2002 Fordham Rams football team
American college football season
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The 2002 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Fordham tied for first in the Patriot League before losing in the second round of the national playoffs.
- Dave Clawson (4th season)
| 2002 Fordham Rams football | |
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Patriot League co-champion | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 12 |
| Record | 10–3 (6–1 Patriot) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ed Foley (4th season) |
| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Coffey Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Fordham +^ | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Colgate + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their fourth year under head coach Dave Clawson, the Rams compiled a 10–3 record. Rhamel Brown, Chris Rhodes and John San Marco were the team captains.[1]
The Rams outscored opponents 407 to 201. Their 6–1 conference record earned the co-championship of the eight-team Patriot League. Fordham was selected, rather than co-champion Colgate, to receive the Patriot League's automatic berth in the national Division I-AA playoffs.[2]
Unranked at the start of the year, Fordham entered the national Division I-AA top 25 in mid-November, initially at No. 25 and rising to No. 12 by season's end. As a playoff team, the Rams played away games against higher-ranked teams in the first and second rounds.
Fordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university's Rose Hill campus in The Bronx, in New York City.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 7 | Saint Peter's* | W 43–0 | 3,114 | [3] | ||||
| September 14 | Colgate |
| W 40–31 | 7,142 | [4] | |||
| September 21 | at Columbia* | L 11–13 | 3,865 | [5] | ||||
| September 28 | at Fairfield* |
| W 51–6 | 2,170 | [6] | |||
| October 5 | at Georgetown | W 41–10 | 1,175 | [7] | ||||
| October 12 | Brown* |
| W 24–17 | 1,294 | [8] | |||
| October 26 | Lafayette |
| W 33–26 | 4,800 | [9] | |||
| November 2 | No. 16 Lehigh |
| L 23–26 OT | 5,728 | [10] | |||
| November 9 | at Holy Cross | W 37–27 | 6,583 | [11] | ||||
| November 16 | Towson | No. 25 |
| W 42–14 | 2,464 | [12] | ||
| November 23 | at Bucknell | No. 21 | W 34–7 | 2,012 | [13] | |||
| November 30 | at No. 11 Northeastern* | No. 12 | W 29–24 | 6,848 | [14] | |||
| December 7 | at No. 4 Villanova* | No. 12 |
| L 10–24 | 4,351 | [15] | ||
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