2021 Fordham University Football Notes
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2021 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL NOTES Fordham University Sports Information Office: Joe DiBari, Director of Sports Information Website: www.fordhamsports.com Office: 718-817-4240; Cell: 917-539-5061; FAX: 718-817-4244; E-Mail: [email protected] 2021 Fordham GAME 1 - #FORDatNEB FORDHAM “RAMS” (0-0, 0-0 Patriot) Schedule (0-0, 0-0) Head Coach: Joe Conlin (Pittsburgh ‘02) Record at Fordham: 8-18 (fourth season) Date Opponent Time Sept. 4 at Nebraska ........................... 12:00 p.m. at Sept. 11 MONMOUTH .......................6:00 p.m. NEBRASKA “CORNHUSKERS” (0-1) Sept. 18 at FAU .................................... 6:00 p.m. Head Coach: Scott Frost (Nebraska ‘98) Sept. 25 at Stony Brook ........................ 3:30 p.m. Record at Nebraska: 12-22 (fifth season)/31-29 overall (seventh season) Oct. 2 at Lafayette* ........................... 3:30 p.m. Oct. 9 WAGNER (H) .......................1:00 p.m. Oct. 16 BUCKNELL* ........................1:00 p.m. Sept. 4, 2021 • 12:00 p.m. • Lincoln, Neb. • Memorial Stadium (90,000) Oct. 23 LEHIGH* (F) ........................1:00 p.m. Series History: First Meeting Nov. 6 at Georgetown* .................... 12:30 p.m. At Nebraska: N/A Nov. 13 HOLY CROSS* ....................1:00 p.m. Last Meeting: N/A Nov. 20 at Colgate* ......................................TBA WFUV 90.7 FM/WFUVSports.org: Nick DeLuca, PxP • Andrew Gullotta, Analyst * - Patriot League game Big 10 Network: Mark Followill, PxP; • Matt Millen, Analyst • Elise Menaker, Sidelines All times EST (H) - Homecoming (F) - Family Weekend 2021 TEAM COMPARISON #RAMBLINGS • The Fordham University Rams open the 2021 season, Fordham’s 121st varsity season, by traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska, to face the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers in Memorial Stadium on Saturday, September 4, at 12:00 p.m. (EST) • The game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and WFUVSports.org. Record ......... 2-1, 1-1 PL Record ...0-1, 0-1 Big 10 Pts./Gm...................31.7 Pts./Gm...................22.0 • Fordham enters the 2021 season after going 2-1 in the 2020-2021 spring season, while Rush Yds/G ...........83.7 Rush Yds/Gm......160.0 Nebraska is 0-1 this fall, falling at Illinois, 30-22, last Saturday. Pass Yd/Gm .........349.7 Pass Yd/Gm .........232.0 • This will be the first meeting between Fordham and Nebraska on the gridiron. Total Off/Gm ������433.3 Total Off/Gm ������392.0 • The Rams have played five schools currently in the Big 10 Conference, amassing Total Def/Gm ......292.7 Total Def/Gm ......326.0 an 11-14-2 mark against those schools, but only two of those programs were in the INDIVIDUAL LEADERS conference at the time of the game. RUSHING RUSHING • Senior linebacker Ryan Greenhagen was named a Preseason All-American. #3 Trey Sneed #2 Adrian Martinez • The crowd of 90,000 will be the largest to ever see a Fordham football game. 52-175, 3 TD, 58.3 ypg 17-111, 1 TD, 111.0 ypg • The game will mark the tenth time over the past eleven years that Fordham will face an NCAA FCS school (a 2020 game at Hawaii was canceled due to COVID). PASSING PASSING #17 Tim DeMorat #2 Adrian Martinez • Senior quarterback Tim DeMorat has 36 93-129, 1,049 yds, 16-32, 232 yds career touchdown passes, good for sixth 5 TD, 3 INT, 349.7 ypg 1 TD, 0 INT, 232.0 ypg place on the Fordham career list. RECEIVING RECEIVING • DeMorat and Greenhagen were named #82 Fotis Kokosioulis #89 Oliver Martin the Patriot League Preseason Offensive and 20-278 yds, 1 TD, 92.7 ypg 11-103 yds, 1 TD, 103.0 ypg Defensive Players of the Year. • The Rams are the winningest New York DEFENSE DEFENSE #26 Glenn Cunningham #42 Nick Henrich area college football team since 2012 with 23 TT, 3.5 TFL, 1.0 Sack, 11 TT, 0.5 TFL 58 wins. 2 Int. @FordhamRams Fordham Athetics @FordhamFootball www.patriotleague.org 2002, 2007 &2014 Patriot League Champions www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Football Game Notes 1 The Patriot League 2021 STANDINGS League Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Bucknell 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Colgate 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Fordham 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Georgetown 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Holy Cross 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Lafayette 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Lehigh 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 This Week in the Patriot League: Fordham at Nebraska, 12:00 p.m. Villanova at Lehigh, 12:00 p.m. Colgate at Boston College, 12:00 p.m. Holy Cross at UConn, 12:00 p.m. Marist at Georgetown, Canceled Lafayette at Air Force, 2:00 p.m. Bucknell at Sacred Heart, 6:00 