brown
10/8 0-7 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY
10/15 0-6 L BATES
10/22 6-0 W ARNOLD
10/29 13-0 W at Coast Guard Academy
11/5 0-12 L WORCESTER TECH (HC)
11/12 19-19 T at Connecticut
1933 (6-2)4-1 home, 2-1 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/23 12-0 W BROOKLYN
9/30 6-0 W at Maine
10/7 0-26 L at Brown
10/14 13-6 W ARNOLD
10/21 12-14 L MASSACHUSETTS
10/28 20-12 W COAST GUARD ACADEMY
11/4 20-7 W at Worcester Tech
11/11 20-7 W CONNECTICUT (HC)
1934 (6-3)2-1 home, 4-2 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/22 31-0 W BROOKLYN
9/29 6-0 W at Maine
10/6 0-13 L at Brown
10/13 0-6 L NORTHEASTERN
10/20 7-0 W at Massachusetts
10/27 19-0 W at Coast Guard Academy
11/3 44-0 W WORCESTER TECH (HC) (1,500)
11/10 19-0 W at Connecticut
11/17 7-21 L at Providence
1935 (4-4-1)2-1 home, 2-3-1 awayCoach Frank Keaney
9/21 0-32 L at Holy Cross
9/28 0-7 L at Maine
10/5 13-7 W at Brown
10/12 6-6 T at Northeastern
10/19 6-7 L MASSACHUSETTS
10/26 13-7 W COAST GUARD ACADEMY
11/2 23-6 W at Worcester Tech
11/9 7-0 W CONNECTICUT (HC)
11/16 0-13 L at Providence
1936 (5-4)3-0 home, 2-4 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/19 38-0 W AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
9/26 7-0 W at Maine
10/3 6-7 L at Brown
10/10 7-0 W TUFTS
10/17 8-13 L at Massachusetts (N)
10/24 12-15 L at Northeastern
10/31 19-0 W WORCESTER TECH (HC) (2,000)
11/7 0-33 L at Connecticut
11/13 19-0 W at Providence (N)*
*-Night game at Cranston Stadium
1937 (3-4-1)1-2 home, 2-2-1 awayCoach Frank Keaney
9/25 0-0 T at Maine
10/2 6-13 L at Brown
10/9 14-7 W at Tufts
10/16 12-6 W MASSACHUSETTS
10/23 6-8 L NORTHEASTERN
10/30 2-12 L at Worcester Tech
11/6 7-13 L CONNECTICUT (HC)
11/12 13-3 W at Providence (N)*
*-Night game at Cranston Stadium
1938 (4-4)1-1 home, 3-3 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/24 14-6 W at Maine
10/1 13-48 L at Holy Cross
10/8 31-0 W AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
10/15 20-0 W at Massachusetts
10/22 21-40 L at Brown
10/29 14-19 L WORCESTER TECH (HC) (2,000)
11/5 21-20 W at Connecticut
11/11 7-19 L at Providence (N)*
*-Night game at Cranston Stadium
1939 (3-4-1)2-1 home, 1-3-1 awayCoach Frank Keaney
9/22 0-6 L at Providence (N)*
9/30 0-34 L at Brown
10/7 0-14 L at Maine
10/14 40-0 W BROOKLYN
10/21 23-20 W MASSACHUSETTS
10/28 7-6 W at Northeastern
11/4 7-7 T at Worcester Tech
11/11 14-20 L CONNECTICUT (HC) (3,500)
*-Night game at Cranston Stadium
1940 (5-3)3-0 home, 2-3 away
Coach Frank Keaney9/21 10-0 W NORTHEASTERN
9/28 0-7 L at Maine
10/5 17-20 L at Brown (14,000)
10/12 48-0 W LOWELL TEXTILE
10/19 9-3 W at Massachusetts
10/23 0-25 L at Providence
11/2 18-0 W WORCESTER TECH (HC) (100)
11/9 13-12 W at Connecticut
Bill Beck(1941, 1946-49)12-22-2 in five seasonsA former player under Frank
Keaney, William M.H. Beck
was a football coach who is
best remembered for another
sport. He coached the baseball
team for six years (1954-59),
and Bill Beck Field was renamed in his memory in
1966. Beck was a campus fixture as teacher, coach
and administrator from 1934 to 1960. After seven
years as a Keaney aide, he became head football
coach in 1941. The Rams went 5-2-1 in his first sea-
son, but served in World War II until ’46. He went
12-22-2 overall in five seasons.
1941 (5-2-1)3-0 home, 2-2-1 away
Coach Bill Beck9/20 0-38 L at Coast Guard Academy
9/27 20-13 W at Maine
10/4 39-0 W LOWELL TEXTILE
10/11 7-14 L at Brown
10/18 34-6 W MASSACHUSETTS
10/22 0-0 T at Providence (N) (12,000)*
11/1 6-0 W at Worcester Tech
11/8 6-0 W CONNECTICUT (HC)
*- Night game at Cranston Stadium
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All-time ScoresPaul Cieurzo(1942, 1945)5-4-0 in two seasonsPaul F. Cieurzo ’31 became the
first Rhode Island alumnus to
head the football program
when he stepped in for Bill
Beck, who left to serve in
World War II. He led the Rams to a 5-4 mark in two
seasons before returning to his role as a jack-of-all-
trades. Beginning in 1936, Cieurzo served the col-
lege for four decades as an assistant basketball
coach, head golf, track and field coach, professor of
physical education and assistant athletic director.
He was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in
1976.
