URI Football Looks to Upset #15 New Hampshire on ESPN3
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URI Football Looks to Upset #15 New Hampshire on ESPN3
URI’s last win over a ranked opponent came in 2011 when they edged #19 William & Mary 24-21.
The Rams are 14-81 all-time against ranked opponents.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe Rams enter the game with an overall record of 1-2 on the season following last week’s 17-10 win over Harvard.
"That win was a big boost for Rhode Island, gets them back in the picture this week if they can win this week. Obviously, it will be a tall task going up against New Hampshire who is 15 in one poll and 16 in another," said URI radio play-by-play man Steven McDonald.
"I knew they were going to get better. They have good kids and they have a quarterback that can sling it a little bit," said New Hampshire head coach Sean McDonnell earlier this week.
New Hampshire is 1-1 on the season.
Kick-off is set for 3:35 p.m. The game can be seen on ESPN3.
URI vs. New Hampshire
Saturday’s game will be the 92nd meeting between the two programs, with New Hampshire having won the last six games.
The last meeting between the two teams came in 2015 when URI held a 17-0 lead over the Wildcats before losing the game in the second half.
URI’s last win over New Hampshire came in 2010 when Rhode Island held off the Wildcats 28-25.
URI Offense
URI’s offense enters the game averaging 20 points and 380 total yards per game so far this season.
In their last game against Harvard, the Rams scored points in the first half for the first time all season.
The Rams offense is led by Tyler Harris, who ranks third in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) with an average of 235 passing yards per game. His five touchdown passes are tied for fifth in the league.
Last week, Harris threw for 235 passing yards with one passing and one rushing touchdown.
A big target for Harris so far this season has been sophomore wide receiver Aaron Parker, who has at least one touchdown catch in five straight games.
Running back Harold Cooper has racked up 223 rushing yards through the first three games of the season, ranking fourth best in the conference.
His 1,849 career rushing yards ranks ninth in URI history.
URI Defense
The Rams defense is third in the league in takeaways with seven behind Maine, who has 10 and Delaware who has nine.
URI’s six fumble recoveries are the most in the CAA and the second most in the country. The Rams only had six fumble recoveries in 11 games last season.
Leading the way in forcing turnovers has been sophomore Myles Ross.
Ross forced a fumble against Stony Brook and had an interception against Central Michigan.
Cornerback Momodou Mbye leads URI with two fumble recoveries.
Another key to the Rams defense is the play of senior Jose Duncan, who leads the CAA with four sacks over the first three games.
On the season, URI’s defense has given up an average of 25 points and 400 total yards per 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.
