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2016 Fordham University Football Notes 2016 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] 2016 Fordham GAME 10 - Ram Crusader Cup Game FORDHAM “RAMS” (6-3, 3-1) Schedule (6-3, 3-1) Head Coach: Andrew Breiner (Lock Haven ‘06) Record at Fordham: 6-3 (first season) Date Opponent Time Sept. 3 at Navy (CBS) .........................52-16, L vs. Sept. 10 ELIZABETH CITY ST........83-21, W HOLY CROSS “CRUSADERS” (4-6, 2-3) Sept. 24 PENN (H) ..............................31-17, W Head Coach: Tom Gilmore (Penn ‘86) Oct. 1 at Monmouth ..................... 42-41(ot), L Record at Holy Cross: 70-75 (13th season) Oct. 8 LAFAYETTE* (CI) ..............58-34, W Oct. 15 YALE .....................................44-37, W Oct. 22 GEORGETOWN* (CI) .......17-14, W Nov. 12, 2016 • 3:00 p.m. • Bronx, N.Y. • Yankee Stadium Oct. 29 at Lehigh* ..............................58-37, L Series History: 54th Meeting, Holy Cross leads series, 27-24-2 Nov. 5 COLGATE* ..........................24-20, W At Yankee Stadium: 1-0, Holy Cross (Holy Cross won, 23-7, in 1923) Nov. 12 vs. Holy Cross* (YS)(CI) ..... 3:00 p.m. Last Meeting: Fordham 47, Holy Cross 41 (ot) (Oct. 17, 2015 at Fordham) Nov. 19 at Bucknell* (ASN) ............... 1:00 p.m. * - Patriot League game WFUV 90.7 FM/WFUVSports.org: Drew Casey, PxP • Pat Costello, Analyst YS - Game played at Yankee Stadium Corey Miller, Sidelines • Jonah Haskell, Producer CBS - CBS Sports Network CI - Campus Insiders PxP Analyst Sidelines ASN - American Sports Network Campus Insiders: Ray Crawford, • Tom Kelleher, • Shea Peppler, HSRN (SiriusXM, Sirius 157, XM 203): Gary Laing, PxP • Wellington Wilmore, Analyst 2016 TEAM COMPARISON #RAMBLINGS • The Rams continue their 2016 Patriot League schedule by taking on the Holy Cross Crusaders in the annual Ram Crusader Cup game on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Yankee Stadium • This will be the 54th meeting between Fordham and Holy Cross with the Crusaders leading the all-time series, 27-24-2, but the Rams have taken the past four matchups • Fordham won the last meeting, 47-41, in overtime, on Jack Coffey Field last October 17 as Record ......... 6-3, 3-1 PL Record ��������� 4-6, 2-3 PL Chase Edmonds rushed 31 times for 162 yards and four scores, including the game-winner Pts./Gm...................39.0 Pts./Gm...................24.5 in the first overtime Rush Yds/Gm......244.3 Rush Yds/Gm......114.7 • The Rams are looking to improve their record against Patriot League opponents to 20-3 over the Pass Yd/Gm .........241.4 Pass Yd/Gm .........246.7 past four years Total Off/Gm ������485.8 Total Off/Gm ������361.4 • Junior running back Chase Edmonds became the Fordham career rushing leader in the Total Def/Gm ������399.4 Total Def/Gm ������395.3 Georgetown game and now has 4,985 career rushing yards, second all-time in the Patriot League INDIVIDUAL LEADERS • The Rams are the winningest New York area football team since 2012 with 44 wins RUSHING RUSHING • Fordham has not lost back-to-back games since 2011 #22 Chase Edmonds #3 Diquan Walker 205-1499, 12 TD, 166.6 ypg 75-397, 2 TD, 39.7 ypg Chase Edmonds Picks Up the Hardware Junior running back Chase Edmonds, a 2016 preseason All-American and Preseason PASSING PASSING Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, has already picked up a number of #14 Kevin Anderson #15 Geoff Wade awards over his first two years: 156-259, 1,971 yds, 69-107, 877 yds - 2014 Jerry Rice Award as the top NCAA FCS freshman 122 TD, 3 INT, 246.4 ypg 6 TD, 3 INT, 175.4 ypg - 2014 Consensus All-America - 2014 CFPA National Rookie of the Year RECEIVING RECEIVING - 2014 ECAC Rookie of the Year #5 Austin Longi #10 Jake Wieczorek 44-537 yds, 4 TD, 59.7 ypg 54-698 yds, 5 TD, 69.8 ypg - 2014 Patriot League Rookie of the Year - 2015 Consensus All-American - 2015 Patriot League & ECAC Offensive Player of the Year DEFENSE DEFENSE - 2015 STATS NCAA FCS Player of the Year Finalist (finished fourth) #6 George Dawson #43 Nick McBeath 55 TT, 7.0 TFL, 92 TT, 8.0 TFL, 1.5 Sacks, 3 Int., 6 PBU 1.0 Sacks, 1 PBU Statistically, Edmonds: - Set the Fordham single season rushing record with 1,838 yards and Fordham rushing touchdown mark (23) in 2014 - Has top two single season rushing seasons in school history - Set Fordham and Patriot League single game rushing mark with 359 yards against Lafayette on October 8 - Set school career rushing record (4,985) www.patriotleague.org - Has set the school career touchdown (62) and career rushing touchdown (55) marks 2002, 2007 &2014 Patriot League Champions www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Football Game Notes 1 Fordham Football at Yankee Stadium The Holy Cross game will mark the 22nd time the Rams will play in Yankee Stadium. Fordham is 12-8-1 all-time at the park and faced Holy Cross there once, in 1923, a 23-7 Crusaders win. The last time Fordham appeared at the old Yankee Stadium was on November 16, 1946, when the Rams faced NYU. The 1936 game with NYU was a disappointing one for the Rams, who entered the contest with a 5-0-2 record with Fordham fans chant- ing “Rose Hill to Rose Bowl,” as a Fordham win would have secured a spot in the “Granddaddy of them All.” But that dream came to a screeching halt as the Violets hold on for a 7-6 win. The loss is the last for the second, and more famous, version of “The Blocks” and a loss that Vince Lombardi will later call, “The most devastating loss of my life.” The Rams made up for it in 1940 as they needed a win to capture their first-ever bowl bid heading into the season finale with NYU at Yankee Stadium. The Rams posted a 26-0 victory over the Violets as Steve Filipowicz rushed for three touchdowns and passed to Jim Lansing for another. Fordham accepts a bid to the Cotton Bowl to take on Texas A&M and, despite jumping out to a 6-0 lead on Steve Filipowicz’ sec- ond-quarter six-yard run, fall, 13-12, as the Aggies score all 13 points in the third quarter. Jim Blumenstock runs 15 yards in the third quarter for Fordham’s second score, but the possible-tying extra point is blocked and the Rams fail to threaten again. Fordham Football Results at Yankee Stadium Nov. 6, 1923 NYU 20, Fordham 0 Nov. 10, 1923 Holy Cross 23, Fordham 7 Dec. 1, 1923 Georgetown 6, Fordham 0 Nov. 1, 1924 Fordham 27, NYU 0 Oct. 31, 1925 Fordham 26, NYU 6 Oct. 30, 1926 NYU 27, Fordham 3 Oct. 15, 1927 NYU 32, Fordham 0 Nov. 6, 1928 West Virginia 18, Fordham 0 Nov. 14, 1931 NYU 0, Fordham 0 Nov. 12, 1932 Fordham 7, NYU 0 Nov. 11, 1933 Fordham 20, NYU 12 Oct. 6, 1934 Fordham 57, Westminster 0 Nov. 29, 1934 Fordham 39, NYU 13 Nov. 28, 1935 Fordham 21, NYU 0 Nov. 26, 1936 NYU 7, Fordham 6 Nov. 27, 1937 Fordham 20, NYU 7 Nov. 26, 1938 Fordham 25, NYU 0 Dec. 2, 1939 Fordham 18, NYU 7 Nov. 30, 1940 Fordham 26, NYU 0 Nov. 29, 1941 Fordham 30, NYU 9 Nov. 16, 1946 NYU 33, Fordham 28 2 - Fordham University Football Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2002, 2007 & 2014 Patriot League Champions The Ram-Crusader Cup When Fordham defeated Holy Cross, 47-41 in overtime, in A native of Worces- the Bronx on October 17, 2015, the Rams retained the “Ram Cru- ter, Mass., and a gradu- sader Trophy” for the fourth straight year. ate of Dartmouth where First dedicated in 1951 to the memory of Major Frank W. Ca- he played end, Frank vanaugh, who was an outstanding figure in the football coaching Cavanaugh started his annals of both Fordham and Holy Cross, the award is jointly spon- coaching career at the sored by the Holy Cross College Clubs of New York and Long Is- University of Cincinnati. land. The series between Fordham and Holy Cross was interrupted He was the Holy Cross after the 1954 season when Fordham dropped football, but was head coach from 1903 to resumed in 1990 when the Rams joined the Crusaders as members 1905, achieving a 16-10- 2 record. After earning a Date Score Site law degree from Boston 10/6/51 Holy Cross 54, Fordham 20 Worcester, Mass. 10/4/52 Holy Cross 12, Fordham 7 Worcester, Mass. University, he coached 11/21/53 Holy Cross 20, Fordham 7 Worcester, Mass. Dartmouth for six sea- 11/13/54 Holy Cross 20, Fordham 19 Polo Grounds sons. 11/10/90 Holy Cross 48, Fordham 0 Rose Hill War came and, 11/16/91 Holy Cross 24, Fordham 19 Limerick, Ireland 11/21/92 Holy Cross 21, Fordham 13 Worcester, Mass. enlisting in the 102nd 11/20/93 Holy Cross 28, Fordham 12 Worcester, Mass. Field Artillery of New 10/29/94 Holy Cross 31, Fordham 21 Rose Hill England’s 26th “Yankee 10/14/95 Fordham 17, Holy Cross 10 Hamilton, Bermuda Division”, “Cav,” as he was known, was wounded at Chateau-Thi- 11/2/96 Fordham 28, Holy Cross 0 Rose Hill 11/22/97 Fordham 28, Holy Cross 12 Worcester, Mass. erry and was released from service after World War I with the rank 11/14/98 Fordham 13, Holy Cross 10 Worcester, Mass.
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