1942 (3-3)1-0 home, 2-3 awayCoach Paul Cieurzo
9/26 70-13 W at Vermont
10/3 0-28 L at Brown (9,000)
10/17 21-6 W at Massachusetts
10/24 13-14 L at New Hampshire (6,000)
10/31 66-13 W WORCESTER TECH (HC)
11/7 6-13 L at Connecticut
1943No team due to World War II
1944No team due to World War II
1945 (2-1)1-0 home, 1-1 awayCoach Paul Cieurzo
10/13 10-7 W at Maine (4,500)
10/20 7-39 L at Rutgers (5,000)
11/3 30-0 W BOSTON UNIVERSITY (2,500)
1946 (2-4)0-1 home, 2-3 away
Coach Bill Beck9/28 14-13 W at Maine
10/5 12-25 L at New Hampshire
10/12 0-29 L at Brown (20,000)
10/19 14-6 W at Massachusetts
10/26 6-29 L at Boston University
11/9 0-33 L CONNECTICUT (HC) (5,000)
1947 (3-4)1-3 (4th) in Yankee Conference
2-2 home, 1-2 awayCoach Bill Beck
9/27 13-33 L MAINE (4,000)
10/4 7-33 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC) (3,000)
10/11 6-55 L at Brown (15,000)
10/18 20-13 W at Massachusetts (5,000)
10/25 27-7 W COAST GUARD ACADEMY (4,000)
11/1 38-13 W MASSACHUSETTS (4,000)
11/8 0-23 L at Connecticut
1948 (2-4-1)1-3 (4th) in Yankee Conference
2-1 home, 0-3-1 awayCoach Bill Beck
9/18 56-0 W QUONSET AIR STATION (4,000)
9/25 7-13 L at Maine (6,000)
10/2 7-19 L at New Hampshire (6,500)
10/9 0-33 L at Brown (11,000)
10/16 19-12 W MASSACHUSETTS (2,500)
10/30 21-21 T at Springfield (6,000)
11/6 6-28 L CONNECTICUT (HC) (4,500)
1949 (0-8)0-4 (4th) in Yankee Conference
0-4 home, 0-4 awayCoach Bill Beck
9/24 7-19 L MAINE (3,000)
10/1 20-28 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (4,000)
10/8 0-46 L at Brown (8,000)
10/15 19-32 L at Massachusetts
10/22 6-47 L at Temple (15,000)
10/29 13-34 L SPRINGFIELD (HC) (4,400)
11/5 0-23 L at Connecticut (6,500)
11/12 7-39 L BUFFALO (4,000)
Hal Kopp(1950, 1952-55)28-11-2 in five seasonsWith a .707 winning percentage
(28-11-2), Harold W. Kopp is
the most successful coach in
school history. He took a 0-8
team and went 7-1 in just his
second season, capping his
five-year stay with an undefeated regular season
and the school’s only bowl bid in 1955. He was
named New England Coach of the Year before leav-
ing for Brigham Young. An Army major in World
War II, he was recalled to service for one year in
1951. Prior to coming to Rhode Island, he served as
line coach at five different schools.
1950 (3-5)2-3 (3rd) in Yankee Conference
3-0 home, 0-5 awayCoach Hal Kopp
9/23 34-7 W BATES (3,500)
9/30 0-13 L at Maine
10/7 14-27 L at New Hampshire (5,600)
10/14 13-55 L at Brown (12,000)
10/21 38-27 W MASSACHUSETTS (3,000)
10/28 12-33 L at Buffalo (2,500)
11/4 0-32 L at Springfield (2,500)
11/18 14-7 W CONNECTICUT (HC) (4,712)
Ed Doherty(1951)3-5-0 in one seasonEdward A. Doherty arrived
from Arizona State College
(now University) to fill in for
Hal Kopp during his Korean
War military call-up. Kopp
wound up being stationed in
Germany and returned just a year later. The Rams
went 3-5 in their only season under Doherty, a for-
mer all-American quarterback at Boston College
and an assistant at his alma mater and Notre Dame.
In four seasons as head coach of the Sun Devils, the
team went 25-17 and played in the 1950 Salad Bowl,
leading the nation in total offense.
1951 (3-5)1-3 (4th) in Yankee Conference
3-1 home, 0-4 awayCoach Ed Doherty
9/22 0-21 L at Northeastern (2,500)
9/29 0-12 L MAINE (4,000)
10/6 27-0 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (3,200)
10/13 13-20 L at Brown (8,000)
10/20 7-40 L at Massachusetts (6,500)
11/3 25-19 W SPRINGFIELD (HC) (5,000)
11/10 52-0 W BROOKLYN (4,000)
11/17 6-21 L at Connecticut (12,000)
1954: The Rams posted a 6-2 record under coach Hal Kopp.
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All-time Scores1952 (7-1)
3-1 (tie-1st) in Yankee Conference3-0 home, 4-1 away
Coach Hal Kopp9/20 32-0 W NORTHEASTERN (3,712)
9/27 0-13 L at Maine (4,000)
10/4 27-7 W at New Hampshire (4,000)
10/11 7-6 W at Brown (17,000)
10/18 26-7 W MASSACHUSETTS (4,000)
11/1 40-20 W at Springfield
11/8 55-7 W at Brooklyn
11/15 28-25 W CONNECTICUT (HC) (8,000)
1953 (6-2)3-1 (tie-1st) in Yankee Conference
2-1 home, 4-1 awayCoach Hal Kopp
9/20 13-7 W at Northeastern
9/27 13-6 W MAINE (4,000)
10/3 13-14 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC) (5,000)
10/10 19-13 W at Brown
10/17 41-14 W at Massachusetts
10/24 12-27 L at Hofstra (3,200)
10/31 18-6 W SPRINGFIELD (4,000)
11/14 19-13 W at Connecticut
1954 (6-2)3-1 (2nd) in Yankee Conference
4-0 home, 2-2 awayCoach Hal Kopp
9/18 13-7 W NORTHEASTERN (4,200)
9/25 14-7 W at Maine (5,000)
10/2 7-33 L at New Hampshire (6,000)
10/9 0-35 L at Brown (15,000)
10/16 52-6 W MASSACHUSETTS (5,500)
10/23 46-14 W HOFSTRA (4,000)
10/30 13-9 W at Springfield
11/13 20-0 W CONNECTICUT (HC) (2,500)
1955 (6-1-2)4-0-1 (1st) in Yankee Conference
2-0-1 home, 4-0-1 away, 0-1 neutralCoach Hal Kopp
9/17 13-13 T at Northeastern
9/24 7-0 W MAINE (4,000)
10/1 13-13 T NEW HAMPSHIRE (4,000)
10/8 16-0 W at Vermont (5,000)
10/15 39-15 W at Massachusetts (4,500)
10/22 19-7 W at Brown (16,000)
10/29 20-7 W SPRINGFIELD (HC) (4,500)
11/12 25-0 W at Connecticut (14,500)
12/4 10-12 L Jacksonville State (N) (8,500) (RB)
RB- Refrigerator Bowl (Evansville, Ind.)
