2000 Fordham Rams football team

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2000 Fordham Rams football
Conference Patriot League
Record3–8 (1–5 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ed Foley (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Dave Cohen (2nd season)
CaptainRay Reddin
Home stadium Coffey Field
Seasons
  1999
2001  
2000 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 Lehigh $^  6 0   12 1  
Colgate  4 2   7 4  
Holy Cross  4 2   7 4  
Towson  3 3   7 4  
Bucknell  2 4   6 5  
Fordham  1 5   3 8  
Lafayette  1 5   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Fordham tied for last place in the Patriot League.

In their second year under head coach Dave Clawson, the Rams compiled a 3–8 record. Ray Reddin was the team captain. [1]

The Rams were outscored 318 to 211. Their 1–5 conference record placed them in a tie for sixth in the seven-team Patriot League standings. [2]

Fordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university's Rose Hill campus in The Bronx, in New York City.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2 Towson L 13–36 3,792 [3]
September 9 Fairfield *
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 34–7 [1]
September 16 at Columbia *L 26–43 5,007 [4]
September 23 at Colgate L 6–21 4,012 [5]
September 30 at Georgetown *W 17–10 2,361 [6]
October 7 Brown *
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 17–44 4,769 [7]
October 14 Yale Dagger-14-plain.png*
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 17–24 5,837 [8]
October 28 at Bucknell L 13–27 5,128 [9]
November 4 Lafayette
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 31–28 3,138 [10]
November 11 at No. 8 Lehigh L 17–51 8,675 [11]
November 18 at Holy Cross L 20–27 9,147 [12]

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References

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