Fordham Rams
PatriotBronx, NYJack Coffey Field
2026: 2–6 (2–3 Patriot). Last: lost to Villanova 38–17 at home. Next: Lafayette, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.
- L 14–24Colgate
- L 0–38at North Dakota State
- L 7–45at Coastal Carolina
- W 52–27at William & Mary
- L 16–31Stony Brook
- L 0–34at Lehigh
- W 20–14Richmond
- L 17–38Villanova
- Oct 24Lafayette
- Nov 7at Bucknell
- Nov 14Georgetown
- Nov 21at Holy Cross
Fordham has played football since 1882 and is officially 570–485–48; 515 of its 1,103 games are in our file. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 3, in 1937. They have won three Patriot League titles (the last in 2014), plus two Liberty Football Conference titles, one Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 12 players from here in its first seven rounds, 2 of them in the first round. The AAFC draft also took one player from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 1 coach from Fordham. Jimmy Crowley (1933–1941) won more games here than any other coach: 56. The most-played rival is Holy Cross: 38 meetings, Holy Cross leads 23–14–1. This season, they’re 2–6.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 570–485–48 official; 257–239–19 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–1 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 34 ranked
- Elo now
- 1176
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 82 · Composite No. 74 in FCS, Oct 17; down 5 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 6 last in 2014
- Seasons
- 71 since 1888, 515 games
Identity
- Fight song
- The Ram
2026 season 2–6
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs Colgate | L 14–24 | 43% |
| Sep 5 | at North Dakota State | L 0–38 | 6% |
| Sep 12 | at Coastal Carolina | L 7–45 | 11% |
| Sep 19 | at William & Mary | W 52–27 | 17% |
| Sep 26 | vs Stony Brook | L 16–31 | 37% |
| Oct 3 | at Lehigh | L 0–34 | 8% |
| Oct 10 | vs Richmond | W 20–14 | 26% |
| Oct 17 | vs Villanova | L 17–38 | 32% |
| Oct 24 | vs Lafayette | Preview | 42% |
| Nov 7 | at Bucknell | Preview | 45% |
| Nov 14 | vs Georgetown | Preview | 49% |
| Nov 21 | at Holy Cross | Preview | 27% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Andrew Osmun75 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT (leads Fordham in tackles)
- Gunnar Smith967 passing yards, 6 TD (leads Fordham in passing yards)
- Yohan-Li Louis484 rushing yards, 1 TD
- Jamell James500 rushing yards, 4 TD (leads Fordham in rushing yards)
- Drew Minich44 tackles, 1 sack
- Boogie Owens41 tackles, 1 INT
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Fordham.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1888
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Ed Danowski | 1946–1954 | 29–44–3 |
| Jimmy Crowley | 1933–1941 | 56–13–7 |
 Frank Cavanaugh | 1927–1932 | 31–11–4 |
| Frank Gargan | 1916–1926 | 0–4–1 |
| Joseph DuMoe | 1921 | 0–1 |
| Frank Gargan & Frank McCaffrey | 1917 | 1–2 |
| Harry Vaughan | 1915 | 1–1 |
| Skip Wymard | 1914 | 0–1–1 |
| Tom Thorp | 1912–1913 | 0–2 |
| Howard Gargan | 1908–1909 | 7–2–2 |
| Fred Smith | 1906–1907 | 1–3 |
| Eugene F. McGee | 1905 | 0–2 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Holy Cross
14–23–1 in 38
- 2016 W 54–14
- 2017 L 20–42
- 2018 L 13–17
- 2019 L 27–49
- 2020 L 24–34
- 2021 L 24–52
- 2022 L 52–53
- 2023 L 47–49
- 2024 L 16–19
- 2025 W 26–21
Won the last one; holds the Ram–Crusader Cup.
Next: Nov 21
- Georgetown
20–12–2 in 34
- 2015 W 38–31
- 2016 W 17–14
- 2017 W 17–9
- 2018 L 11–23
- 2019 W 30–27
- 2021 W 41–20
- 2022 W 59–38
- 2023 L 24–28
- 2024 W 31–3
- 2025 L 0–14
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 14
- Lafayette
10–17–1 in 28
- 2015 W 35–7
- 2016 W 58–34
- 2017 L 10–14
- 2018 L 13–21
- 2019 L 34–38
- 2021 W 42–41
- 2022 W 45–10
- 2023 L 16–24
- 2024 L 23–28
- 2025 L 10–24
Lost the last three.
