2015 Fordham Rams football team

2015 Fordham Rams football
FCS Playoffs First Round vs Chattanooga, L 20–50
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	#19
FCS Coaches	#19
2015 record	9–3 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Joe Moorhead (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Breiner
Co-defensive coordinator	Jon Wholley
Co-defensive coordinator	Tim Cary
Home stadium	Coffey Field (Capacity: 7,000)

2015 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#17 Colgate $^		6	–	0					9	–	5
#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 FCS 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 PM	at Army*	#20	Mitchie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 37–35	22,523
September 12	6:00 PM	#6 Villanova*	#16	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY	PLL	L 7–14	6,586
September 19	1:00 PM	Columbia*	#18	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY (The Liberty Cup)		W 44–24	8,052
September 26	1:00 PM	Monmouth*	#16	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY		W 54–31	3,471
October 3	1:00 PM	at Lafayette	#15	Fisher Field • Easton, PA		W 35–7	3,774
October 10	1:00 PM	at Penn*	#13	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA		W 48–45	2,847
October 17	1:00 PM	Holy Cross	#10	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)		W 47–41 OT	6,825
October 24	1:00 PM	Lehigh	#10	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY		W 59–42	4,867
October 31	1:00 PM	at Colgate	#11	Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY	PLL	L 29–31	7,879
November 7	1:00 PM	Bucknell	#16	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY		W 24–16	9,192
November 14	12:00 PM	at Georgetown	#16	Multi-Sport Field • Washington, D.C.		W 38–31	2,219
November 28	1:00 PM	at #7 Chattanooga*	#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. All times are in Eastern Time.

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Rams	14	13	2	8	37
Black Knights	14	7	8	6	35

See also: 2015 Army Black Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2014	ARMY, 42–31

Villanova

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

See also: 2015 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–21–3	2014	NOVA, 50–6

Columbia

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

See also: 2015 Columbia Lions football team and The Liberty Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–12	2014	FORDHAM, 49–7

Monmouth

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

See also: 2015 Monmouth Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2006	MONMOUTH, 23–9

at Lafayette

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

See also: 2015 Lafayette Leopards football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–22–1	2014	FORDHAM, 42–18

at Penn

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

See also: 2015 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–5	2014	FORDHAM, 60–22

Holy Cross

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

See also: 2015 Holy Cross Crusaders football team and Ram–Crusader Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–27–2	2014	FORDHAM, 45–16

Lehigh

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

See also: 2015 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–23	2014	FORDHAM, 48–27

at Colgate

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

See also: 2015 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–20	2014	FORDHAM, 37–13

Bucknell

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

See also: 2015 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–18	2014	FORDHAM, 30–27

at Georgetown

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

See also: 2015 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–22–3	2014	FORDHAM, 52–7

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

See also: 2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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