1911 Rhode Island State Rams football team

The 1911 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 1911 college football season. In its third year under head coach George Cobb, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record.^[1]

1911 Rhode Island State Rams football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–1
Head coach	George Cobb (3rd season)
Seasons ← 1910 1912 →

1911 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn State			–					8	–	0	–	1
Carlisle			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	0	–	2
Trinity (CT)			–					6	–	0	–	2
Temple			–					6	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					7	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	3	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	0
St. Bonaventure			–					2	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	3
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					1	–	6	–	1
Villanova			–					0	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					0	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 23	at Massachusetts	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	W 5–0
September 30	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 3–0	^[2]
October 4	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 0–12	^[3]
October 14	Norwich	Kingston, RI	W 3–0
October 21	at NYU	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 0–0	^[4]
October 28	at New Hampshire	Durham, NH	W 9–8
November 4	at Worcester Tech	Worcester, MA	L 0–3
November 11	Boston College	Kingston, RI	W 25–0	^[5]

References

1. "Rhode Island Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2020. p. 11.
2. "First Engagements in the Football War: Maine caught a Tartar in Rhode Island". The Bangor Daily News. October 2, 1911. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Brown 12, Rhode Island 0: Providence Team Held to Small Score, Wet Ball and Muddy Field Being Contributing Factors". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1911. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "N.Y.U.-Rhode Island, 0–0". The New York Times. October 22, 1911. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Beats Boston College 23 to 0: Rhode Island State Institution Wins at Kingston, R. I." The Boston Globe. November 12, 1911. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.