1916 Rhode Island State Rams football team

The 1916 Rhode Island State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In its second year under head coach James A. Baldwin, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record.^[1]

1916 Rhode Island State Rams football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–1
Head coach	James A. Baldwin (2nd season)
Seasons ← 1915 1917 →

1916 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					8	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	2	–	2
Harvard			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	2	–	2
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire			–					3	–	5	–	2
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	2
Carlisle			–					1	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					2	–	6	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	9	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	8	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 23		Fort Adams	Kingston, RI	W 69–0
September 30		at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 0–18	[2]
October 7		at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	T 3–3	[3]
October 14		at Maine	Orono, ME	W 13–0	[4]
October 21		at Colgate	Hamilton, NY	L 0–33	[5]
October 28		Connecticut	Kingston, RI (rivalry)	W 13–6
November 4	2:30 p.m.	at Boston College	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	L 0–39	[6][7]
November 18		at New Hampshire	Durham, NH	L 0–12	[8]
All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "Rhode Island Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2020. p. 11.
2. "Brown 18, R I State 0". The Boston Globe. October 1, 1916. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Rhode Island and Wesleyan in Draw". The Hartford Courant. October 8, 1916. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Rhode Island Beat Maine 13-0". The Bangor Daily News. October 16, 1916. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Colgate Mows Down Rhode Island State". The Sun. October 22, 1916. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Boston College Ready For Rhode Island State". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1916. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Boston College 39, Rhode Island 0". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1916. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Close Season with Victory Over R. I." The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 10. Durham, New Hampshire. November 25, 1916. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.