2015 Fordham Rams football team

2015 Fordham Rams football

FCS Playoffs First Round vs Chattanooga, L 20–50
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 19
FCS Coaches	No. 19
2015 record	9–3 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Joe Moorhead (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Breiner
Co-defensive coordinator	Jon Wholley
Co-defensive coordinator	Tim Cary
Home stadium	Coffey Field (Capacity: 7,000)

2015 Patriot League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#17 Colgate $^		6	–	0		9	–	5
#19 Fordham ^		5	–	1		9	–	3
Lehigh		4	–	2		6	–	5
Holy Cross		3	–	3		6	–	5
Georgetown		2	–	4		4	–	7
Bucknell		1	–	5		4	–	7
Lafayette		0	–	6		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Moorhead and played their home games at Coffey Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 9–3, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Chattanooga.

On December 12, head coach Joe Moorhead resigned to become the offensive coordinator at Penn State.^[1] He finished at Fordham with a four-year record of 38–13.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 PM	at Army*	No. 20	Mitchie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 37–35	22,523
September 12	6:00 PM	No. 6 Villanova*	No. 16	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY	PLL	L 7–14	6,586
September 19	1:00 PM	Columbia*	No. 18	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY (The Liberty Cup)		W 44–24	8,052
September 26	1:00 PM	Monmouth*	No. 16	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY		W 54–31	3,471
October 3	1:00 PM	at Lafayette	No. 15	Fisher Field • Easton, PA		W 35–7	3,774
October 10	1:00 PM	at Penn*	No. 13	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA		W 48–45	2,847
October 17	1:00 PM	Holy Cross	No. 10	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)		W 47–41 ^OT	6,825
October 24	1:00 PM	Lehigh	No. 10	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY		W 59–42	4,867
October 31	1:00 PM	at Colgate	No. 11	Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY	PLL	L 29–31	7,879
November 7	1:00 PM	Bucknell	No. 16	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY		W 24–16	9,192
November 14	12:00 PM	at Georgetown	No. 16	Multi-Sport Field • Washington, D.C.		W 38–31	2,219
November 28	1:00 PM	at No. 7 Chattanooga*	No. 14	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–50	4,888
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Rams	14	13	2	8	37
Black Knights	14	7	8	6	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2014	ARMY, 42–31

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Wildcats	7	7	0	0	14
#16 Rams	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–21–3	2014	NOVA, 50–6

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	10	14	0	24
#18 Rams	7	14	7	16	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–12	2014	FORDHAM, 49–7

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	3	14	7	7	31
#16 Rams	14	21	13	6	54

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2006	MONMOUTH, 23–9

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Rams	14	7	14	0	35
Leopards	7	0	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–22–1	2014	FORDHAM, 42–18

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Rams	14	21	0	13	48
Quakers	0	17	13	15	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–5	2014	FORDHAM, 60–22

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Crusaders	17	0	21	3	0	41
#10 Rams	7	20	14	0	6	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–27–2	2014	FORDHAM, 45–16

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	14	0	21	42
#10 Rams	14	3	21	21	59

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–23	2014	FORDHAM, 48–27

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Rams	3	6	0	20	29
Raiders	14	10	0	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–20	2014	FORDHAM, 37–13

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	7	3	0	6	16
#16 Rams	7	3	7	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–18	2014	FORDHAM, 30–27

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Rams	14	14	3	7	38
Hoyas	7	14	7	3	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–22–3	2014	FORDHAM, 52–7

FCS Playoffs

First Round–at Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Rams	0	0	14	6	20
#7 Mocs	21	10	10	9	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	20	16	18	16	15	13	10	10	11	16	16	13	13	19
Coaches	21	16	19	16	13	12	10	11	11	17	17	14	14	19

References

↑ http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/12/12/penn-state-joe-moorhead-offensive-coordinator-fordham

Fordham Rams football

Venues	Polo Grounds 1928-1942; 1946-1950; 1953-1954, Downing Stadium 1951-1952, Coffey Field (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Ram–Crusader Cup (Holy Cross) The Liberty Cup (Columbia) 1941 Cotton Bowl Classic 1942 Sugar Bowl

Culture & lore	First televised football game Seven Blocks of Granite The Ram "The Ram"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Coastal Carolina Colgate Dayton Duquesne Eastern Illinois Fordham Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Portland State Richmond Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Utah Western Illinois William & Mary

Champion – North Dakota State

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