Fordham Rams football
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| First season | 1881 | ||
| Athletic director | David Roach | ||
| Head coach |
Andrew Breiner 1st year, 8–3 (.727) |
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| Stadium | Coffey Field | ||
| Seating capacity | 7,000 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Bronx, New York | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FCS | ||
| Conference | Patriot League | ||
| All-time record | 497–447–46 (.525) | ||
| Bowl record | 1–1 (.500) | ||
| Conference titles | 3 (2002, 2007, 2014) | ||
| Colors | Maroon and White |
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| Fight song | The Ram | ||
| Mascot | The Ram | ||
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| Website | FordhamSports.com | ||
The Fordham Rams football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Fordham University located in the U.S. state of New York. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Patriot League. Fordham's first football team was fielded in 1881. The team plays its home games at the 7,000 seat Coffey Field in Bronx, New York. The Rams are coached by Andrew Breiner, who succeeded Joe Moorhead following the 2015 season after the latter was named offensive coordinator at Penn State.
After several fairly successful decades of playing at a smaller scale, Fordham moved up to college football's major level in the late 1920s. This included the hiring of Hall of Fame coach, Frank W. Cavanaugh, a beefed up schedule and a move from on-campus home games at Fordham Field (currently where the practice facility Murphy Field, softball diamond and tennis courts sit) to the 55,000 seat Polo Grounds. From 1929 until the program went on hiatus in 1942, the Rams reeled off 14 straight winning seasons and often played in front of capacity or near capacity crowds. Rivals during this era included NYU, Saint Mary's (CA), Pittsburgh, Purdue, North Carolina and West Virginia. After the 1935 season UPI conducted the first ever national poll. Fordham finished with a Top-20 ranking and followed that with six straight additional Top-20 (AP) finishes from 1936-1941. Only Duke also finished in the Top-20 in each of those first seven years of post-season polls. Fordham's best finish came in their undefeated 1937 season (7-0-1) where they ended the season ranked 3rd in the country.
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