Fordham vs. Lafayette

Fordham and Lafayette have 28 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Lafayette leads the series 17–⁠10–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Lafayette 6–⁠4, and Lafayette has won the last 3.

Fordham wins
10
Lafayette wins
17
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1903
Longest streak
3 Lafayette
Current streak
3 Lafayette
Last 10 meetings
Lafayette 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠2
1950s1–⁠0
2000s2–⁠5
2010s5–⁠5
2020s2–⁠3
Average margin
14.4 points; 12 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Fordham
2–⁠4 Fordham’s record at home
At Lafayette
10–⁠5–⁠1 Lafayette’s record at home
Neutral sites
3–⁠3 Fordham first
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Fordham’s biggest win2022: Fordham 45, Lafayette 10by 35 points
  2. Lafayette’s biggest win1903: Lafayette 41, Fordham 0by 41 points
  3. Upset2013: Lafayette 27, Fordham 14Lafayette had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1947: Lafayette 7, Fordham 0Lafayette had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2007: Fordham 34, Lafayette 23Fordham had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Fordham and Lafayette, 1903 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1916 game: LAFAYETTE In SCORELESS TIE WITH FORDHAM Bronx College Plays Hard, Driving Game on the Offensive.

    1916 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 1, 1916

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1921 game: Fordham Goes Down Fighting Before Lafayette's Drives Easton's Fine Grew Wins, % to z, After Stubborn Tussle at Polo Grounds

    1921 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 23, 1921

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 24, 2026Lafayette at Fordham upcomingat Fordham
Oct 4, 2025Lafayette 24, Fordham 10at Lafayette
Oct 5, 2024Lafayette 28, Fordham 23at Fordham
Nov 11, 2023Lafayette 24, Fordham 16at Lafayette
Nov 12, 2022Fordham 45, Lafayette 10at Fordham
Oct 2, 2021Fordham 42, Lafayette 41at Lafayette
Nov 2, 2019Lafayette 38, Fordham 34at Lafayette
Oct 27, 2018Lafayette 21, Fordham 13at Fordham
Oct 7, 2017Lafayette 14, Fordham 10at Lafayette
Oct 8, 2016Fordham 58, Lafayette 34at Fordham
Oct 3, 2015Fordham 35, Lafayette 7at Lafayette
Oct 3, 2014Fordham 42, Lafayette 18Coffey Field
Nov 16, 2013Lafayette 27, Fordham 14at Lafayette
Nov 10, 2012Fordham 36, Lafayette 27Coffey Field
Oct 22, 2011Lafayette 45, Fordham 24at Lafayette
Oct 23, 2010Fordham 14, Lafayette 10Coffey Field
Oct 24, 2009Lafayette 26, Fordham 21at Lafayette
Oct 25, 2008Lafayette 48, Fordham 13Coffey Field
Oct 20, 2007Fordham 34, Lafayette 23at Lafayette
Nov 4, 2006Lafayette 31, Fordham 24Coffey Field
Sep 24, 2005Lafayette 27, Fordham 10at Lafayette
Oct 23, 2004Lafayette 35, Fordham 20Neutral site
Oct 25, 2003Fordham 32, Lafayette 30at Lafayette
Sep 23, 1950Fordham 20, Lafayette 19at Lafayette
Sep 25, 1948Lafayette 53, Fordham 14at Lafayette
Nov 15, 1947Lafayette 7, Fordham 0at Fordham
Oct 22, 1921Lafayette 28, Fordham 7at Fordham
Sep 30, 1916Lafayette 0, Fordham 0at Lafayette
Oct 17, 1903Lafayette 41, Fordham 0at Lafayette

Every game is listed as played on the field.