Rhode Island looking straight ahead despite early national championship chatter

August 26, 2025

During its portion of CAA Media Day a while back, Rhode Island players weren’t shy about their ultimate goal for 2025. A national championship. But, after waiting almost four decades for another CAA title and finally bringing it home last year, head coach Jim Fleming knows the Rams are a long, long way from even thinking about a trip to that last game in Nashville the first week of January…….

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5 observations from our camp visit with URI

August 22, 2025

By Charlie Adams NEFJ Correspondent KINGSTON – No. 9 Rhode Island finished training camp with the attention to detail of a team ready to repeat as Coastal Athletic Association champions. URI’s mock game left no stone unturned. Without a ball being thrown or pads being worn, the Rams went through nearly all facets of a football game, both on and off the field. Practice wrapped with the team singing the…

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Defending CAA champ URI still hungry for more

July 23, 2025

Jim Fleming and his staff enjoyed every bit of the history-making CAA title a year ago. After all, it was the first time the program could celebrate a conference championship in 39 years. But, the final game of the season is what’s stuck with the staff, the players and the fan base the most. The playoff loss to Mercer is what’s fueled them in the offseason and now as training…

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New England well-represented with 10 preseason FCS Stats Perform All-Americans

July 15, 2025

As the start of college training camps creeps closer and closer, lists and rankings are starting to trickle out ahead of the 2025 season. On Tuesday, FCS Stats Perform – secondary to the AFCA rankings and polls, but noteworthy nonetheless – released its preseason All-American teams. New England schools are well-represented with defending CAA champs URI and the local Ivy League schools making the biggest splash. First team offense: Marquis…

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Defending CAA champ URI officially announces addition of 15 portal transfers

July 11, 2025

Image courtesy of URI Athletics In just a few short weeks, the URI Rams will begin training camp as defending CAA champions for the first time in 40 years. The only way to truly continue competing in the most competitive conference in all of FCS is to add as much talent as possible, both from the high school level and from the portal. With that in mind, on Friday, the…

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Recapping the URI spring game

April 19, 2025

By Charlie Adams NEFJ Correspondent KINGSTON – Following last year’s historic campaign that saw Rhode Island reach the postseason for the first time in 39 years with a CAA title, many fans got their first taste of the 2025 season in URI’s Blue-White spring game on Saturday. The final matchup to close out the month-and-a-half long practice session gave the offense four quarters of running clock to try to make…

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Rhode Island announces huge 2025 class on National Signing Day

February 5, 2025

The 2024 season that Jim Fleming and the Rams had will be remembered as one of the best in the history of Rhode Island athletics. Unfortunately, it’s already well in the past. If you need proof, the size of Fleming’s class on National Signing Day Wednesday should be a startling reminder of the regular turnover programs deal with in college athletics. Rhody announced the addition of 24 players, 15 true…

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Rhode Island-Mercer FCS playoff preview

December 6, 2024

After winning the program’s first postseason game since 1985 last Saturday, Rhode Island now has a chance to do something the Rams also haven’t done in 39 years Make it to the FCS quarterfinals. URI last played in the FCS quarters in ’85 against Furman and lost 59-19. Back then, you only needed to win one round to reach the quarters in a 12-team bracket. With a win over No….

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With playoff drought officially over, URI turns its attention to CCSU

November 25, 2024

Image courtesy of URI Athletics The 39-year wait is finally over. Rhode Island alumni, fans, supporters and the entire state will see playoff football this Saturday at Meade Stadium for the first time in a long time when the Rams host Central Connecticut State in the first round of the FCS playoffs. Before looking ahead to the Blue Devils, Rhody head coach Jim Fleming spoke about just how special this…

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Despite vast difference in records, Bryant-URI could provide fireworks

November 19, 2024

The Governor’s Cup is one thing, but Bryant-URI is meaningful too. The Rams will make the short trip to Smithfield to take on the Bulldogs in the regular season finale for both teams this Saturday. With a win, 15th-ranked Rhody will finish 10-2 and lock up an at-large bid into the FCS postseason, giving the program its first playoff berth since 1985. Meanwhile, Bryant limps in at 2-9, but a…

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