2002 Fordham Rams football team

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2002 Fordham Rams football
Patriot League co-champion
Conference Patriot League
Record10–3 (6–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ed Foley (4th season)
Captains
  • Rhamel Brown
  • Chris Rhodes
  • John San Marco
Home stadium Coffey Field
Seasons
  2001
2003  
2002 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Fordham +^  6 1   10 3  
No. 25 Colgate +  6 1   9 3  
Lafayette  5 2   7 5  
Lehigh  4 3   8 4  
Towson  3 4   6 5  
Georgetown  2 5   5 6  
Holy Cross  2 5   4 8  
Bucknell  0 7   2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2002 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Fordham tied for first in the Patriot League before losing in the second round of the national playoffs.

In their fourth year under head coach Dave Clawson, the Rams compiled a 10–3 record. Rhamel Brown, Chris Rhodes and John San Marco were the team captains. [1]

The Rams outscored opponents 407 to 201. Their 6–1 conference record earned the co-championship of the eight-team Patriot League. Fordham was selected, rather than co-champion Colgate, to receive the Patriot League's automatic berth in the national Division I-AA playoffs. [2]

Unranked at the start of the year, Fordham entered the national Division I-AA top 25 in mid-November, initially at No. 25 and rising to No. 12 by season's end. As a playoff team, the Rams played away games against higher-ranked teams in the first and second rounds.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7 Saint Peter's *W 43–0 3,114 [3]
September 14 Colgate
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 40–31 7,142 [4]
September 21 at Columbia *L 11–13 3,865 [5]
September 28 at Fairfield *
W 51–6 2,170 [6]
October 5 at Georgetown W 41–10 1,175 [7]
October 12 Brown *
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 24–17 1,294 [8]
October 26 Lafayette Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 33–26 4,800 [9]
November 2 No. 16 Lehigh
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 23–26 OT 5,728 [10]
November 9 at Holy Cross W 37–27 6,583 [11]
November 16 Towson No. 25
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 42–14 2,464 [12]
November 23 at Bucknell No. 21 W 34–7 2,012 [13]
November 30 at No. 11 Northeastern *No. 12 W 29–24 6,848 [14]
December 7 at No. 4 Villanova *No. 12
L 10–24 4,351 [15]

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