Bryant, Brown and URI Hit the Road Looking For Wins
Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team
Bryant, Brown and URI Hit the Road Looking For Wins
Quiet week in Rhode Island for college football as all three local teams are on the road. URI visits Maine, Brown takes on Ivy League rival Harvard and Bryant has the biggest game of the three as they visit #1 Coastal Carolina. Here is a preview of the games.
The Bryant University Bulldogs (2-0) visit South Carolina to take on the number one ranked team in the FCS Coaches' Poll, (3-0)Coastal Carolina. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThis marks the first time that Bryant will play a team that is ranked number one.
For the Bulldogs to get the win, their defense is going to have to continue to play well. In the first two games of the season, they have only given up 9.5 points per game and are ranked third nationally in scoring defense and fourth in red zone defense.
The Chanticleers have one of the best quarterbacks in the country in Alex Ross who has completed 70 percent of his passes so far this season. Running back De'Angelo Henderson is in the top five nationally, averaging 132 rushing yards per game.
On the offensive side of the ball, Bryant can't turn the ball over and give Coastal Carolina extra possessions. Quarterback Dalton Easton will need a big game coming off of a big game that he had against Brown in which he threw for 309 yards.
This is obviously a huge early season test for Bryant on the road.
The Brown University Bears (0-1) visit Ivy League rival #25 (1-0)Harvard under the lights at Harvard Stadium. This is the 16th straight season the schools have played each other. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on Fox College Sports.
The Bears have lost to Harvard four straight seasons and to pull off the upset, the biggest thing they need to do is hold onto the ball. Las week against Bryant, Brown turned the ball over five times, four of which came in the he red zone.
Other than the turnovers, Brown quarterback Marcus Fuller had a big game last week, throwing for over 403 yards. Brown is going to need Fuller to do something similar against Harvard.
The Crimson are ranked #25 in the country coming off of a 41-10 win over URI last week. Harvard quarterback Scott Hosch threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns.
Harvard has won 15 straight games dating back to last season.
This would be a huge bounce back win for Brown if they can pull off the upset on the road.
URI at Maine, 3:30 p.m. kickoff
URI and Maine have met 93 times prior to today and the Rams are 34-56-3 against the Black Bears. Maine has won the last eight games in the series.
This game will be a battle of struggling offenses and struggling defenses which means its either going to be really low scoring or high scoring.
Offensively, URI has only scored 14 points in three games and come into this game averaging 5.7 points per game. Meanwhile, the Black Bears are averaging five points per game and only 193 total yards per game.
On the defensive side of the ball, URI is giving up 41 points per game while Maine is giving up 31 points per game.
For the Rams, given the above stats, get on the board early, touchdown or field goal. An early score will be a big advantage in this game.
RI Teams To Win National Championships
PC Basketball 1960-61 NIT
The Providence College Friars won the National Invitation Tournament(NIT) in 1961, defeating St. Louis 62-59 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
At this time, the NIT was considered to be the National Championship of College Basketball.
The Friars were led by Vinny Ernst and James Hadnot that season.
PC 1962-63 NIT Champions
The Friars won their second NIT Championship two years after the first one. Led by Ray Flynn, John Thompson Jr. and Vinnie Ernst, the Friars won 15 straight games to claim the title.
Providence finished the season with a 24-4 record.
URI Men's Sailing 1965
The URI Rams won their first small boat National Championship in 1965.
The Rams were led by Art Payne and Peter Greene, both of whom were from Rhode Island.
Photo courtesy of urisailing.org
URI Men's Sailing 1975
The URI Rams won their second small boat National Championship and also won the National team race that season.
Photo courtesy of urisailing.org
URI Men's Sailing 1977
The URI men's sailing team won the National Championship in small boat sailing in 1977.
The team was led by two time all Americans Gary Knapp and Ed Adams.
