2019 Fordham Rams football team

2019 Fordham Rams football

Conference	Patriot League
Record	4–8 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach	Joe Conlin (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Decker (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Rice (2nd season)
Home stadium	Coffey Field
Uniform

Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Patriot League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Holy Cross $^	5	–	1	7	–	5
Lafayette	4	–	2	4	–	8
Bucknell	3	–	3	3	–	8
Lehigh	3	–	3	4	–	7
Colgate	3	–	3	4	–	8
Fordham	2	–	4	4	–	8
Georgetown	1	–	5	5	–	6

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2019 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Joe Conlin, the Rams compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, placing sixth in the Patriot League. Fordham played home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Rams were picked to finish in fourth place.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Colgate	72 (12)
2	Holy Cross	58 (2)
3	Georgetown	51
4	Fordham	39
5	Lehigh	38
6	Lafayette	21
7	Bucknell	15

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Rams had two players selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team.^[1]

Defense

Glenn Cunningham – LB

Jesse Bramble – DB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	L 23–26	2,988
September 7	2:00 p.m.	at Ball State*	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN3	L 29–57	10,123
September 14	1:00 p.m.	at Bryant*	Beirne Stadium Smithfield, RI	NEC Front Row	W 29–14	1,362
September 21	6:00 p.m.	at Stony Brook*	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	FloSports	L 10–45	6,204
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Richmond*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	W 23–16	5,578
October 5	1:00 p.m.	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	L 24–48	5,743
October 12	2:00 p.m.	at Georgetown	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium	W 30–27	1,993
October 19	1:00 p.m.	Lehigh	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	L 27–30 ^OT	2,766
November 2	12:30 p.m.	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	Stadium	L 34–38	3,505
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	L 13–24	1,406
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Holy Cross	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)	Stadium	L 27–49	3,704
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Bucknell	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	W 31–14	2,006
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

^[2]^[3]

Game summaries

Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	8	7	0	11	26
Rams	0	6	10	7	23

At Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	14	0	15	0	29
Cardinals	14	14	22	7	57

At Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	6	0	23	29
Bulldogs	7	0	7	0	14

At Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	3	0	7	10
Seawolves	10	21	0	14	45

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	3	7	3	3	16
Rams	0	10	13	0	23

At Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	3	0	14	24
Bulldogs	17	28	0	3	48

At Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	6	10	7	7	30
Hoyas	8	7	6	6	27

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	7	3	7	6	30
Rams	0	10	7	7	3	27

At Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	7	10	17	34
Leopards	17	7	7	7	38

At Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	7	3	0	13
Raiders	7	7	7	3	24

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	0	14	35	49
Rams	0	14	0	13	27

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	14	0	0	14
Rams	7	3	7	14	31

References

^ ^a ^b "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
^ "Fordham Rams Schedule 2019". ESPN. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
^ "2019 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

This college football 2010s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page was last edited on 12 December 2023, at 11:26

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia