2019 Fordham University Football Notes
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
2019 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] 2019 Fordham GAME 2 - #FORDvsBSU FORDHAM “RAMS” (0-1, 0-0) Schedule (0-1, 0-0) Head Coach: Joe Conlin (Pittsburgh ‘02) Record at Fordham: 2-10 (second season) Date Opponent Time Aug. 31 CENT. CONN. STATE �����������26-23, L at Sept. 7 at Ball State ............................ 2:00 p.m. BALL STATE “CARDINALS” (0-1, 0-0) Sept. 14 at Bryant ................................. 1:00 p.m. Head Coach: Mike Neu (Ball State ‘94) Sept. 21 at Stony Brook ........................ 6:00 p.m. Record at Ball State: 10-27 (fourth season) Sept. 28 RICHMOND (F) ...................1:00 p.m. Oct. 5 at Yale ..................................... 1:00 p.m. Oct. 12 at Georgetown* ...................... 2:00 p.m. Sept. 7, 2019 • 2:00 p.m. • Muncie, Ind. • Scheumann Stadium (22,500) Oct. 19 LEHIGH* ..............................1:00 p.m. Series History: First meeting Nov. 2 at Lafayette* ......................... 12:30 p.m. At Fordham: N/A Nov. 9 at Colgate* ............................. 1:00 p.m. Last Meeting: N/A Nov. 16 HOLY CROSS* (H)(S) .........1:00 p.m. Nov. 23 BUCKNELL* ........................1:00 p.m. WFUV 90.7 FM/WFUVSports.org: Emmanuel Berbari, PxP • Devin Clementi, Analyst Chris Boccia, Sidelines • Dom Capone, Producer * - Patriot League game PxP Analyst S - Broadcast on Stadium ESPN3: Jim Barbar, • Mark Hermann, 2019 TEAM COMPARISON #RAMBLINGS • The Fordham University Rams continue their 2019 season, Fordham’s 119th varsity season, by traveling to Muncie, Indiana, to face the Ball State University Cardinals in Scheumann Stadium on Saturday, September 7, at 2:00 p.m. • The game will be streamed live on ESPN3 and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and WFUVSports.org. Record ......... 0-1, 0-0 PL Record .....0-1, 0-0 MAC • The Fordham University Rams are 49-32 all-time in season openers since 1920, 10-20 Pts./Gm...................23.0 Pts./Gm...................24.0 Rush Yds/G .........190.0 Rush Yds/Gm......100.0 since moving to the NCAA FCS in 1989. Pass Yd/Gm .........254.0 Pass Yd/Gm .........298.0 • Fordham enters the game off a 26-23 season-opening loss to Central Connecticut Total Off/Gm ������384.0 Total Off/Gm ������398.0 State last Saturday on Jack Coffey Field while Ball State is also 0-1 on the season after Total Def/Gm ......367.0 Total Def/Gm ......474.0 opening the year with a 34-24 loss at Indiana last week. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS • This will be first meeting between Fordham and Ball State on the gridiron. • It will be just the second game ever for the Rams in the Hoosier state. RUSHING RUSHING #9 Zach Davis #2 Caleb Huntley • Sophomore quarterback Tim DeMorat, who set Fordham freshman records for passing 19-109, 0 TD, 109.0 ypg 22-81, 1 TD, 81.0 ypg yards in a game (299) and passing touchdowns in a game (4) last year, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week. PASSING PASSING • DeMorat also set a Fordham freshman #17 Tim DeMorat #9 Drew Plitt 17-27, 194 yds, 26-41, 298 yds mark with eleven touchdown passes in a 3 TD, 1 INT, 194.0 ypg 2 TD, 1 INT, 298.0 ypg season last fall. • Junior linebacker Glenn Cunningham, RECEIVING RECEIVING a Third Team 2019 Phil Steele and #1 Hamze El-Zayat #11 Justin Hall 8-70 yds, 2 TD, 70.0 ypg 6-39 yds, 0 TD, 39.0 ypg HERO Sports Preseason NCAA FCS All- American, is tied for sith on the Fordham DEFENSE DEFENSE career tackles for loss list with 32.5. #20 James Biggs-Frazier #5 Bryce Cosby 11 TT, 0 TFL, 9 TT, 0 TFL, • Cunningham and Jesse Bramble named 0 Sacks 0 Int., 1 PBU preseason All-Patriot League. • The Rams are the winningest New York area football team since 2012 with 52 wins. @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 2019 STANDINGS League Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Bucknell 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Colgate 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 Fordham 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Georgetown 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Holy Cross 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Lafayette 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Lehigh 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 This Week in the Patriot League: Fordham at Ball State, 2:00 p.m. Marist at Georgetown, 12:30 p.m. New Hampshire at Holy Cross, 1:00 p.m. Lafayette at Monmouth, 1:00 p.m. Bucknell