Photo Courtesy of urisailing.org
Brown Men's Crew '93
The Brown Bears won the triple-crown, winning the Eastern Sprints, the IRA and the National Championship.
Brown Men's Crew '94
The Bears repeated their triple-crown performance from the season before, once again winning the Eastern Sprints, the IRA and the National Championship.
The Bears went undefeated on the season.
Photo Courtesy of brownbears.com
Brown Men's Crew '95
Coach Scott Roop leads the Bears to a third straight IRA and National Championship.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
PC Women's Cross Country
The 1995 Providence Friars won the programs first NCAA title. On the way, PC won their first BIG EAST and ECAC Championships.
Head Coach Ray Treacy was named NCAA Division I Women's National Coach of the Year, BIG EAST Men's and Women's Coach of the Year, Rhode Island Words Unlimited Women's Coach of the Year and NCAA District I Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Brown Women's Crew '96
Under head coach John Murphy, the Brown women's crew team won the 1996 eastern Sprints, the IRA's and the Collegiate National Championship.
The team became the first women's crew to win the "Triple Crown" of collegiate racing.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
Brown Women's Crew '97
Brown's varsity four team wins the first NCAA Championship by defeating the University of Washington on Lake Natoma in California.
The Bears finished third as a team overall.
Brown Women's Sailing '98
The Brown Women's Sailing Team won the College Sailing Women's National Championship in 1998.
The championships were held at Tulane University in New Orleans Louisiana.
Brown Women's Crew '99
Brown women's crew won the first NCAA Division I Championship in Brown University History by defeating the University of Virginia by a three-second margin at lake Natoma in California.
Brown also won the Eastern Sprint Championship and the Ivy Championship, setting a new course record in the process.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
Brown Women's Crew 2000
Brown repeated as national Champions in 2000, beating the University of Washington by 3.9 seconds four points.
In addition, Brown's varsity and second varsity won the Eastern Sprint Championship and the IVY league Championship.
Both teams went undefeated on the season.
Brown Women's Crew '02
The Bears won their third National title in four years defeating the defending champion Washington by four points in Indianapolis.
Brown was the only school to qualify all of it's crew for the grand finals.
The Bears went undefeated during the regular season.
Brown Women's Crew '04
Brown won thier fourth title in six years on Lake Natoma in California.
The win made Brown the winningest program in NCAA Championship history.
Brown Women's Crew '07
Brown won their fifth National Championship in 2007 at Melton Hill Lake in Tennessee.
The Bears beat Ohio State and Yale who came in second and third place respectively.
Photo courtesy of taxref/flickr
Brown Women's Crew '08
The Bears won their sixth National Championship on Lake Natoma in California.
The Bears beat Washington by eight points and third place Cal by 14 points to repeat as champions for the first time since 1999-2000.
URI Women's Sailing 2011
The URI Women won the programs first National Championship in small boat sailing in the 79 year history of the program and hoisted the Gerald C. Miller Memorial Trophy at the Sperry Top-Sider/Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s National Championship.
The Rams won the title as a club team and were one of two club teams competing for the title. The other club team was Western Washington, who finished 17.
Photo courtesy of uri.edu
Brown Women's Crew 2011
The Bears won their seventh NCAA National Championship in 15 years under head coach John Murphy.
The Bears racked up 45 points in the final race and beat Stanford by five seconds.
The title was their first since 2008.
Photo courtesy of brownbears.com
PC Women's Cross Country
The Providence College Women's Cross Country team won the 2013 National Championship with 141 points.
Emily Sisson was the Friars top finisher as she finished in seventh place at Wabash Valley Family Sports Center.
This was Providence's first title win since 1995.
PC Hockey 2015
The Providence College Friars won the 2015 NCAA Ice Hockey National Championship, defeating Boston University 4-3 at the TD Garden.
The Championship is the first in the program's history and only the third NCAA National Title in Providence College History.
PC goatender Jon Gillies was named Most Outstanding Player.