Herb Maack(1956-60)17-22-2 in five seasonsHerbert H. Maack, a line coach
on Hal Kopp’s last three teams,
was named head coach in 1956
after Kopp left for Brigham
Young. His teams posted a 17-
22-2 record in five seasons. After completing his
coaching career, he remained at the University, serv-
ing in various posts until his retirement. Maack, a
three-time all-East tackle at Columbia (1939-41),
returned from World War II to play a year with
Brooklyn of the All-American Conference. As line
coach at Bucknell (1947-52), he helped the Bison
win 17 straight games in 1951-52.
1956 (2-6)1-4 (6th) in Yankee Conference
2-2 home, 0-4 awayCoach Herb Maack
9/22 13-12 W NORTHEASTERN (3,318)
9/29 7-40 L at Maine (6,100)
10/6 7-13 L at New Hampshire (6,000)
10/13 13-39 L VERMONT (4,500)
10/20 34-13 W MASSACHUSETTS (5,000)
10/27 7-27 L at Brown (15,000)
11/3 0-40 L at Springfield (4,000)
11/17 6-51 L CONNECTICUT (HC) (6,000)
1957 (5-2-1)3-0-1 (tie-1st) in Yankee Conference
2-1 home, 3-1-1 awayCoach Herb Maack
9/21 12-7 W at Northeastern (3,700)
9/28 25-7 W MAINE (4,000)
10/5 28-13 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (3,000)
10/12 32-7 W at Brandeis (3,000)
10/19 27-13 W at Massachusetts (7,500)
10/26 0-21 L at Brown (18,500)
11/2 0-14 L SPRINGFIELD (HC) (1,000)
11/16 0-0 T at Connecticut (12,000)
1958 (4-4)2-2 (3rd) in Yankee Conference
2-2 home, 2-2 awayCoach Herb Maack
9/20 6-26 L NORTHEASTERN (2,301)
9/27 8-37 L at Maine (4,000)
10/4 20-13 W at New Hampshire
10/11 52-22 W BRANDEIS (4,000)
10/18 24-8 W MASSACHUSETTS (2,800)
10/25 6-47 L at Brown (9,000)
11/1 28-14 W at Springfield (2,500)
11/15 8-36 L CONNECTICUT (HC) (5,000)
1959 (3-5-1)1-2-1 (tie-4th) in Yankee Conference
0-2-1 home, 3-3 awayCoach Herb Maack
9/19 8-6 W at Northeastern (4,350)
9/26 0-0 T MAINE (3,500)
10/3 0-45 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (3,000)
10/10 20-0 W at Brandeis
10/17 30-6 W at Massachusetts (6,500)
10/24 0-6 L at Brown (7,000)
10/31 0-21 L SPRINGFIELD (HC) (6,000)
11/7 6-41 L at Buffalo
11/14 0-34 L at Connecticut (10,352)
1960 (3-5)1-4 (5th) in Yankee Conference)
2-1 home, 1-4 awayCoach Herb Maack
9/17 20-0 W NORTHEASTERN (3,500)
9/24 0-7 L at Maine (5,000)
10/1 6-13 L at New Hampshire (4,800)
10/8 48-8 W VERMONT (2,200)
10/15 16-34 L MASSACHUSETTS (HC) (5,000)
10/22 14-36 L at Brown (10,000)
10/29 22-10 W at Springfield (3,000)
11/12 6-42 L at Connecticut (12,194)
John Chironna(1961-62)4-11-3 in two seasonsJohn F. Chironna, who played
for Herb Maack at Bucknell
and later coached under him at
Rhode Island, posted a 4-11-3
record in two seasons. After
serving in the Navy, Chironna
played guard, tackle and halfback at Bucknell
(1951-53). In 1952, while helping the Bison go unde-
feated, he was named Unsung Hero of the Week by
the Associated Press at all three positions. He also
hit .369 in baseball, winning team MVP honors. He
also coached baseball, where his teams were 16-15-1
in two seasons (1960-61).
1961 (2-6-1)1-4 (5th) in Yankee Conference
0-3-1 home, 2-3 away Coach John Chironna
9/23 13-26 L at Northeastern (5,100)
9/30 20-22 L MAINE (3,200)
10/7 0-20 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (3,200)
10/14 18-6 W at Vermont (3,500)
10/21 0-25 L at Massachusetts (8,412)
10/28 12-9 W at Brown (11,000)
11/4 6-6 T SPRINGFIELD (4,000)
11/11 0-12 L at Hofstra (4,233)
11/18 0-27 L CONNECTICUT (HC) (6,000)
1962 (2-5-2)1-3 (tie-4th) in Yankee Conference
0-4 home, 2-1-2 awayCoach John Chironna
9/22 0-28 L NORTHEASTERN (3,000)
9/29 14-7 W at Maine
10/6 6-6 T at New Hampshire (1,000)
10/13 12-21 L VERMONT (5,000)
10/20 8-42 L MASSACHUSETTS (HC) (7,444)
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All-time Scores10/27 12-12 T at Brown (12,284)
11/3 24-13 W at Springfield (1,000)
11/10 8-20 L HOFSTRA (3,500)
11/17 0-27 L at Connecticut
Jack Zilly(1963-69)21-41-2 in seven seasonsJohn L. Zilly, a former NFL
end with the Rams and Eagles,
inherited a program with only
35 players and nine returning
lettermen. He installed a pro
offense but had just one win-
ning season in seven years, finishing 21-41-2. Zilly
earned all-American honors as Notre Dame won
the 1946 national crown. He played for the Los
Angeles Rams in three straight NFL title games,
finally winning the ring in 1951. After injuries cut
short his career, he was an assistant at Notre Dame
(1956-58) and Brown (1959-62).
