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
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.

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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

Villanova

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

Columbia

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

Monmouth

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

At Lafayette

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

At Penn

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

Holy Cross

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

Lehigh

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

At Colgate

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

Bucknell

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

At Georgetown

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

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

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

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

v t e Fordham Rams football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1921, 1928–1950, 1953–1954) Downing Stadium (1951–1952) Coffey Field (1970–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1941 Cotton Bowl Classic 1942 Sugar Bowl Columbia: Liberty Cup Holy Cross: Ram–Crusader Cup
Culture & lore	First televised football game Seven Blocks of Granite The Ram "The Ram"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910–1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955–1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e 2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Coastal Carolina Colgate Dayton Duquesne Eastern Illinois Fordham Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Portland State Richmond Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Utah Western Illinois William & Mary
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