American college football season
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.
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]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. at Army * No. 22 CBSSN L 6–6422,333
September 9 1:00 p.m. at Central Connecticut * NECFR W 38–314,414
September 16 1:00 p.m. No. 12 Eastern Washington * STADIUM L 21–563,029
September 23 1:00 p.m. at Bryant * NECFR L 40–457,532
September 30 6:00 p.m. Yale * STADIUM L 10–413,988
October 7 3:30 p.m. at Lafayette STADIUM L 10–144,659
October 14 1:00 p.m. at Colgate STADIUM L 12–382,622
October 21 2:00 p.m. at Georgetown STADIUM W 17–92,500
October 28 1:00 p.m. Lehigh STADIUM W 45–357,962
November 4 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross STADIUM L 20–425,467
November 18 1:00 p.m. Bucknell STADIUM W 20–92,961
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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
Bucknell [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
0
0
3
6
9
Rams
0
7
0
13
20
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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 [ ]
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