| Year: | 2020 |
| Team: | Rhode Island Rams |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Division: | North Division |
| Short Conf: | CAA |
| Statsrank: | 18 |
| Fcscoachrank: | 24 |
| Record: | 2–1 |
| Conf Record: | 2–1 |
| Head Coach: | Jim Fleming |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Off Coach: | Patrick Murphy |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Jack Cooper |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Meade Stadium |
The 2020 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.
On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference is allowing the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wish to play in the fall.[1]
On April 7, 2021, the team announced that its season would end earlier than expected due to a mandated pause in team activities resulting from positive COVID-19 cases that extended past their last scheduled game.[2]
Rhode Island had a game scheduled against Brown on October 3, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3] The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.[4]