2017 Fordham Rams football team

The 2017 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Andrew Breiner and played their home games at Coffey Field as a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 4–7, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

2017 Fordham Rams football
ConferencePatriot League
2017 record4–7 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Davis
Defensive coordinatorJohn Bowes
Home stadiumCoffey Field
(Capacity: 7,000)
2017 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Colgate +  5 1     7 4  
Lehigh +^  5 1     5 7  
Holy Cross  3 3     4 7  
Fordham  3 3     4 7  
Lafayette  3 3     3 8  
Bucknell  2 4     5 6  
Georgetown  0 6     1 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant

On December 5, head coach Andrew Breiner resigned to become the quarterbacks coach at Mississippi State.[1] He finished at Fordham with a two-year record of 12–10.

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Rams will host Patriot League foes Lehigh, Holy Cross, and Bucknell, and will travel to Lafayette, Colgate, and Georgetown.

In 2017, Fordham's non-conference opponents will be Independent Army, Central Connecticut and Bryant of the Northeast Conference, Eastern Washington of the Big Sky Conference, and Yale of the Ivy League.[2]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at Army*No. 22CBSSNL 6–6422,333
September 91:00 p.m.at Central Connecticut*NECFRW 38–314,414
September 161:00 p.m.No. 12 Eastern Washington*STADIUML 21–563,029
September 231:00 p.m.at Bryant*NECFRL 40–457,532
September 306:00 p.m.Yale*
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
STADIUML 10–413,988
October 73:30 p.m.at LafayetteSTADIUML 10–144,659
October 141:00 p.m.at ColgateSTADIUML 12–382,622
October 212:00 p.m.at GeorgetownSTADIUMW 17–92,500
October 281:00 p.m.Lehigh
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
STADIUMW 45–357,962
November 41:00 p.m.Holy Cross
STADIUML 20–425,467
November 181:00 p.m.Bucknell
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
STADIUMW 20–92,961

Game summaries

at Army

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Rams 0 6 0 0 6
Black Knights 21 13 17 13 64

at Central Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 14 7 10 38
Blue Devils 17 7 7 0 31

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Eagles 7 14 21 14 56
Rams 7 0 7 7 21

at Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 13 14 6 40
Bulldogs 13 3 15 14 45

Yale

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 21 7 13 0 41
Rams 0 3 0 7 10

at Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 3 0 10
Leopards 0 0 0 14 14

at Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 6 6 12
Raiders 14 3 7 14 38

at Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 3 5 6 3 17
Hoyas 0 6 3 0 9

Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 7 7 7 14 35
Rams 7 7 14 17 45

Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 7 7 14 14 42
Rams 0 14 0 6 20
Fordham vs. Holy Cross

Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0 0 3 6 9
Rams 0 7 0 13 20

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 22 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

2018 NFL Draft

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Chase EdmondsArizona Cardinals4th134RB

References

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