2017 Rhode Island Rams football team

The 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

2017 Rhode Island Rams football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	3–8 (2–6 CAA)
Head coach	Jim Fleming (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Will Fleming (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Pete Rekstis (4th season)
Home stadium	Meade Stadium

2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 James Madison $^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 11 Stony Brook ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 20 Elon ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 12 New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
Delaware		5	–	3					7	–	4
Richmond		4	–	4					6	–	5
Towson		3	–	5					5	–	6
Villanova		3	–	5					5	–	6
Maine		3	–	5					4	–	6
Albany		2	–	6					4	–	7
Rhode Island		2	–	6					3	–	8
William & Mary		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at Central Michigan*	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	L 27–30 3OT	16,311
September 9	1:00 p.m.	Stony Brook	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CSL	L 18–35	5,102
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Harvard*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CSL	W 17–10	3,812
September 23	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	ESPN3	L 14–28	22,135
September 30	12:30 p.m.	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (Governor's Cup)	ILN	L 21–24	3,191
October 14	3:30 p.m.	at Maine	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FCS	L 27–51	9,205
October 21	Noon	No. 14 Elon	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CSL	L 34–35	7,221
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Albany	Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY	ESPN3	W 31–14	3,383
November 4	Noon	No. 1 James Madison	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CSL	L 3–38	3,227
November 11	Noon	Villanova	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CSL	W 20–6	2,877
November 18	2:00 p.m.	at Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	TSN	L 10–29	3,134
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Rams	0	0	7	14	3	0	3	27
Chippewas	0	13	0	8	3	0	6	30

See also: 2017 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	14	0	7	14	35
Rams	0	0	10	8	18

See also: 2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	3	7	0	0	10
Rams	0	17	0	0	17

See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team

At New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	7	7	14
No. 15 Wildcats	8	7	0	13	28

See also: 2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

At Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	7	0	7	21
Bears	3	0	21	0	24

See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team and Governor's Cup (Rhode Island)

At Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	14	7	0	6	27
Black Bears	7	16	28	0	51

See also: 2017 Maine Black Bears football team

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Phoenix	14	7	7	7	35
Rams	7	20	7	0	34

See also: 2017 Elon Phoenix football team

At Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	6	15	3	7	31
Great Danes	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2017 Albany Great Danes football team

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Dukes	0	7	17	14	38
Rams	0	3	0	0	3

See also: 2017 James Madison Dukes football team

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	0	3	0	6
Rams	3	7	10	0	20

See also: 2017 Villanova Wildcats football team

At Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	3	0	0	10
Tigers	2	13	7	7	29

See also: 2017 Towson Tigers football team