2017 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] 2017 Fordham GAME 3 - #FORDvsEWU #12 EAST. WASHINGTON “EAGLES” (0-2) Schedule (1-1, 0-0) Head Coach: Aaron Best (Eastern Washington ‘01) Record at Eastern Washington: 0-2 (first season) Date Opponent Time Sept. 1 at Army (CBS) ..........................64-6, L at Sept. 9 at Cent. Conn. State. ..............38-31, W FORDHAM “RAMS” (1-1) Sept. 16 EAST. WASHINGTON.......1:00 p.m. Head Coach: Andrew Breiner (Lock Haven ‘06) Sept. 23 at Bryant ................................ 1:00 p.m. Record at Fordham: 9-4 (second season) Sept. 30 YALE ....................................6:00 p.m. Oct. 7 at Lafayette* .......................... 3:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at Colgate* ............................ 1:00 p.m. Sept. 16, 2017 • 1:00 p.m. • Bronx, N.Y. • Jack Coffey Field Oct. 21 at Georgetown* ..................... 2:00 p.m. Series History: First Meeting Oct. 28 LEHIGH* ...........................1:00 p.m. At Fordham: First Meeting Nov. 4 HOLY CROSS* ...................1:00 p.m. Last Meeting: N/A Nov. 18 BUCKNELL* ....................12:00 p.m. * - Patriot League game WFUV 90.7 FM/WFUVSports.org: James Corrigan, PxP • Tommy Aldrich, Analyst David Spampinato, Sidelines • Raffaele Elia, Producer CBS - CBS Sports Network PxP Analyst Sidelines S - Stadium Network Stadium: Matt Martucci, • Andy Gresh, • Morgan Uber, 2017 TEAM COMPARISON #RAMBLINGS • The Rams continue their 2017 schedule by hosting the Eastern Washington University Eagles fort their home opener on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. on Jack Coffey Field • Fordham enters the game with a 1-1 record after a 38-31 come-from-behind win at Central Connecticut State last Saturday while Eastern Washington, ranked 12th in the nation, is 0-2 following a home loss to number two North Dakota State last Saturday • This will be the first meeting between Fordham and Eastern Washington on the gridiron Record ......... 1-1, 0-0 PL Record ....................... 0-2 Pts./Gm...................22.0 Pts./Gm...................11.5 • Fordham has not lost back-to-back games since 2011 Rush Yds/Gm......136.0 Rush Yds/Gm........75.5 • Senior running back Chase Edmonds is the Fordham career rushing leader with 5,400 career Pass Yd/Gm .........252.5 Pass Yd/Gm .........177.0 rushing yards Total Off/Gm ������388.5 Total Off/Gm ������252.2 • Edmonds needs 221 yards to tie Jordan Scott’s Patriot League career record of 5,621 yards Total Def/Gm ......403.5 Total Def/Gm ......579.0 • Edmonds needs 1,159 yards to tie Adrian Peterson’s (Georgia Southern) NCAA FCS career record INDIVIDUAL LEADERS • The Rams are the winningest New York area football team since 2012 with 47 wins RUSHING RUSHING • Corey Caddle named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week #22 Chase Edmonds #20 Sam McPherson 31-115, 1 TD, 57.5 ypg 15-64, 0 TD, 32.0 ypg Chase Edmonds Picks Up the Hardware Senior running back Chase Edmonds, a 2017 preseason All-American and Preseason PASSING PASSING Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, has already picked up a number of #14 Kevin Anderson #8 Gage Gubrud awards over his first three years: 43-67, 498 yds, 32-64, 341 yds - 2014 Jerry Rice Award as the top NCAA FCS freshman 3 TD, 2 INT, 249.0 ypg 1 TD, 3 INT, 170.5 ypg - 2014 Consensus All-America - 2014 CFPA National Rookie of the Year RECEIVING RECEIVING - 2014 ECAC Rookie of the Year #2 Corey Caddle #11 Terence Grady 19-231 yds, 1 TD, 115.5 ypg 10-159 yds, 1 TD, 79.5 ypg - 2014 Patriot League Rookie of the Year - 2015 Consensus All-American - 2015 Patriot League & ECAC Offensive Player of the Year DEFENSE DEFENSE - 2015 & 2016 STATS NCAA FCS Player of the Year Finalist (finished fourth) #75 Noah Fitzgerald #13 Mitch Fettig 13 TT, 0.0 TFL, 19 TT, 1.0 TFL, - 2016 Consensus All-American 0.0 Sacks, 2 PBU 0.0 Sacks, 1 PBU Statistically, Edmonds: - Set the Fordham single season rushing record with 1,838 yards and Fordham rushing touchdown mark (23) in 2014 - Set Fordham and Patriot League single game rushing mark with 359 yards against Lafayette on October 8, 2016 - Set school career rushing record (5,400) www.patriotleague.org - Has set the school career touchdown (70) and career rushing touchdown (63) marks 2002, 2007 &2014 Patriot League Champions www.fordhamsports.com Fordham University Football Game Notes 1 The Patriot League 2017 STANDINGS League Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Holy Cross 1 0 1.000 1 1 .500 Colgate 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 Fordham 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 Georgetown 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Lafayette 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 