2018 Fordham Rams football team

2018 Fordham Rams football
Conference Patriot League
2018 record 1–5 (1–1 Patriot)
Head coach Joe Conlin (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Mike Burchett (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator Paul Rice (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator Darrell Perkins (1st season)
Home stadium Coffey Field
(Capacity: 7,000)
2018 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 20 Colgate  3 –0     5 –0  
Georgetown  1 –0     2 –4  
Bucknell  1 –1     1 –5  
Lehigh  0 –0     1 –4  
Lafayette  0 –1     1 –4  
Fordham  0 –1     0 –5  
Holy Cross  0 –2     1 –5  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Fordham Rams football team represents Fordham University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Joe Conlin and play their home games at Coffey Field as a member of the Patriot League.

Previous season

The Rams finished the 2017 season 4–7, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

On December 5, head coach Andrew Breiner resigned to become the quarterbacks coach at Mississippi State.[1]He finished at Fordham with a two-year record of 12–10.[2]

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Rams predicted to finish in third place.[3]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Colgate71 (11)
2Lehigh63 (3)
3Fordham45
4Holy Cross40
T–5Bucknell31
T–5Lafayette31
7Georgetown13

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Rams placed five players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at Charlotte*
ESPN+L 10–349,240
September 86:00 p.m.at Richmond*
NBCS WAL 7–528,057
September 156:00 p.m.No. 24 Stony Brook*
StadiumL 6–286,524
September 221:00 p.m.Central Connecticut*dagger
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
StadiumL 13–247,134
October 61:00 p.m.Georgetown
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
StadiumL 11–232,010
October 1312:30 p.m.at Lehigh
StadiumW 43–14
October 201:00 p.m.Bryant*
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
Stadium
October 271:00 p.m.Lafayette
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
Stadium
November 31:00 p.m.Colgate
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
Stadium
November 1012:00 p.m.at Holy Cross
Stadium
November 1712:00 p.m.at Bucknell
Stadium
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4]

Game summaries

at Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 3 0 10
49ers 3 10 7 14 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 0 7 7
Spiders 7 10 28 7 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–0–1 1995 TIE, 3–3

Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Seawolves 7 14 7 0 28
Rams 0 0 0 6 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 1988 SBU, 3–0

Central Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 10 7 7 0 24
Rams 0 6 7 0 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2017 FORD, 38–31

Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Hoyas 8 0 7 8 23
Rams 0 8 3 0 11
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–22–3 2017 FORD, 17–9

at Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 22 7 14 43
Mountain Hawks 0 6 0 8 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–24 2017 FORD, 45–35

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2017 BRY, 45–40

Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–23–1 2017 LAF, 14–10

Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–22 2017 GATE, 14–10

at Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0
Crusaders 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–28–2 2017 HOLY, 42–20

at Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0
Bison 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–18 2017 FORD, 20–19

References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Breiner Named MSU Pass Game Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach". Hailstate.com. December 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Fordham Football Head Coach Andrew Breiner Resigns". fordhamsports.com. December 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ "PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL PRESEASON MAJOR AWARDS, POLL AND ALL-LEAGUE HONORS ANNOUNCED". www.patriotleague.org. July 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 Football Schedule". Fordham University Athletics. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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