Fordham University Athletics
| Fordham Rams | |
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| University | Fordham University |
| Conference |
Atlantic 10 Patriot League (football) |
| NCAA |
Division I Football Championship Subdivision |
| Athletic director | David Roach |
| Location | Bronx, New York |
| Varsity teams | 20 |
| Football stadium | Jack Coffey Field |
| Basketball arena | Rose Hill Gymnasium |
| Baseball stadium | Houlihan Park |
| Softball stadium | Bahoshy Field |
| Soccer stadium | Jack Coffey Field |
| Other arenas | Vincent T. Lombardi Memorial Center |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Nickname | "The Rams" "Old Maroon" |
| Fight song | The Ram |
| Colors | Maroon and White |
| Website | www |
The Fordham Rams are the varsity sports teams for Fordham University. Their colors are maroon and white. The Fordham Rams are members of NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference for all sports except football. In football, the Rams play in the Patriot League of NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision. The University also supports a number of club sports, and a significant intramural sports program. The University's athletic booster clubs include the Sixth Man Club for basketball and the Afterguard for sailing.
Fordham University sports, though not part of the Ivy League, has nevertheless been credited with inspiring the term by comparison. The first usage of "Ivy" in reference to a group of colleges is from sportswriter Stanley Woodward (1895–1965). In an article that appeared in the New York Tribune on October 14, 1933, Woodward, referencing football, wrote
William Morris writes that Stanley Woodward actually took the term from fellow New York Tribune sportswriter Caswell Adams. Morris writes that during the 1930s, the Fordham University football team was running roughshod over all its opponents. One day in the sports room at the Tribune, the merits of Fordham's football team was being compared to Princeton and Columbia. Adams remarked disparagingly of the latter two, saying they were "only Ivy League." Woodward, the sports editor of the Tribune, picked up the term and printed it the next day.
A member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, Fordham University sponsors varsity teams in eleven men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:
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