2014 Fordham Rams football team
American college football season
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The 2014 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Joe Moorhead, the Rams compiled an overall record of 11–3 with a mark of 6–0 in conference play, winning the Patriot League title. Fordham received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Rams beat Sacred Heart in the first round before losing to New Hampshire in the second round. The team played home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx.
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Patriot League champion | |
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 19–44 at New Hampshire | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 11 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 14 |
| Record | 11–3 (6–0 Patriot) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Andrew Breiner (3rd season) |
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| Home stadium | Coffey Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Fordham $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | 6:00 pm | Saint Francis (PA)* | No. 11 | PLN | W 52–23 | 3,462 | |
| September 6 | 3:30 pm | at No. 10 Villanova* | No. 11 | ASN | L 6–50 | 6,151 | |
| September 13 | 1:00 pm | Rhode Island* | No. 19 |
| PLN | W 54–7 | 6,979 |
| September 20 | 12:30 pm | at Columbia* | No. 18 | W 49–7 | 4,805 | ||
| September 27 | 1:00 pm | at Holy Cross | No. 16 | PLN | W 45–16 | 10,002 | |
| October 3 | 6:30 pm | Lafayette | No. 16 |
| CBSSN | W 42–18 | 4,376 |
| October 11 | 1:00 pm | Penn* | No. 14 |
| PLN | W 60–22 | 3,081 |
| October 25 | 12:30 pm | at Lehigh | No. 12 | PLN | W 48–27 | 9,372 | |
| November 1 | 1:00 pm | Colgate | No. 10 |
| PLN | W 37–13 | 6,622 |
| November 7 | 6:30 pm | at Bucknell | No. 9 | CBSSN | W 30–27 OT | 3,815 | |
| November 15 | 1:00 pm | Georgetown | No. 7 |
| PLN | W 52–7 | 5,682 |
| November 22 | 12:00 pm | at Army* | No. 7 | CBSSN | L 31–42 | 33,793 | |
| November 29 | 12:00 pm | Sacred Heart* | No. 9 |
| ESPN3 | W 44–22 | 2,442 |
| December 6 | 1:00 pm | at No. 1 New Hampshire* | No. 9 |
| ESPN3 | L 19–44 | 4,021 |
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Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| Sports Network | 11 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Coaches | 12 | 10 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
