2013 Fordham Rams football team

2013 Fordham Rams football

FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. Towson, L 28–48
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 10
2013 record	12–2 (0–0 Patriot)
Head coach	Joe Moorhead (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	David Blackwell
Home stadium	Coffey Field (Capacity: 7,000)

2013 Patriot League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Lafayette $^		4	–	1		5	–	7
Lehigh		3	–	2		8	–	3
Bucknell		3	–	2		6	–	5
Colgate		3	–	2		4	–	8
Holy Cross		1	–	4		3	–	9
Georgetown		1	–	4		2	–	9
#9 Fordham ^		0	–	0		12	–	2

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Fordham ineligible for conference title because they previously offered football scholarships while other Patriot League members did not; Fordham's official conference record will be 0–0 and won't occupy a spot in the conference standings Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2013 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Joe Moorhead and played their home games at Coffey Field. They were a member of the Patriot League.

Fordham was not eligible for the Patriot League championship because they use scholarship players while the rest of the league's members do not. Fordham's official conference record was 0–0 and did not occupy a spot in the conference standings.^[1] Though ineligible for the conference title, Fordham finished 11–1 to earn an at-large bid in the FCS playoffs where they defeated Sacred Heart in the first round before losing in the second round to Towson.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 PM	Rhode Island*		Coffey Field • Bronx, NY	PLN	W 51–26	4,256
September 7	6:00 PM	No. 8 Villanova*		Coffey Field • Bronx, NY	PLN	W 27–24	5,178
September 14	1:00 PM	at Temple*		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	TWCS	W 30–29	20,047
September 21	1:00 PM	Columbia*	No. 21	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY (The Liberty Cup)	PLN	W 52–7	7,026
September 28	12:00 PM	at Saint Francis (PA)*	No. 16	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA	NECFR	W 38–20	1,831
October 5	12:00 PM	No. 13 Lehigh	No. 12	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY	CBSSN	W 52–34	7,751
October 12	1:00 PM	at Georgetown	No. 10	Multi-Sport Field • Washington, D.C.		W 34–12	1,831
October 19	12:00 PM	at Yale*	No. 8	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT		W 52–31	13,691
November 2	1:00 PM	Holy Cross	No. 8	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)	PLN	W 32–30	7,846
November 9	1:00 PM	Bucknell	No. 7	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY	PLN	W 23–21	6,826
November 16	3:30 PM	at Lafayette	No. 5	Fisher Field • Easton, PA		L 14–27	5,939
November 23	1:00 PM	at Colgate	No. 12	Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY	PLN	W 56–19	2,493
November 30	1:00 PM	Sacred Heart*	No. 9	Coffey Field • Bronx, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 37–27	4,787
December 7	1:00 PM	at No. 5 Towson*	No. 9	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 28–48	4,671
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

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	13	Final
Sports Network	NR	RV	RV	21	16	12	10	8	8	8	7	5	12	9	9
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	21	16	13	9	8	8–T	8	6	5	11	10	10

References

↑ "2013 Patriot League Football Preview: Fordham Rams". Patriot League. August 14, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

Fordham Rams football

Venues	Polo Grounds 1928-1942; 1946-1950; 1953-1954, Downing Stadium 1951-1952, Coffey Field (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Ram–Crusader Cup (Holy Cross) The Liberty Cup (Columbia) 1941 Cotton Bowl Classic 1942 Sugar Bowl

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 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 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

2013 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Bethune-Cookman Butler Coastal Carolina Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Fordham Furman Jacksonville State Lafayette Maine McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Arizona Sacred Heart Sam Houston State Samford South Carolina State South Dakota State Southeastern Louisiana Southern Utah Tennessee State Towson

Champion – North Dakota State

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