2013 Fordham Rams football team

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2013 Fordham Rams football
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Patriot League champion
Conference Patriot League
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 9
FCS CoachesNo. 10
Record12–2 (0–0 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Andrew Breiner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator David Blackwell (2nd season)
Home stadium Coffey Field
Seasons
  2012
2014  
2013 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Lafayette $^  4 1   5 7  
Lehigh  3 2   8 3  
Bucknell  3 2   6 5  
Colgate  3 2   4 8  
Holy Cross  1 4   3 9  
Georgetown  1 4   2 9  
No. 9 Fordham ^  0 0   12 2  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Fordham was ineligible for conference title because they previously offered football scholarships while other Patriot League members did not.
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2013 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Joe Moorhead, the Rams compiled an overall record of 12–2. Fordham was not eligible for the Patriot League championship because the program used scholarship players while the rest of the league's members did not. The team's official conference record was 0–0. [1] Though ineligible for the conference title, Fordham finished the regular season at 11–1 and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Rams defeated Sacred Heart in the first round before losing to Towson in the second round. Fordham finished the season ranked ninth in the Sports Network Poll, the highest final ranking for the program at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The team played home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx.

Contents

Schedule

Fordham vs. Sacred Heart SH@FU-2013.jpg
Fordham vs. Sacred Heart
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:00 pm Rhode Island *PLNW 51–264,256
September 76:00 pmNo. 8 Villanova *
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
PLNW 27–245,178
September 141:00 pmat Temple * TWCS W 30–2920,047
September 211:00 pm Columbia *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 21
PLNW 52–77,026
September 2812:00 pmat Saint Francis (PA) *No. 16NECFRW 38–201,831
October 512:00 pmNo. 13 Lehigh No. 12
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
CBSSN W 52–347,751
October 121:00 pmat Georgetown No. 10W 34–121,831
October 1912:00 pmat Yale *No. 8W 52–3113,691
November 21:00 pm Holy Cross No. 8
PLNW 32–307,846
November 91:00 pm Bucknell No. 7
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
PLNW 23–216,826
November 163:30 pmat Lafayette No. 5L 14–275,939
November 231:00 pmat Colgate No. 12PLNW 56–192,493
November 301:00 pm Sacred Heart *No. 9
ESPN3 W 37–274,787
December 71:00 pmat No. 5 Towson *No. 9
ESPN3L 28–484,671

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Ranking movements

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References

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