1963 (4-5)2-3 (4th) in Yankee Conference
3-1 home, 1-4 away Coach Jack Zilly
9/21 13-28 L at Northeastern
9/28 20-16 W MAINE (2,500)
10/5 13-25 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC) (6,000)
10/12 6-21 L at Vermont
10/19 0-57 L at Massachusetts (10,233)
10/26 7-33 L at Brown
11/2 21-20 W SPRINGFIELD (3,000)
11/9 23-7 W at Hofstra (1,100)
11/16 13-12 W CONNECTICUT (4,000)
1964 (3-7)1-4 (5th) in Yankee Conference
1-3 home, 2-4 awayCoach Jack Zilly
9/18 20-11 W NORTHEASTERN (8,500)*
9/26 15-23 L at Maine (5,200)
10/3 22-8 W at New Hampshire (4,500)
10/10 8-16 L VERMONT (HC) (10,000)
10/17 0-7 L MASSACHUSETTS (5,500)
10/24 14-30 L at Brown (14,700)
10/31 21-15 W at Springfield
11/7 7-28 L HOFSTRA (3,000)
11/14 7-28 L at Connecticut (11,825)
11/21 13-20 L at Boston University (25,100)
*-at Providence City Stadium
1965 (2-7)1-4 (5th) in Yankee Conference
1-3 home, 1-4 awayCoach Jack Zilly
9/25 14-6 W at Brown (8,300)
10/2 23-6 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (2,800)
10/9 6-26 L at Vermont (7,000)
10/16 0-30 L at Massachusetts (16,100)
10/23 0-36 L MAINE (HC) (10,000)
10/30 6-7 L SPRINGFIELD (3,500)
11/6 0-28 L at Temple
11/13 0-14 L CONNECTICUT (3,700)
11/20 3-28 L at Boston University (8,000)
1966 (1-7-1)1-3-1 (5th) in Yankee Conference
0-4 home, 1-3-1 awayCoach Jack Zilly
9/24 27-40 L at Brown (10,000)
10/1 17-6 W at New Hampshire
10/8 7-21 L VERMONT (HC) (11,700)
10/15 9-14 L MASSACHUSETTS (5,000)
10/22 6-21 L at Maine (8,894)
10/29 7-33 L at Bucknell (6,243)
11/5 19-21 L TEMPLE (N) (4,200)
11/12 0-0 T at Connecticut (9,073)
11/19 14-30 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (2,500)
1967 (6-2-1)2-2-1 (3rd) in Yankee Conference
3-1 home, 3-1-1 awayCoach Jack Zilly
9/23 28-17 W at Delaware (10,894)
9/30 12-8 W at Brown (8,400)
10/7 13-6 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC) (11,000)
10/14 0-0 T at Vermont (6,500)
10/21 24-28 L at Massachusetts (16,100)
10/28 27-7 W BUCKNELL (8,000)
11/4 7-6 W at Boston University (4,000)
11/11 34-12 W MAINE (7,500)
11/18 18-26 L CONNECTICUT (4,700)
1968 (3-6)2-3 (tie-3rd) in Yankee Conference
3-1 home, 0-5 awayCoach Jack Zilly
9/21 0-28 L at Temple (11,000)
9/28 9-10 L at Brown
10/5 33-8 W SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT (4,300)
10/12 52-10 W VERMONT (HC) (10,000)
10/19 14-9 W MASSACHUSETTS (3,500)
10/26 14-21 L at Maine (8,000)
11/2 6-27 L at New Hampshire (13,000)
11/9 3-20 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (4,500)
11/16 6-35 L at Connecticut (11,384)
1969 (2-7)1-4 (tie-5th) in Yankee Conference
2-3 home, 0-4 awayCoach Jack Zilly
9/20 3-47 L TEMPLE (5,500)
9/27 0-21 L at Brown (16,000)
10/4 7-35 L MAINE (HC) (11,000)
10/11 14-41 L at Vermont (7,500)
10/18 9-21 L at Massachusetts (16,200)
10/25 13-3 W CORTLAND STATE (3,000)
11/1 14-6 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (3,300)
11/8 13-27 L at Boston University (5,240)
11/15 15-25 L CONNECTICUT (3,700)
Jack Gregory(1970-75)22-33-3 in six seasonsJack Gregory came to Rhode
Island with an unbroken
record of success in Delaware
high school, in the College
Division at East Stroudsburg
(Pa.) State, and in three years
as head coach at Villanova, where he went 6-3 in
1969. He had just one winning season and a 22-33-3
mark is six years with the Rams. He capped seven
years at East Stroudsburg (1959-65) with an unbeat-
en season and a 69-28-2 career mark. In 1965 he was
named NCAA College Division Coach of the Year
and NAIA Middle Atlantic Coach of the Year.
1970 (3-5)3-2 (tie-3rd) in Yankee Conference
2-1 home, 1-4 awayCoach Jack Gregory
9/26 14-21 L at Brown (14,200)
10/3 23-6 W at Maine (7,315)
10/10 40-13 W VERMONT (6,100)
10/17 14-7 W MASSACHUSETTS (HC) (12,000)
10/24 0-21 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (10,000)
10/31 7-59 L at New Hampshire (10,053)
11/7 15-18 L at Temple (8,000)
11/14 12-33 L at Connecticut (16,464)
1971 (3-6)2-3 (tie-4th) in Yankee Conference
0-4 home, 3-2 awayCoach Jack Gregory
9/18 22-36 L at Northeastern (6,720)
9/25 34-21 W at Brown (17,134)
10/2 7-21 L MAINE (HC) (10,000)
10/9 34-22 W at Vermont (6,100)
10/16 31-3 W at Massachusetts (13,500)
10/23 7-28 L at Boston University (6,646)
10/30 0-26 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (9,327)
11/6 13-40 L TEMPLE (6,000)
1976: Coach Bob Griffin led the Rams to a 3-5 mark in his first season.
