2015 Fordham Rams football team

2015 Fordham Rams football
NCAA Division I First Round, L 20–50 at Chattanooga
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 19
FCS Coaches	No. 19
Record	9–3 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Joe Moorhead (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Breiner (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jon Wholley (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Tim Cary (2nd season)
Home stadium	Coffey Field
Seasons ←  2014 2016  →

2015 Patriot League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 17 Colgate $^		6	–	0					9	–	5
No. 19 Fordham ^		5	–	1					9	–	3
Lehigh		4	–	2					6	–	5
Holy Cross		3	–	3					6	–	5
Georgetown		2	–	4					4	–	7
Bucknell		1	–	5					4	–	7
Lafayette		0	–	6					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Joe Moorhead in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Rams compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, placing second in the Patriot League. Fordham received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Rams lost in the first round to Chattanooga. The team played home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx.

On December 12, Moorehead resigned to become the offensive coordinator at Penn State. ^[1] He finished his tenure at Fordham with a four-year record of 38–13.

Fordham vs. Lehigh

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 pm	at Army *	No. 20	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 37–35	22,523
September 12	6:00 pm	No. 6 Villanova *	No. 16	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	PLL	L 7–14	6,586
September 19	1:00 pm	Columbia *	No. 18	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (Liberty Cup)		W 44–24	8,052
September 26	1:00 pm	Monmouth *	No. 16	Coffey Field Bronx, NY		W 54–31	3,471
October 3	1:00 pm	at Lafayette	No. 15	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA		W 35–7	3,774
October 10	1:00 pm	at Penn *	No. 13	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		W 48–45	2,847
October 17	1:00 pm	Holy Cross	No. 10	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)		W 47–41 OT	6,825
October 24	1:00 pm	Lehigh	No. 10	Coffey Field Bronx, NY		W 59–42	4,867
October 31	1:00 pm	at Colgate	No. 11	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLL	L 29–31	7,879
November 7	1:00 pm	Bucknell	No. 16	Coffey Field Bronx, NY		W 24–16	9,192
November 14	12:00 pm	at Georgetown	No. 16	Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC		W 38–31	2,219
November 28	1:00 pm	at No. 7 Chattanooga *	No. 14	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–50	4,888
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Rams	14	13	2	8	37
Black Knights	14	7	8	6	35

See also: 2015 Army Black Knights football team

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Wildcats	7	7	0	0	14
#16 Rams	0	7	0	0	7

See also: 2015 Villanova Wildcats football team

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	10	14	0	24
#18 Rams	7	14	7	16	44

See also: 2015 Columbia Lions football team and Liberty Cup

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	3	14	7	7	31
#16 Rams	14	21	13	6	54

See also: 2015 Monmouth Hawks football team

At Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Rams	14	7	14	0	35
Leopards	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2015 Lafayette Leopards football team

At Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Rams	14	21	0	13	48
Quakers	0	17	13	15	45

See also: 2015 Penn Quakers football team

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Crusaders	17	0	21	3	0	41
#10 Rams	7	20	14	0	6	47

See also: 2015 Holy Cross Crusaders football team and Ram–Crusader Cup

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	14	0	21	42
#10 Rams	14	3	21	21	59

See also: 2015 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

At Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Rams	3	6	0	20	29
Raiders	14	10	0	7	31

See also: 2015 Colgate Raiders football team

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	7	3	0	6	16
#16 Rams	7	3	7	7	24

See also: 2015 Bucknell Bison football team

At Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Rams	14	14	3	7	38
Hoyas	7	14	7	3	31

See also: 2015 Georgetown Hoyas football team

FCS playoffs

First round – at Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Rams	0	0	14	6	20
#7 Mocs	21	10	10	9	50

See also: 2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	20	16	18	16	15	13	10	10	11	16	16	13	13	19
Coaches	21	16	19	16	13	12	10	11	11	17	17	14	14	19

References

1. "Fordham's Joe Moorhead hired as Penn State OC".
2. "Fordham Rams Schedule 2015". ESPN . Retrieved August 13, 2023.
3. "2015 Football Schedule". Fordham University Athletics. Retrieved August 13, 2023.