p.m. Fordham's 2020-21 Patriot League Stat Leaders THE GAME Rushing Rush Yards/Game Rank • The Fordham University Rams open the 2021 season, Fordham’s 121st varsity Trey Sneed 65.0 2nd season, by traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska, to face the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers in Memorial Stadium on Saturday, September 4, at 12:00 p.m. (EST) Passing Pass Yards/Game Rank Tim DeMorat 357.0 1st • Fordham enters the 2021 season after going 2-1 in the 2020-2021 spring season, while Nebraska is 0-1 this fall, falling at Illinois, 30-22, last Saturday. Passing Eff. Pass Eff. Rank Tim DeMorat 142.0 1st THE SERIES • This will be first meeting between Fordham and Nebraska on the gridiron. Receiving Recpt./Game Rank • It will also be Fordham’s first football game (and believed to be the first ever DeQuece Carter 6.0 3rd Fordham game in any sport) played in the Cornhusker State. Fotis Kokosioulis 5.5 T4th • Nebraska and Fordham met once in men’s basketball action at the 1992 Rain- Trey Sneed 5.5 T4th bow Classic, a game won by the Cornhuskers, 79-55. Total Offense Yards/Game Rank • The Rams have played five schools currently in the Big 10 Conference, amass- Tim DeMorat 375.0 1st ing an 11-14-2 mark against those schools, but only two of those programs were in the conference at the time of the game. All-Purpose Yds/Game Rank • Fordham played Purdue eight times from 1932-1941, compiling a 5-2-1 record Trey Sneed 117.0 1st against the Boilermakers, and Indiana once, a 13-0 Fordham win at the Polo Fotis Kokosioulis 102.5 2nd Grounds in 1929. • Fordham has also played current Big 10 members Rutgers 14 times with a 5-8-1 Pts Respn. For PRF/Game Rank record versus the Scarlet Knights; Penn State three times (1946, 1947, and 1953), Tim DeMorat 12.0 1st with the Nittany Lions taking all three meetings; and Michigan State, a 19-13 loss Tackles Tackles/Game Rank at the Polo Grounds in 1932. Glenn Cunningham 11.0 1st RAMS VS. THE FBS Int. Int./Game Rank • When the Rams take on Nebraska it will be mark the eleventh time over the Stephen Williams 1.00 1st past eleven years that Fordham will face an NCAA FCS school (a 2020 game at Hawaii was canceled due to COVID). TEAM • The Rams have won two of the games, a 30-29 win at Temple in 2013 and a 37- Scoring Offense 32.0 ppg 1st 35 victory at Army West Point in 2015. Scoring Defense 21.0 ppg 4th •The Rams are scheduled to play another FBS school in 2021 as they to travel Rushing Offense 82.5 yards/game 5th Pass Offense 357.0 yards/game 1st Florida Atlantic on September 18. Total Offense 439.5 yards/game 1st Rushing Defense 212.5 yards/game 6th FORDHAM IN SEASON OPENERS Passing Defense 128.0 yards/game 2nd • The Fordham University Rams are 49-34 all-time in season openers since 1920, Total Defense 340.5 yards/game 4th 10-22 since moving to the NCAA FCS in 1989. • 2020-21 season-opening loss at Holy Cross was Fordham’s fifth straight opening day loss but the Rams had taken the four previous season openers. • On Jack Coffey Field, Fordham is 23-30 since 1970 in home openers but the 2 - Fordham University Football Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2002, 2007 & 2014 Patriot League Champions RAMS AMONG FCS LEADERS JOE CONLIN Since 2013 the Fordham University football squad is eleventh NCAA HEAD COACH FCS in overall wins with 51 and is among the leaders in winning 8-18 percentage at .598 (52-35). Fourth year WINS - PAST 9 YEARS WIN % - PAST 9 YEARS at Fordham North Dakota State ........ 107 North Dakota State ... 0.922 (107-9) James Madison .............. 82 N. Carolina A&T ...... 0.805 (66-16) Third year as Jacksonville State .......... 79 James Madison ......... 0.796 (82-21) head coach Sam Houston State ........ 78 San Diego ................. 0.764 (68-21) • Named head football coach at Fordham Eastern Washington ....... 72 Jacksonville State ..... 0.760 (79-25) University on December 22, 2017. South Dakota State ........ 72 Sam Houston State ... 0.743 (78-27) San Diego ...................... 68 Eastern Washington .. 0.727 (72-27) • Served as associate head coach/offensive North Carolina A&T ..... 66 Harvard .................... 0.714 (50-20) coordinator at Yale for the previous four Central Arkansas ........... 60 South Dakota State ... 0.706 (72-30) years. Illinois State .................. 57 McNeese .................. 0.655 (57-30) • Yale improved from 3-7 in ‘16 to 9-1 in McNeese ....................... 57 Fordham ................. 0.593 (51-35) ‘17 and its offense improved in nearly ev- New Hampshire ............ 56 ery key statistical category under Conlin’s Chattanooga .................. 54 leadership. Fordham ...................... 52 Harvard ......................... 50 • In 2017, the Yale offense ranked 12th in Rams have won seven of their past ten home openers, having a six-game winning streak the NCAA FCS in total offense.