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All-time Scores11/13 6-10 L CONNECTICUT (11,500)
1972 (3-7)0-5 (6th) in Yankee Conference
2-2 home, 1-5 awayCoach Jack Gregory
9/10 27-0 W HAMPTON (N) (9,000)*
9/23 27-7 W NORTHEASTERN (4,600)
9/30 21-17 W at Brown (9,000)
10/7 7-10 L at Maine (4,600)
10/14 13-14 L VERMONT (HC) (7,642)
10/21 7-42 L MASSACHUSETTS (5,857)
10/28 13-31 L at Boston University (N) (5,510)
11/4 10-14 L at New Hampshire (9,327)
11/11 0-22 L at Temple (8,569)
11/18 21-42 L at Connecticut (11,500)
*-First night game in Kingston
1973 (6-2-2)4-1-1 (2nd) in Yankee Conference
2-1-1 home, 4-1-1 awayCoach Jack Gregory
9/22 35-7 W at Northeastern (5,732)
9/29 20-20 T at Brown (10,200)
10/6 7-20 L MAINE (5,000)
10/13 15-14 W at Vermont (7,432)
10/20 41-35 W at Massachusetts (14,500)
10/27 14-9 W BOSTON UNIVERSITY (8,350)
11/3 40-16 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC) (9,473)
11/10 0-43 L at Temple (10,904)
11/17 7-7 T CONNECTICUT (12,092)
11/22 34-6 W Air Force-Europe (16,000)*
*-Turkey Bowl, Frankfurt, Germany
1974 (5-5)3-3 (tie-3rd) in Yankee Conference
4-2 home, 1-3 awayCoach Jack Gregory
9/14 7-38 L TEMPLE (4,812)
9/21 48-36 W NORTHEASTERN (2,642)
9/28 15-45 L at Brown (9,200)
10/5 19-29 L at Maine (4,900)
10/12 14-0 W VERMONT (HC) (5,212)
10/19 7-17 L MASSACHUSETTS (7,134)
10/26 13-7 W BOSTON UNIVERSITY (3,112)
11/2 14-29 L at New Hampshire (9,912)
11/9 45-8 W BRIDGEPORT (3,624)
11/16 14-13 W at Connecticut (11,270)
1975 (2-8)1-4 (4th) in Yankee Conference
1-4 home, 1-4 awayCoach Jack Gregory
9/13 33-0 W ST. MARY’S (N) (5,111)*
9/20 16-21 L at Northeastern (6,214)
9/27 20-41 L at Brown (10,572)
10/4 14-23 L MAINE (HC) (7,132)
10/11 0-3 L C.W. POST (2,110)
10/18 7-23 L at Massachusetts (5,500)
10/24 21-6 W at Boston University (N) (3,330)
11/1 6-23 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (6,132)
11/8 6-45 L at Temple (11,491)
11/15 10-21 L CONNECTICUT (4,723)
*- at Cranston Stadium
Bob Griffin(1976-92)79-107-1 in 17 seasonsRobert L. Griffin, Rhode
Island’s second longest-serv-
ing head coach, won a school
record 79 games (79-101-1), led
the Rams to their only three
NCAA playoff berths (1981,
‘84 and ’85) with the highest national rankings in
history (final rankings of No. 2 in ’84 and No. 7 in
’85). Griffin was a Ram assistant under Jack Zilly
(1966-69) and led Bishop Hendricken High to a 9-1
mark in 1970 before becoming offensive coordinator
at Idaho State. Named head coach in 1972, he led
Idaho State to two 7-3 records in four years.
1976 (3-5)2-3 (tie-3rd) in Yankee Conference
1-2 home, 2-3 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/18 15-14 W NORTHEASTERN (3,760)
9/25 0-3 L at Brown (12,500)
10/2 14-9 W at Maine (7,500)
10/16 7-14 L MASSACHUSETTS (8,359)
10/23 0-36 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (HC) (6,133)
10/30 14-33 L at Holy Cross (11,951)
11/6 6-31 L at New Hampshire (11,500)
11/13 17-14 W at Connecticut (5,880)
1977 (6-5)4-1 (2nd) in Yankee Conference
4-1 home, 2-4 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/10 12-21 L at Northeastern (4,812)
9/17 14-0 W HOLY CROSS (5,742)
9/24 10-28 L at Brown (7,400)
10/1 28-0 W MAINE (HC) (8,457)
10/8 16-42 L LEHIGH (4,115)
10/15 6-37 L at Massachusetts (10,500)
10/22 31-22 W at Boston University (3,120)
10/29 21-20 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (8,813)
11/5 27-3 W at Kings Point (2,900)
11/12 14-7 W CONNECTICUT (5,312)
11/19 7-20 L at VMI (5,200)
1978 (7-3)3-2 (tie-2nd) in Yankee Conference
4-1 home, 3-2 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/9 0-37 L at Delaware (18,854)
9/16 27-13 W NORTHEASTERN (1,750)*
9/30 17-3 W at Brown (8,500)
10/7 47-0 W at Maine (7,600)
10/14 3-0 W VIRGINIA UNION (2,178)**
10/21 17-19 L MASSACHUSETTS (HC) (7,595)
10/28 7-6 W BOSTON UNIVERSITY (8,033)
11/4 19-14 W at New Hampshire (9,730)
11/11 34-7 W KINGS POINT (6,161)
11/18 6-31 L at Connecticut (7,038)
*- Brown Stadium, Providence, R.I.
**- First game at renovated Meade Stadium
1979 (1-9-1)1-4 (5th) in Yankee Conference
1-3-1 home, 0-6 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/8 14-34 L DELAWARE (7,141)
9/15 7-17 L at Northeastern (3,567)
9/22 6-35 L at Holy Cross (6,121)
9/29 13-31 L at Brown (11,250)
10/6 10-0 W MAINE (HC) (8,158)
10/20 0-24 L at Massachusetts (13,500)
10/27 0-7 L at Boston University (5,378)
11/3 6-21 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (1,754)
11/10 24-24 T KINGS POINT (1,250)
11/17 9-10 L CONNECTICUT (5,938)
12/1 6-16 L at Florida A&M (8,273)
1980 (2-9)0-5 (6th) in Yankee Conference
2-2 home, 0-7 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/6 14-21 L at Holy Cross (11,131)
9/13 24-19 W NORTHEASTERN (6,230)
9/20 11-14 L at Maine (4,200)
10/4 8-26 L MASSACHUSETTS (HC) (10,443)
10/11 7-34 L at Virginia Tech (40,100)*
10/18 13-24 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (3,280)
10/25 7-6 W SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT (500)
11/1 28-31 L at New Hampshire (5,280)
11/8 10-23 L at Lehigh (10,000)
11/15 30-56 L at Connecticut (5,500)
11/22 3-9 L at Brown (7,200)
*-Largest crowd to ever witness a Rhode Island
football game
1981 (6-6)4-1 (tie-1st) in Yankee Conference
5-1 home, 1-5 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/12 8-33 L at Boise State (N) (19,437)
9/19 21-10 W MAINE (6,222)
9/26 23-12 W KINGS POINT (4,607)
10/3 16-10 W at Massachusetts (11,905)
10/10 33-0 W NORTHEASTERN (HC) (9,842)
10/17 21-27 L at Boston University (8,249)
10/24 15-35 L at Delaware (20,135)
10/31 14-12 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (9,624)
