2018 Fordham University Football Notes
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2018 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] 2018 Fordham GAME 2 - #FORDat#RICH FORDHAM “RAMS” (0-1) Schedule (0-1, 0-0) Head Coach: Joe Conlin (Pittsburgh ‘02) Record at Fordham: 0-1 (first season) Date Opponent Time Sept. 1 at Charlotte ..............................34-10, L at Sept. 8 at Richmond. ......................... 6:00 p.m. RICHMOND “SPIDERS” (0-1) Sept. 15 STONY BROOK ................. 6:00 p.m. Head Coach: Russ Huesman (Chattanooga ‘81) Sept. 22 CENT. CONN. STATE .......1:00 p.m. Record at Richmond: 6-6 (2nd season)/Overall: 65-43 (9th season) Oct. 6 GEORGETOWN*(S)..........1:00 p.m. Oct. 13 at Lehigh* ........................... 12:30 p.m. Oct. 20 BRYANT (S) ........................1:00 p.m. Sept. 8, 2018 • 6:00 p.m. • Richmond, Va. • Robins Stadium (8,700) Oct. 27 LAFAYETTE*(S) ................1:00 p.m. Series History: Tied, 0-0-1 Nov. 3 COLGATE* .........................1:00 p.m. At Richmond: First meeting Nov. 10 at Holy Cross* (S) ............... 12:00 p.m. Last Meeting: Fordham 3, Richmond 3 (1995) Nov. 17 at Bucknell* (S) .................. 12:00 p.m. * - Patriot League game WFUV 90.7 FM/WFUVSports.org: Raffaele Elia, PxP • Emmanuel Berbari, Analyst Jackson Heil, Sidelines • Dominic Capone, Producer S - Stadium Network SpiderTV: Bob Black, PxP • Chris Anderson, Analyst • Sean Robertson, Sidelines 2018 TEAM COMPARISON #RAMBLINGS • The Rams continue their 2018 schedule by traveling to Richmond, Va., to face the University of Richmond Spiders in Robins Stadium on Saturday, September 8, at 6:00 p.m. • The game will be streamed on SpiderTV and aired on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on WFVSports.org Record ......... 0-1, 0-0 PL Record ..... 0-1, 0-0 CAA • Fordham enters the game off a 34-10 season-opening loss at Charlotte last Saturday Pts./Gm...................10.0 Pts./Gm...................13.0 Rush Yds/Gm........ -9.0 Rush Yds/Gm........34.0 while Richmond opened the season with a 42-13 loss at Virginia last week Pass Yd/Gm .........296.0 Pass Yd/Gm .........191.0 • This will be the second meeting between Fordham and Richmond on the gridiron Total Off/Gm ������287.0 Total Off/Gm ������225.0 with the two teams playing to a 3-3 tie in the first matchup in 1995 Total Def/Gm ......488.0 Total Def/Gm ......492.0 • The Rams are 26-39-5 against teams currently in the CAA INDIVIDUAL LEADERS • This will be the third Fordham football game played south of Washington, D.C. over the past four years, the second straight (the Rams traveled to Chattanooga for a first RUSHING RUSHING #9 Zach Davis #6 Gordon Collins round NCAA FCS playoff game in 2015) 9-25, 0 TD, 9.0 ypg 4-23, 0 TD, 23.0 ypg • This year marks the second straight season in which the Fordham football Rams have opened the season with back-to-back road games. PASSING PASSING • The Rams will log over 2,000 miles for #7 Luke Medlock #7 Kevin Johnson 22-47, 296 yds, 11-28, 194 yds their first two games of the 2018 season, 1 TD, 1 INT, 299.0 ypg 0 TD, 2 INT, 194.0 ypg traveling to Charlotte (1,292 miles round trip) and Richmond (710 miles round trip). RECEIVING RECEIVING • The Rams had five players named #3 Austin Longi #19 Tyler Wilkins 8-113 yds, 1 TD, 113.0 ypg 7-75 yds, 0 TD, 75.0 ypg Preseason All-Patriot League • Fordham returns top six pass catchers DEFENSE DEFENSE from 2017 #26 Glenn Cunningham #23 Daniel Jones 13 TT, 3.5 TFL, 10 TT, 0.0 TFL, • The Rams are the winningest New York 1.0 Sacks 0.0 Sacks area football team since 2012 with 50 wins @FodhamRams Fordham Athetics @FordhamFootball www.patriotleague.org 2002, 2007 &2014 Patriot League Champions www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Football Game Notes 1 The Patriot League 2018 STANDINGS League Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Colgate 1 0 1.000 1 1 1.000 Bucknell 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Fordham 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Georgetown 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Lafayette 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Lehigh 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Holy Cross 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 This Week in the Patriot League: Fordham at Richmond, 6:00 p.m. Villanova at Lehigh, 12:30 p.m. Campbell at Georgetown, 12:30 p.m. Holy Cross at Boston College, 1:00 p.m. Sacred Heart at Bucknell, 3:00 p.m. Lafayette at Delaware, 