2021 Fordham Rams football team
American college football season
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The 2021 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Joe Conlin, the Rams compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing third in the Patriot League. Fordham played home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx.[1]
ConferencePatriot League
Record6–5 (4–2 Patriot)
Headcoach
- Joe Conlin (4th season)
OffensivecoordinatorKevin Decker (3rd season)
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 6–5 (4–2 Patriot) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Kevin Decker (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jameson Zacharias (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Coffey Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Holy Cross $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 4 | 12:00 p.m. | at Nebraska* | BTN | L 7–52 | 85,938 | |||
| September 11 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 20 Monmouth* | ESPN+ | L 23–26 | 3,752 | |||
| September 18 | 6:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic * | ESPN3 | L 14–45 | 17,132 | |||
| September 25 | 3:30 p.m. | at Stony Brook * | W 31–14 | 5,765 | ||||
| October 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | W 42–41 | 2,950 | ||||
| October 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Wagner*  |
| ESPN+ | W 56–7 | 3,258 | ||
| October 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Bucknell |
| W 66–21 | 1,363 | |||
| October 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh |
| ESPN+ | W 35–28 | 0 | ||
| November 6 | 12:30 p.m. | at Georgetown | ESPN+ | W 41–20 | 2,501 | |||
| November 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Holy Cross |
| ESPN+ | L 24–52 | 3,265 | ||
| November 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at Colgate | ESPN+ | L 31–45 | 1,312 | |||
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Game summaries
at Nebraska
Fordham Rams (0–0) vs Nebraska Cornhuskers (0–1) – Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cornhuskers | 7 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
at Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
- Date: September 4, 2021
- Game time: 11:00 a.m.
- Game weather: Cloudy, 68 °F (20 °C)
- Game attendance: 85,938
- Referee: Bryan Banks
- TV announcers (BTN): Mark Followill (play-by-play), Matt Millen (analyst), Elise Menaker (sideline)
- Sources: huskers.com[4]
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| Statistics | FORD | NEB |
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| First downs | 12 | 34 |
| Total yards | 292 | 633 |
| Rushes/yards | 28–129 | 65–329 |
| Passing yards | 163 | 304 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 18–30–3 | 21–30–0 |
| Time of possession | 23:39 | 35:21 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Fordham | Passing | Tim DeMorat | 17/29, 165 yards, TD, 3 INT |
| Rushing | Trey Wilson III | 13 carries, 75 yards | |
| Receiving | DeQuece Carter | 5 receptions, 69 yards | |
| Nebraska | Passing | Adrian Martinez | 17/23, 254 yards, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Markese Stepp | 18 carries, 101 yards | |
| Receiving | Samori Toure | 8 receptions, 133 yards |