11/7 8-10 L BROWN (9,737)
11/14 34-29 W CONNECTICUT (10,000)
11/21 6-41 L at Florida A&M (N) (3,871)
12/5 0-51 L at Idaho State (12,153)*
*- NCAA I-AA Playoff
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All-time Scores1982 (7-4)
2-3 (5th) in Yankee Conference3-2 home, 4-2 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/11 20-10 W at Lafayette (9,500)
9/18 58-55 W at Maine (6 OT) (6,250)
9/25 20-24 L at Brown (14,800)
10/2 7-17 L MASSACHUSETTS (9,433)
10/9 14-13 W at Northeastern (1,200)
10/16 16-26 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (HC) (10,230)
10/23 41-14 W SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT (4,611)
10/30 23-20 W at New Hampshire (6,235)
11/6 20-16 W LEHIGH (7,526)
11/13 21-26 L at Connecticut (3,063)
11/20 24-0 W SPRINGFIELD (5,232)
1983 (6-4)2-3 (tie-4th) in Yankee Conference
4-2 home, 2-2 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/3 26-42 L at Ball State (5,695)
9/17 24-16 W MAINE (8,456)
9/24 30-16 W at Brown (13,700)
10/1 13-3 W at Massachusetts (6,831)
10/8 30-10 W NORTHEASTERN (HC) (12,211)
10/15 22-24 L at Boston University (N) (7,343)
10/22 17-7 W SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT (9,841)
10/29 13-14 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (5,890)
11/5 19-9 W DELAWARE (5,307)
11/12 17-18 L CONNECTICUT (6,764)
1984 (10-3)4-1 (tie-1st) in Yankee Conference
5-0 home, 5-3 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/1 31-21 W HOWARD (3,520)
9/8 31-10 W LAFAYETTE (6,858)
9/15 0-19 L at Holy Cross (9,911)
9/22 27-0 W at Maine (8,000)
9/29 34-13 W at Brown (12,523)
10/6 20-19 W MASSACHUSETTS (10,227)
10/13 30-22 W at Northeastern (4,650)
10/20 22-7 W BOSTON UNIVERSITY (HC) (13,052)*
10/27 24-16 W at Lehigh (12,500)
11/3 12-14 L at New Hampshire (14,335)
11/17 29-19 W at Connecticut (4,799)
12/1 23-17 W RICHMOND (10,446)**
12/8 20-32 L at Montana State (12,697)**
*-Largest crowd in Meade Stadium history
**- NCAA I-AA Playoffs
1985 (10-3)5-0 (1st) in Yankee Conference)
7-0 home, 3-3 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/7 13-29 L at Delaware (15,465)
9/14 46-0 W HOWARD (6,628)
9/21 34-14 W MAINE (9,442)
9/28 27-32 L at Brown (10,399)
10/5 7-3 W at Massachusetts (6,871)
10/12 45-38 W at Lehigh (13,500)
10/19 34-19 W at Boston University (4,164)
10/26 41-19 W LAFAYETTE (HC) (12,933)
11/2 30-20 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (10,114)
11/9 34-21 W NORTHEASTERN (9,421)
11/16 56-42 W CONNECTICUT (8,897)
11/30 35-27 W AKRON (7,317)*
12/7 15-59 L at Furman (9,454)*
*- NCAA I-AA Playoffs
1986 (1-10)0-7 (8th) in Yankee Conference
1-5 home, 0-5 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/6 10-44 L at Delaware (17,337)
9/13 14-35 L TOWSON STATE (6,967)
9/20 14-34 L at Maine (7,200)
9/27 7-27 L BROWN (9,515)
10/4 17-31 L MASSACHUSETTS (6,356)
10/18 0-17 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (HC) (9,882)
10/25 14-28 L RICHMOND (7,944)
11/1 24-28 L at New Hampshire (10,350)
11/8 34-18 W SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT (2,543)
11/15 14-21 L at Connecticut (OT) (3,769)
11/22 9-36 L at Northeastern (3,100)
1987 (1-10)1-6 (8th) in Yankee Conference
1-4 home, 0-6 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/5 0-38 L at James Madison (N) (3,300)
9/12 26-13 W DELAWARE (7,028)
9/19 20-24 L MAINE (6,858)
9/26 15-17 L at Brown (13,500)
10/3 7-42 L at Massachusetts (9,801)
10/17 13-16 L at Boston University (11,552)
10/24 14-27 L at Richmond (17,029)
10/31 14-28 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC) (11,231)
11/7 3-21 L NORTHEASTERN (6,994)
11/14 7-52 L CONNECTICUT (3,906)
11/21 6-19 L at Towson State (587)
1988 (4-7)3-5 (tie-7th) in Yankee Conference
2-3 home, 2-4 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/3 7-49 L at Holy Cross (12,441)
9/10 16-41 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (6,782)
9/17 23-17 W at Delaware (16,903)
9/24 17-10 W BROWN (7,455)
10/1 14-20 L at Villanova (13,400)
10/8 7-26 L MASSACHUSETTS (5,117)
10/15 14-28 L at Maine (10,014)
10/22 14-10 W RICHMOND (HC) (5,980)
11/5 19-24 L at Northeastern (6,712)
11/12 9-17 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (3,669)
11/19 21-19 W at Connecticut (3,184)
1989 (3-8)1-7 (8th) in Yankee Conference0-4 home, 3-3 away, 0-1 neutral
Coach Bob Griffin9/9 45-14 W at Richmond (12,854)
9/16 12-21 L DELAWARE (6,218)
9/23 0-17 L NORTHEASTERN (5,662)
9/30 18-13 W at Brown (8,500)
10/7 6-31 L at Massachusetts (10,102)
10/14 21-47 L MAINE (HC) (8,847)
10/21 31-34 L at Boston University (2 OT) (5,545)
10/28 25-28 L VILLANOVA (5,000)*
11/4 19-6 W at Towson Sate (4,619)
11/11 0-25 L at New Hampshire 4,184)
11/18 28-35 L CONNECTICUT (5,045)
*-at Milan, Italy
1990 (5-6)2-6 (tie-7th) in Yankee Conference
4-2 home, 1-4 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/8 40-21 W TOWSON STATE (6,297)
9/15 37-0 W RICHMOND (5,321)
9/22 23-3 W BROWN (7,413)
9/29 19-24 L at Delaware (12,341)
10/6 13-16 L MASSACHUSETTS (9,407)
10/13 17-24 L at Maine (6,103)
10/20 13-15 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (HC) (10,228)
10/27 7-14 L at Villanova (9,257)
11/3 31-11 W at Northeastern (6,200)
11/10 24-14 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (500)
11/17 21-51 L at Connecticut (6,215)
1991 (6-5) 3-5 (tie-4th) in Yankee Conference
3-2 home, 3-3 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/14 10-19 L at Richmond (6,078)
9/21 7-42 L DELAWARE (7,871)
1995
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All-time Scores9/28 45-25 W at Towson State (2,846)
10/5 38-36 W at Brown (8,200)
10/12 17-14 W at Massachusetts (9,427)
10/19 52-30 W MAINE (HC) (10,145)
10/26 0-43 L at Boston University (5,475)
11/2 14-49 L VILLANOVA (3,052)
11/9 28-20 W NORTHEASTERN (6,603)
11/16 35-42 L at New Hampshire (6,639)
11/23 20-10 W CONNECTICUT (6,448)
1992 (1-10)0-8 (9th) in Yankee Conference
1-4 home, 0-6 awayCoach Bob Griffin
9/12 36-19 W TOWSON STATE (5,852)
9/19 14-31 L at Delaware (15,673)
9/26 14-46 L RICHMOND (2,695)
10/2 18-28 L at Hofstra (N) (3,782)
10/10 7-32 L MASSACHUSETTS (6,141)
10/17 9-21 L at Maine (8,842)
10/24 21-34 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (HC) (7,097)
10/31 3-34 L at Villanova (5,441)
11/7 26-35 L at Northeastern (6,500)
11/14 13-20 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (2,218)
11/21 0-38 L at Connecticut (3,472)
Floyd Keith(1993-99)23-53-0 in seven seasonsFloyd A. Keith, the first black
coach in Yankee Conference
(now Atlantic 10) history,
turned in one winning season
in eight years at Rhode Island
(23-53), going 7-4 in 1995 and
winning the league’s New England Division. He led
Howard to a 23-17-2 mark in four years as head
coach (1979-82), then joined Bill Mallory’s staff at
Indiana, where the Hoosiers reached five bowl
games in his nine years (1984-91). Before going to
Howard, he coached under Mallory for four years
at Miami of Ohio and five at Colorado.
1993 (4-7)2-6 (4th) in Yankee Conference New
England Division3-2 home, 1-5 awayCoach Floyd Keith
9/4 10-31 L at Boise State (17,618)
9/11 37-32 W HOFSTRA (4,470)
9/18 11-32 L DELAWARE (TSN #3) (3,556)
9/25 15-13 W NORTHEASTERN (3,133)
10/2 30-7 W at Brown (4,429)
10/9 14-36 L at Massachusetts (6,141)
10/16 23-26 W* MAINE (2 OT) (HC) (6,879)
10/23 15-48 L at Boston University (TSN #15) (11,052)
10/30 10-14 L at Villanova (1,256)
11/6 9-41 L CONNECTICUT (3,472)
11/13 33-51 L at New Hampshire (4,347)
*- Maine forfeited for using ineligible players
1994 (2-9)2-6 (tie-5th) in Yankee Conference New
England Division0-5 home, 2-4 awayCoach Floyd Keith
9/3 17-38 L WILLIAM & MARY (TSN #21) (3,383)
9/10 28-21 W at Maine (4,013)
9/17 27-20 W at Northeastern (4,050)
9/24 29-32 L BROWN (5,692)
10/1 12-22 L at Massachusetts (10,812)
10/8 23-45 L BOSTON UNIVERSITY (TSN #12) (3,714)
10/22 16-33 L at Connecticut (13,119)
10/29 7-13 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC) (TSN #25) (5,239)
11/4 16-42 L at Hofstra (TSN #23) (5,081)
11/12 26-28 L DELAWARE STATE (3,009)
11/19 7-26 L at Delaware (11,646)
1995 (7-4)6-2 (1st) in Yankee Conference New
England Division4-2 home, 3-2 awayCoach Floyd Keith
9/2 17-14 W at Delaware State (3,982)
9/9 17-13 W MAINE (4,124)
9/16 10-7 W at New Hampshire (TSN #22) (5,077)
9/23 28-31 L at Brown (4,052)
9/30 34-0 W MASSACHUSETTS (5,005)
10/7 14-23 L at William & Mary (TSN #17) (7,230)
10/14 22-19 W at Boston University (8,201)
10/21 24-19 W CONNECTICUT (HC) (TSN #15) (7,237)
11/4 27-10 W VILLANOVA (8,044)
11/11 3-37 L HOFSTRA (TSN #8) (5,837)
11/18 19-24 L DELAWARE (TSN #8) (7,890)
1996 (4-6)2-5 (4th) in Yankee Conference New
England Division4-2 home, 0-4 awayCoach Floyd Keith
8/31 49-3 W AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL (3,719)
9/7 16-23 L WILLIAM & MARY (2,131)
9/14 26-35 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (2,570)
9/21 19-58 L at Maine (3,525)
9/28 28-13 W BROWN (3,750)
10/5 41-21 W MASSACHUSETTS (5,390)
10/19 Canceled* at Connecticut
10/26 38-7 W BOSTON UNIVERSITY (HC) (5,000)
11/2 16-34 L at Villanova (TSN #16) (7,648)
11/16 27-43 L at Delaware (TSN #13) (14,341)
11/23 0-21 L at Hofstra (2,451)
*-Ruled “no contest” by NCAA, a forfeit by Yankee
Conference
1997 (2-9)2-6 (tie-4th) in Yankee Conference New
England Division1-4 home, 1-5 awayCoach Floyd Keith
9/6 14-30 L MAINE (4,670)
9/13 35-21 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (2,680)
9/20 13-41 L NORTHEASTERN (2,639)
9/27 14-18 L at Massachusetts (8,218)
10/4 21-28 L HOFSTRA (HC) (5,178)
10/11 20-17 W at Boston University (1,281)
10/18 15-23 L at Brown (4,922)
10/25 21-37 L at Connecticut (5,139)
11/1 15-37 L VILLANOVA (TSN #1) (2,297)
11/8 11-27 L at Richmond (5,918)
11/15 37-39 L at James Madison (3 OT) (6,800)
1998 (3-8)2-6 (5th) in Atlantic 10 Conference New
England Division2-3 home, 1-5 awayCoach Floyd Keith
9/5 13-21 L WILLIAM & MARY (TSN #14) (3,713)
9/17 17-20 L RICHMOND (OT) (2,519)
9/26 17-24 L at Northeastern (4,866)
10/3 44-16 W BROWN (HC) (7,214)
10/10 18-17 W at Maine (3,271)
10/17 30-48 L at Hofstra (TSN #25) (7,452)
10/24 17-31 L at Connecticut (TSN #10) (12,572)
10/31 28-21 W JAMES MADISON (2,389)
11/7 13-23 L MASSACHUSETTS (TSN #12) (5,036)
11/14 7-9 L at New Hampshire (3,335)
11/21 15-27 L at Villanova (5,214)
1999 (1-10)1-7 (tie-10th) in Atlantic 10 Conference
1-5 home, 0-5 awayCoach Floyd Keith
9/4 14-37 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (2,419)
9/18 13-28 L HOFSTRA (TSN #7) (2,691)
9/25 21-24 L MORGAN STATE (2,067)
10/2 9-20 L at Connecticut (11,769)
10/9 38-41 L at Richmond (5,179)
10/16 25-27 L at Brown (7,032)
10/23 23-14 W MAINE (HC) (4,458)
10/30 9-31 L at Massachusetts (TSN #20) (13,879)
11/6 6-24 L WILLIAM & MARY (6,130)
11/13 0-35 L at Delaware (TSN #25) (17,227)
11/20 10-20 L NORTHEASTERN (2,398)
Tim Stowers(2000-present)22-35 in five seasonsTim Stowers’ five-year mark at
Rhode Island (22-35) is some-
what misleading, considering
he inherited a 1-10 team and
went 3-8, then 8-3 in just his
second season. In 2001, he led
the Rams to their first winning season in six years
and their first national ranking (No. 20) since 1985.