Lehigh 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 Bucknell 0 1 .000 1 1 .500 This Week in the Patriot League: Eastern Washington at Fordham, 1:00 p.m. Colgate at Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Yale at Lehigh, 12:30 p.m. Lafayette at Villanova, 6:00 p.m. New Hampshire at Holy Cross, 1:00 p.m. Marist at Georgetown, 1:00 p.m. Bucknell at William & Mary, 6:00 p.m. Fordham's 2017 Patriot League Stat Leaders Rushing Yards/Game Rank THE GAME Chase Edmonds 57.5 4th • The Fordham University Rams continue their 2017 season, Fordham’s 117th varsity season, by hosting the 12th-ranked Eastern Washington University Eagles Passing Pass Yards/Game Rank Kevin Anderson 249.0 4th on Jack Coffey Field on Saturday, September 16, at 1:00 p.m. • Fordham enters the game with a 1-1 record after a 38-31 come-from-behind win at Pass Eff. Rating Rank Central Connecticut State University last Saturday while Eastern Washington is 0-2 Kevin Anderson 134.5 2nd on the young season following a home loss to #2 North Dakota State last Saturday. Receiving Recpt./Game Rank Corey Caddle 9.5 1st THE SERIES • This will be the first meeting between Fordham and Eastern Washington on the Receiving Rec. Yds/Game Rank gridiron. Corey Caddle 115.5 2nd Andrew Prince 52.0 9th • The game will be Fordham’s first against a team from the Big Sky conference and the first time the Rams will play an opponent from west of the Mississippi Total Offense Yards/Game Rank River since they hosted the University of San Francisco at Triboro Stadium in Kevin Anderson 269.5 2nd 1951. All Purpose Yards/Game Rank • Eastern Washington has never played Fordham, let alone any current member Corey Caddle 127.5 5th of the Patriot League. In fact, Eastern has only played seven games all-time east Chase Edmonds 82.5 8th of the Mississippi River. The last time came in 2013 in Ohio when Eastern fell at Toledo 33-21. That was only EWU’s fourth game ever in the Eastern time zone. Scoring Pts/Game Rank Andrew Prince 6.0 T5th CADDLE NAMED PATRIOT LEAGUE OFF. PLAYRE OF THE WEEK Passes Def. PD/Game Rank • Fordham junior wide receiver Corey Caddle was named Corvias Patriot League Dylan Mabin 2.5 1st Offensive Player of the Week following the Central Connecticut State game. • In a 38-31 come-from-behind win over the Blue Devils, Caddle caught eleven TEAM passes for 180 yards and one touchdown. The eleven receptions and 180 receiving Scoring Offense 22.0 ppg 3rd yards are both career-high for Caddle, who caught a 14-yard scoring strike from Scoring Defense 47.5 ppg 7th Kevin Anderson in the second quarter. Caddle also returned one kickoff for 15 Rushing Offense 136.0 yards/game 2nd Pass Offense 252.5 yards/game 4th yards and three punts for nine yards to amass 204 all-purpose yards in the game. Total Offense 388.5 yards/game 2nd • Caddle was also named the College Sports Madness Patriot League Offensive Rushing Defense 291.5 yards/game 6th Player of the Week and was joined on the College Sports Madness list by junior Passing Defense 112.0 yards/game 1st defensive back Lawrence Menyah, who was named College Sports Madness Total Defense 403.5 yards/game 5th Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week. Menyah intercepted a pass and returned it 29 yards with 1:27 left for the game-winning score on Saturday. WELCOME HOME/TO THE COLLEGE GAME • Freshman running back Zach Davis (Wallingford, Conn.) was excited to return to his native state when the Rams traveled to New Britain, Conn., last Saturday for a game with Central Connecticut State. Little did he know he would also pick up his first collegiate carries in the game. 2 - Fordham University Football Game Notes www.fordhamsports.com 2002, 2007 & 2014 Patriot League Champions RAMS AMONG FCS LEADERS ANDREW BREINER Since 2013, the Fordham University football squad is fifth in the NCAA HEAD COACH FCS in overall wins with 41 and fifth in winning percentage at .774 (41-12). 9-4 Sixth year WINS - PAST FIVE YEARS WIN % - PAST FIVE YEARS North Dakota State .............57 North Dakota State ........0.919 (57-5) at Fordham Jacksonville State ...............45 Harvard .........................0.875 (35-5) Second year as Sam Houston State .............45 Jacksonville State ..........0.818 (45-10) head coach Eastern Washington ............41 San Diego ......................0.787 (37-10) • A 2006 graduate of Lock Haven (Pa.) Universi- Fordham ...........................41 Fordham ......................0.774 (41-12) ty, is in his sixth year on the Fordham staff after New Hampshire .................39 Charleston Southern ......0.708 (34-14) serving as the pass game coordinator/quarterback Harvard ..............................35 McNeese .......................0.688 (33-15) coach the first four years.