The 2021 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the

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as a member of the

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(CAA) in the

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. The Rams, led by eighth-year head coach Jim Fleming, played their home games at

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. On October 11, the Rams were named 12th in national FCS polls, the highest they have been ranked in 20 years. Andre Bibeault was named the Special Teams Player of the Week by the CAA.

Previous season

The

Rams In engineering, RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety)2020 season with a record of 2-1 (2-1 in the CAA). They finished in fourth place. Rhode Island started the season unranked, but climbed as high as No. 18 after a 2-0 start by week three. Rhode Island and the

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would cancel the season after week three due to the

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. The team finished the 2020 season unranked.

Schedule

Game summaries

Bryant

At Albany

At Brown

Stony Brook

No. 9 Delaware

At Towson

At No. 5 Villanova

Maine

At UMass

New Hampshire

At Elon

Ranking

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

References

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Rhode Island Rams football seasons

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