at Sacred Heart, 6:00 p.m. Lehigh at Villanova, 6:00 p.m. Fordham's 2019 Patriot League Stat Leaders THE GAME Rushing Pass Yards/Game Rank • The Fordham University Rams continue their 2019 season, Fordham’s 119th Zach Davis 109.0 1st varsity season, by traveling to Muncie, Indiana, to face the Ball State University Pass Eff. Pass Eff. Rank Cardinals in Scheumann Stadium on Saturday, September 7, at 2:00 p.m. Tim DeMorat 152.6 1st • Fordham enters the game off a 26-23 season-opening loss to Central Connecticut State last Saturday on Jack Coffey Field while Ball State is also 0-1 on the season Passing Pass Yards/Game Rank after opening the year with a 34-24 loss at Indiana last week. Tim DeMorat 194.0 2nd THE SERIES Receiving Recpt./Game Rank • This will be the first meeting between Fordham and Ball State on the gridiron. Hamze El-Zayat 8.0 2nd • It will be Fordham’s fifth meeting with a team currently in the MAC but the Receiving Rec. Yds/Game Rank other four games occurred before the respective teams joined the MAC (Akron in Hamze El-Zayat 70.0 3rd 1925, and Buffalo in 1930, 1993 and 1995). • This will be only the second time the Rams have played in the Hoosier State, the Scoring Rec. Yds/Game Rank first coming in 1942 when Fordham defeated Purdue, 14-7, in West Lafayette. Hamze El-Zayat 12.0 T1st • Fordham has played two Indiana schools in the Polo Grounds, defeating Indiana, 13-0, in the Polo Grounds in 1939, and going 4-2-1 against the Boilermakers from Total Offense Yards/Game Rank 1934-41. Tim DeMorat 181.0 3rd FORDHAM IS WINNINGEST NYC FOOTBALL TEAM KO Return KO Yds/Game Rank Fotis Kokosioulis 23.3 1st • No New York area football team has won more games since 2012 than Fordham, who has amassed 52 victories over that stretch. Tackles Tackles/Game Rank • The closest collegiate competitors are Stony Brook (48), Sacred Heart (43) and James Biggs-Frazier 11.0 T6th Rutgers (35), while the NFL’s Giants have 47 wins over the past six years and the Glenn Cunningham 10.0 T8th Jets have 42. TFL TFL/Game Rank YOUNG RAMS Ryan Greenhagen 2.50 T2nd • The 2019 Fordham Rams are a young squad, with just eight seniors on the roster. TEAM Scoring Offense 23.0 ppg 1st • Only two of those seniors started the first game of Scoring Defense 26.0 ppg 2nd the year (captains Joe Ferraro and Jesse Bram- Rushing Offense 190.0 yards/game 1st ble). Pass Offense 194.0 yards/game 3rd • The Rams started two true freshmen on offense Total Offense 384.0 yards/game 1st against CCSU (wide receiver Dequece Carter and Rushing Defense 254.0 yards/game 3rd offensive lineman Lucas Portes). Passing Defense 113.0 yards/game 2nd • The two-deep from the season opener vs. CCSU Total Defense 367.0 yards/game 2nd featured eleven sophomore and ten freshmen. • All ten freshman saw action against CCSU. 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 46 and is eleventh in winning percentage at 2-10 .622 (46-28). Second year WINS - PAST SIX YEARS WIN % - PAST SIX YEARS at Fordham North Dakota State ........ 85 North Dakota State ... 0.934 (85-6) Jacksonville State .......... 63 N. Carolina A&T ...... 0.806 (58-14) Second year as Sam Houston State ........ 61 Jacksonville State ..... 0.788 (63-17) head coach James Madison .............. 61 San Diego ................. 0.764 (55-17) • Named head football coach at Fordham Eastern Washington ....... 60 James Madison ......... 0.763 (61-19) University on December 22, 2017. North Carolina A&T ..... 58 Harvard .................... 0.767 (46-14) South Dakota State ........ 56 Sam Houston State ... 0.726 (61-23) • Served as associate head coach/offensive San Diego ...................... 55 Eastern Washington .. 0.741 (60-21) coordinator at Yale for the past four years. New Hampshire ............ 50 South Dakota State ... 0.700 (56-24) McNeese State .............. 48 McNeese State ......... 0.696 (48-21) • Yale improved from 3-7 in ‘16 to 9-1 in ‘17 and its offense improved in nearly ev- Central Arkansas ........... 47 Fordham ................. 0.622 (46-28) ery key statistical category under Conlin’s Fordham ...................... 46 leadership. Illinois State .................. 46 Chattanooga .................. 46 • Last fall, the Yale offense ranked 12th in Harvard ......................... 46 the NCAA FCS in total offense. • Arrived at Yale as the offensive line coach LOOKING FOR HELP AT WIDE OUT… in 2013 before being promoted to offensive • With the loss of the top three receivers from last year, the Fordham offense looks to fill coordinator in 2014.