THE BASICS
No. 25 Rhode Island (7-3, 4-3 CAA Football) at Elon (5-5, 4-3 CAA Football)
Kickoff: Saturday, Nov. 20, 2:00 p.m. EST
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RHODE ISLAND VS. ELON - SERIES NOTES

• Saturday will be the fifth meeting all time between Rhode Island and Elon, with the Phoenix holding a 3-1 advantage.
• Rhode Island's lone win in the series came in the first meeting between the schools, a 44-14 victory at Rhodes Stadium on Nov. 12, 2016.
• The Rams are making their third visit overall to Elon, and their first since a 24-21 loss in 2018.
• URI enters the game on a two-game win streak, including a 28-3 victory over New Hampshire. Last week Elon snapped a two-game skid with a 37-14 win at Towson.

RAMS LOOKING TO MATCH HIGHEST WIN TOTAL IN TWO DECADES

• Heading into the regular season finale, Rhode Island is trying to win eight games in a season for the first time since 2001, when it finished 8-3.
• In 123 years of football, Rhode Island has only won eight games three times.
• The Rams won 10 games in back-to-back seasons, going 10-3 in both 1984 and 1985 with Bob Griffin at the helm.
• In 2001, the Rams were 8-3 under the watch of Tim Stowers.
• Current head coach Jim Fleming has led Rhode Island to three winning seasons in the last four years, going 6-5 in 2018, 2-1 in the COVID-impacted 2020-21 spring season and 7-3 thus far in 2021.
• He is the fifth URI head coach to record three winning seasons in Kingston.
• Frank Keaney had seven winning seasons in 21 years (1920-40), while Bob Griffin did the same in 17 years (1976-92).
• Hal Kopp (1950, 1952-55) was above .500 four times in five years, and Marshall Tyler had three winning seasons in 10 years (1898-1901, 1903-08).

TIPPETT AMONG NATION'S BEST RETURNERS

• Senior Coby Tippett leads CAA Football and is seventh nationally with an average of 12.6 yards per punt return.
• With 226 punt return yards on 18 attempts, Tippett has the fifth highest single-season punt return yards in program history.
• His 56-yard return at Massachusetts was his second return of 50 or more yards this year.
• He was the CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 13, thanks to his 50-yard punt return for a touchdown at UAlbany.
• Tippett has seven returns for 10+ yards.
• A starting safety, Tippett is fifth on the team with 41 tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss.
• He is second on the team with six pass break ups.

HE GETS IT DONE OFF THE FIELD AS WELL

• Using his platform as a student-athlete for greater good, senior Coby Tippett has teamed with URI baseball player Billy Butler to raise money for the Tomorrow Fund.
• The Tomorrow Fund is a nonprofit group based at Hasbro Children's Hospital that provides monetary and emtional support to children and their families battling cancer.
• Tippett and Butler created Ballers In Action, collecting pledges based on certain statistical categories that result in donations going directly to the Providence-based organization.
• To date, Tippett's efforts have raised more than $3,000 on behalf of the Tomorrow Fund.
• To donate, visit the GoFundMe site Tippett set up on behalf of the Tomorrow Fund.