3:30 p.m. Colgate at New Hampshire, 6:00 p.m. Fordham's 2018 Patriot League Stat Leaders THE GAME Passing Pass Yards/Game Rank Luke Medlock 296.0 2nd • The Fordham University Rams continue their 2018 season, Fordham’s 118th varsity season, by traveling to Richmond, Va., to face the University of Richmond Pass Eff. Rating Rank Spiders in Robins Stadium on Saturday, September 8, at 6:00 p.m. Luke Medlock 102.48 6th • Fordham enters the game off a 34-10 season-opening loss at Charlotte last Sat- Receiving Recpt./Game Rank urday while Richmond open the 2018 campaign with a 42-13 loss to Virginia in Austin Longi 8.0 1st Charlottesville last week. Receiving Rec. Yds/Game Rank THE SERIES Austin Longi 113.0 2nd Hunter Haris 68.0 6th • This will be the second meeting between Fordham and Richmond on the grid- iron. Total Offense Yards/Game Rank • The first meeting ended in a 3-3 tie on Jack Coffey Field as the two teams Luke Medlock 273.0 2nd sloshed through a game that was effected by a tropical storm on October 21, 1995. All Purpose Yards/Game Rank • The game was the last tie for Fordham as the NCAA instituted overtime rules Austin Longi 113.0 5th the following season. • It will be the first game of back-to-back contests with schools from the Colonial Kickoff Returns Yds/Return Rank Athletic Association as the Rams will host Stony Brook next week. Tyriek Hopkins 19.7 4th • The Rams are 26-39-5 against teams currently in the CAA (4-4 vs. Albany, 4-1 Tackles Tackles/Game Rank against Delaware, 1-1 vs. Maine, 0-1 against New Hampshire, 8-5 against Rhode Glenn Cunningham 13.0 2nd Island, 0-0-1 vs. Richmond, 1-1 vs. Stony Brook 4-4 against Towson, and 4-22-4 vs. Villanova). Sacks Sack/Game Rank Glenn Cunningham 1.0 T2nd HEADING SOUTH TFL TFL/Game Rank • This will be the third Fordham football game played south of Washington, D.C. Glenn Cunningham 3.5 1st over the past four years, the second in as many weeks (the Rams traveled to Chat- TEAM tanooga for a first round NCAA FCS playoff game in 2015) Scoring Offense 10.0 ppg 5th • Prior to the game at Chattanooga, the Rams last ventured south of Washington, Scoring Defense 34.0 ppg 6th D.C., in 1979 for a game at Washington and Lee Rushing Offense -9.0 yards/game 7th (Lexington, Va.) Pass Offense 296.0 yards/game 2nd Total Offense 287.0 yards/game 3rd • It will be just the second ever game for the Rams Rushing Defense 221.0 yards/game 6th in the Old Dominion State, the first since 1979 Passing Defense 267.0 yards/game 7th when Fordham defeated Washington and Lee, 27- Total Defense 489.0 yards/game 7th 15. ON THE ROAD (AGAIN) • This year marks the second straight season in which the Fordham football Rams have opened the season with back-to-back road games. 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 seventh NCAA HEAD COACH FCS in overall wins with 44 and is tenth in winning percentage at 0-1 .710 (44-18). First year WINS - PAST SIX YEARS WIN % - PAST SIX YEARS at Fordham North Dakota State ........ 70 North Dakota State ....0.921 (70-6) Sam Houston State ........ 55 Jacksonville State ......0.806 (54-13) First year as Jacksonville State .......... 54 Harvard .....................0.800 (40-10) head coach James Madison .............. 52 Central Arkansas .......0.780 (46-13) • Named head football coach at Fordham Eastern Washington ....... 49 San Diego ..................0.783 (47-13) University on December 22, 2017. North Carolina A&T ..... 48 James Madison ..........0.765 (52-16) San Diego ...................... 47 Sam Houston State ....0.764 (55-17) • Served as associate head coach/offensive New Hampshire ............ 46 Eastern Washington ...0.742 (49-17) coordinator at Yale for the past four years. Fordham ...................... 44 McNeese State ..........0.724 (42-16) Fordham ..................0.698 (44-19) • Yale improved from 3-7 in ‘16 to 9-1 in ‘17 and its offense improved in nearly ev- • Last year, the Rams played at Army West Point and Central Connecticut State to open ery key statistical category under Conlin’s the season. leadership. • Prior to last year, the most recent season with back-to-back road games to open the season was 2005. • Last fall, the Yale offense ranked 12th in the NCAA FCS in total offense. ROAD TRIPPING • Arrived at Yale as the offensive line coach • The Rams will log over 2,000 miles for their first two games of the 2018 season, travel- in 2013 before being promoted to offensive ing to Charlotte (1,292 miles round trip) and Richmond (710 miles round trip).