2017 Fordham Rams football team

The 2017 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Andrew Breiner and played their home games at Coffey Field as a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 4–7, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

2017 Fordham Rams football
Conference	Patriot League
2017 record	4–7 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach	Andrew Breiner (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Davis
Defensive coordinator	John Bowes
Home stadium	Coffey Field (Capacity: 7,000)

Fordham vs. Holy Cross

2017 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Colgate +		5	–	1					7	–	4
Lehigh +^		5	–	1					5	–	7
Holy Cross		3	–	3					4	–	7
Fordham		3	–	3					4	–	7
Lafayette		3	–	3					3	–	8
Bucknell		2	–	4					5	–	6
Georgetown		0	–	6					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant

On December 5, head coach Andrew Breiner resigned to become the quarterbacks coach at Mississippi State.[1] He finished at Fordham with a two-year record of 12–10.

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Rams will host Patriot League foes Lehigh, Holy Cross, and Bucknell, and will travel to Lafayette, Colgate, and Georgetown.

In 2017, Fordham's non-conference opponents will be Independent Army, Central Connecticut and Bryant of the Northeast Conference, Eastern Washington of the Big Sky Conference, and Yale of the Ivy League.[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Army*	No. 22	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 6–64	22,333
September 9	1:00 p.m.	at Central Connecticut*		Arute Field New Britain, CT	NECFR	W 38–31	4,414
September 16	1:00 p.m.	No. 12 Eastern Washington*		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	STADIUM	L 21–56	3,029
September 23	1:00 p.m.	at Bryant*		Bulldog Stadium Smithfield, RI	NECFR	L 40–45	7,532
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Yale*		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	STADIUM	L 10–41	3,988
October 7	3:30 p.m.	at Lafayette		Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	STADIUM	L 10–14	4,659
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	STADIUM	L 12–38	2,622
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at Georgetown		Cooper Field Washington, D.C.	STADIUM	W 17–9	2,500
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Lehigh		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	STADIUM	W 45–35	7,962
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Holy Cross		Coffey Field Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)	STADIUM	L 20–42	5,467
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Bucknell		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	STADIUM	W 20–9	2,961
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Rams	0	6	0	0	6
Black Knights	21	13	17	13	64

See also: 2017 Army Black Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2015	FORD, 37–35

at Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	14	7	10	38
Blue Devils	17	7	7	0	31

See also: 2017 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Eagles	7	14	21	14	56
Rams	7	0	7	7	21

See also: 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	13	14	6	40
Bulldogs	13	3	15	14	45

See also: 2017 Bryant Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2010	BRY, 44–30

Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	21	7	13	0	41
Rams	0	3	0	7	10

See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2016	FORD, 44–37

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	7	3	0	10
Leopards	0	0	0	14	14

See also: 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–22–1	2016	FORD, 58–34

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	6	6	12
Raiders	14	3	7	14	38

See also: 2017 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–21	2016	FORD, 24–20

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	5	6	3	17
Hoyas	0	6	3	0	9

See also: 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–22–3	2016	FORD, 17–14

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	7	7	14	35
Rams	7	7	14	17	45

See also: 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–24	2016	LEH, 58–37

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	7	7	14	14	42
Rams	0	14	0	6	20

See also: 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team and Ram–Crusader Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–27–2	2016	FORD, 54–14

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	0	3	6	9
Rams	0	7	0	13	20

See also: 2017 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–18	2016	FORD, 36–22

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	22	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

2018 NFL Draft

Main article: 2018 NFL Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Chase Edmonds	Arizona Cardinals	4th	134	RB

References

1. http://www.fordhamsports.com/news/2017/12/5/fordham-football-head-coach-andrew-breiner-resigns.aspx?path=football
2. "2017 Football Schedule". Fordham University Athletics. Retrieved 7 April 2017.