2015 Fordham Rams football team

2015 Fordham Rams football
FCS Playoffs First Round vs Chattanooga, L 20–50
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 19
FCS Coaches	No. 19
2015 record	9–3 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Joe Moorhead (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Breiner
Co-defensive coordinator	Jon Wholley
Co-defensive coordinator	Tim Cary
Home stadium	Coffey Field (Capacity: 7,000)
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Patriot League football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
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 in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Moorhead and played their home games at Coffey Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 9–3, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Chattanooga.

On December 12, head coach Joe Moorhead resigned to become the offensive coordinator at Penn State.^[1] He finished at Fordham with a four-year record of 38–13.

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, D.C.		W 38–31	2,219
November 28	1:00 pm	at No. 7 Chattanooga*	No. 14	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–50	4,888
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

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.
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	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

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