1961 Rhode Island Rams football team

1961 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record2–6–1 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
1961 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Maine $ 5 0 08 0 1
UMass 3 1 05 4 0
Connecticut 2 2 02 7 0
New Hampshire 1 3 03 5 0
Rhode Island 1 4 02 6 1
Vermont 0 2 03 3 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1961 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1961 college football season. In its first season under head coach John Chironna, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 163 to 69. The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.