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The 1983 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their eighth season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 6–4 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and tied for fourth out of six teams in the conference.[1]
| 1983 Rhode Island Rams football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (2–3 Yankee) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Niles Nelson (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Pete Adrian (8th season) |
| Home stadium | Meade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–13 Boston University +^ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 New Hampshire | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 3 | at Ball State* | L 26–42 | 5,695 | ||||
| September 17 | Maine | W 24–16 | 8,456 | ||||
| September 24 | at Brown* | W 30–16 | 13,700 | [2] | |||
| October 1 | at UMass | W 13–3 | 6,831 | ||||
| October 8 | Northeastern* |
| W 30–10 | 12,211 | |||
| October 15 | at Boston University | L 22–24 | 7,343 | ||||
| October 22 | Southern Connecticut* |
| W 17–7 | 9,841 | |||
| October 29 | New Hampshire |
| L 13–14 | 5,890 | |||
| November 5 | Delaware* |
| W 19–9 | 5,307 | |||
| November 12 | Connecticut |
| L 17–18 | 6,764 | |||
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