The Rams have played 20 nationally-ranked teams
in his five years at the helm. A former Auburn line-
man (1977-78) and assistant (1979-83), he joined the
Georgia Southern staff in 1985 and helped win three
I-AA titles in five years. Named head coach in 1990,
he guided the Eagles to a national crown in his first
season and was 51-23 in six years.
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All-time Scores2000 (3-8)
2-7 in Atlantic 10 Conference1-4 home, 2-4 awayCoach Tim Stowers
9/2 7-29 L DELAWARE (TSN #16) (3,016)
9/9 12-13 L at New Hampshire (3,403)
9/23 12-30 L at Hofstra (TSN #12) (3,209)
9/30 19-29 L BROWN (4,173)
10/7 16-26 L at William & Mary (5,358)
10/14 7-6 W JAMES MADISON (HC) (TSN #8) (4,914)
10/21 38-24 W at Northeastern (3,233)
10/28 7-37 L at Maine (4,745)
11/4 10-13 L RICHMOND (OT) (TSN #13) (3,681)
11/11 26-21 W at Connecticut (9,591)
11/18 21-29 L MASSACHUSETTS (3,876)
2001 (8-3)6-3 (5th) in Atlantic10 Conference
4-1 home, 4-2 awayCoach Tim Stowers
8/30 10-7 W at Delaware (TSN #4) (20,794)
9/8 35-26 W HOFSTRA (TSN #4) (4,309)
9/22 16-12 W at James Madison (10,200)
9/29 42-38 W at Brown (9,365)
10/6 56-7 W at Hampton (1,802)
10/13 34-31 W WILLIAM & MARY (TSN #25) (5,301)
10/20 31-27 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (HC) (5,687)
10/27 0-28 L at Richmond (7,479)
11/3 14-26 L MAINE (TSN #24) (5,803)
11/17 7-24 L at Massachusetts (6,085)
11/24 27-26 W NORTHEASTERN (3,206)
2002 (3-9)1-8 (11th) in Atlantic 10 Conference
3-3 home, 0-6 awayCoach Tim Stowers
8/31 28-0 W BRYANT (3,346)
9/7 19-37 L at Hofstra (TSN #20) (3,333)
9/14 17-63 L at Syracuse (43,089)
9/28 14-31 L at Maine (TSN #3) (7,034)
10/5 38-28 W BROWN (3,990)
10/12 13-38 L at Northeastern (1,004)
10/19 17-14 W DELAWARE (2 OT) (HC) (5,791)
10/26 0-26 L RICHMOND (1,451)
11/2 11-15 L JAMES MADISON (3,966)
11/9 6-44 L at William & Mary (TSN #20) (5,502)
11/16 3-45 L at Villanova (TSN #4) (5,019)
11/23 21-48 L MASSACHUSETTS (2,501)
2003 (4-8)3-6 (tie, 8th) in Atlantic 10 Conference
2-4 home, 2-4 awayCoach Tim Stowers
9/6 28-63 L FORDHAM (TSN #13) (4,311)
9/13 39-42 L NORTHEASTERN (TSN #6) (2,970)
9/20 55-40 W NEW HAMPSHIRE (3,261)
9/27 17-13 W at Richmond (8,270)
10/4 27-9 W at Brown (5,728)
10/11 17-21 L VILLANOVA (HC) (TSN #3) (3,623)
10/18 10-55 L at Delaware (TSN #4) (20,795)
10/25 24-37 L WILLIAM & MARY (4,098)
11/1 27-39 L at James Madison (13,885)
11/8 24-31 L at Cincinnati (14,006)
11/15 24-0 W HOFSTRA (2,523)
11/22 17-31 L at Massachusetts (TSN #7) (7,087)
2004 (4-7)2-6 (6th) in Atlantic 10 Conference North
Division2-4 home, 2-4 awayCoach Tim Stowers
9/4 37-36 W at Fordham (4,460)
9/11 39-7 W CENTRAL CONN. ST. (2,865)
9/25 43-62 L at Hofstra (5,180)
10/2 13-20 L BROWN (3,551)
10/9 28-16 W TOWSON (7,102)
10/16 24-31 L at William & Mary (TSN #16) (8,774)
10/23 27-24 W MASSACHUSETTS (HC) (4,376)
10/30 9-48 L VILLANOVA (TSN #23) (2,236)
11/6 3-27 L NEW HAMPSHIRE (TSN #18) (4,595)
11/14 28-42 L MAINE (2,068)
11/20 14-42 L at Northeastern (2,672)
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