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2013 Rhode Island Rams football team

American college football team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ16975657 ↗
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The 2013 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Joe Trainer and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in CAA play.

The Rams entered the season having lost a school-record 13 straight contests dating back to the final two games of the 2011 season. That record was extended to 15 after losing their opening two games of 2013 before finally ending the losing streak with a win over Albany on September 14.

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This entry incorporates text from “2013 Rhode Island Rams football team” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.