2015 Fordham Rams football team

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.

2015 Fordham Rams football
ConferencePatriot League
Ranking
STATSNo. 19
FCS CoachesNo. 19
2015 record9–3 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coachJoe Moorhead (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorAndrew Breiner
Co-defensive coordinatorJon Wholley
Co-defensive coordinatorTim Cary
Home stadiumCoffey Field
(Capacity: 7,000)
Fordham vs. Lehigh
2015 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 17 Colgate $^  6 0     9 5  
No. 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 Poll

On December 12, head coach Joe Moorhead resigned to become the offensive coordinator at Penn State.[1] He finished at Fordham with a four-year record of 38–13.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 47:00 PMat Army*No. 20CBSSNW 37–3522,523
September 126:00 PMNo. 6 Villanova*No. 16PLLL 7–146,586
September 191:00 PMColumbia*No. 18
W 44–248,052
September 261:00 PMMonmouth*No. 16
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 54–313,471
October 31:00 PMat LafayetteNo. 15
W 35–73,774
October 101:00 PMat Penn*No. 13W 48–452,847
October 171:00 PMHoly CrossNo. 10
W 47–41 OT6,825
October 241:00 PMLehighNo. 10
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 59–424,867
October 311:00 PMat ColgateNo. 11PLLL 29–317,879
November 71:00 PMBucknellNo. 16
  • Coffey Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 24–169,192
November 1412:00 PMat GeorgetownNo. 16
W 38–312,219
November 281:00 PMat No. 7 Chattanooga*No. 14ESPN3L 20–504,888

Game summaries

at Army

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Rams 14 13 2 8 37
Black Knights 14 7 8 6 35
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
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
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
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
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
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–5 2014 FORDHAM, 60–22

Holy Cross

1 2 3 4OT Total
Crusaders 17 0 21 30 41
#10 Rams 7 20 14 06 47
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
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
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
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
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
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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
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