Next: Oct 24
| Opponent | Games | FOR record |
|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | 38 | 14–23–1 |
| Georgetown | 34 | 20–12–2 |
| Lafayette | 28 | 10–17–1 |
| Bucknell | 27 | 17–10 |
| Lehigh | 24 | 9–15 |
| Colgate | 23 | 6–17 |
| New York University | 22 | 16–4–2 |
| Columbia | 16 | 10–6 |
Rivals the program names: Columbia, Holy Cross.
The trophy it holds: Ram–Crusader Cup (Holy Cross, since 2025). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (114)
Every program Fordham has played, A to Z, with Fordham’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama 1–1
- Albright 1–0
- Arkansas 1–0
- Army 1–5
- Assumption 0–1
- Ball State 0–1
- Baltimore 2–0
- Boston College 8–8
- Boston University 0–3
- Bowling Green 0–1
- Brown 1–2
- Bryant 2–3
- Bucknell 17–10
- Buffalo 2–0
- Canisius 0–1
- Carlisle 1–0
- Central Connecticut 1–3
- Charlotte 0–1
- Chattanooga 0–1
- Cincinnati 0–1
- Clemson 0–0–1
- Coastal Carolina 0–1
- Colgate 6–17
- Columbia 10–6
- Cornell 4–1
- Dartmouth 1–2
- Davis & Elkins 0–0–1
- Dayton 0–2
- Detroit Mercy 3–2
- Drake 1–0
- Duquesne 1–2
- Eastern Washington 0–1
- Elizabeth City State 1–0
- Florida Atlantic 0–1
- Franklin & Marshall 3–2
- George Washington 1–0
- Georgetown 20–12–2
- Georgia 0–0–1
- Holy Cross 14–23–1
- Indiana 1–0
- Lafayette 10–17–1
- Lebanon Valley 2–0
- Lehigh 9–15
- LIU Post 1–0
- Lock Haven 1–0
- LSU 0–2
- Marist 3–0
- Marquette 0–0–1
- Massachusetts 0–1
- Merchant Marine 3–1
- Merrimack 0–2
- Miami 1–1
- Michigan State 0–1
- Missouri 3–0
- Monmouth 2–5
- Muhlenberg 2–0
- Navy 0–2
- Nebraska 0–1
- New Hampshire 0–2
- New Haven 1–0
- New York University 16–4–2
- North Carolina 3–0–2
- North Carolina Pre-Flight 1–0
- North Dakota State 0–1
- Ohio 0–1
- Old Dominion 1–0
- Oregon 1–0
- Oregon State 1–1
- Penn State 0–3
- Pennsylvania 3–1
- Pittsburgh 2–2–3
- Princeton 0–3
- Purdue 5–2–1
- Quantico Marines 0–1
- Rensselaer 1–0
- Rhode Island 6–4
- Rhodes 0–1
- Rice 1–0
- Richmond 2–2
- Rutgers 3–7
- Sacred Heart 2–0
- Saint Francis 3–0
- Saint Mary’s (CA) 7–5–1
- San Francisco 1–1
- Scranton 1–0
- SMU 2–1
- South Carolina 1–0
- St. Bonaventure 2–0
- Stonehill 1–0
- Stony Brook 3–5
- Swarthmore 1–0
- Syracuse 2–4–1
- TCU 2–0
- Temple 5–0
- Tennessee 1–1
- Texas A&M 0–1
- Thiel 2–0
- Towson 1–0
- Trinity (CT) 0–1
- Tulane 1–1
- UAlbany 3–3
- UConn 0–1
- Upsala 1–0
- Vanderbilt 1–0
- Villanova 3–9
- Wagner 3–0
- Washington & Jefferson 1–1
- Waynesburg 4–0
- West Liberty 1–0
- West Virginia 8–3–1
- Westminster (Pennsylvania) 2–0
- William & Mary 1–0
- Williams 0–1
- Yale 3–4
Conference titles
6, counting shared titles- Liberty Football Conference 2
- 1987, 1988 (shared)
- Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference 1
- 1977
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1881–1893, 1896–1909, 1912–1918, 1920–1942, 1946–1954 and 1970–1972
- Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference 1973–1977
- Independent 1978–1984 and 1989
- Patriot Conference since 1990
Fordham’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Consensus All-Americans 3
| 1937 | Alex Wojciechowicz C |
| 1937 | Ed Franco OT |
| 1936 | Alex Wojciechowicz C |
Led the nation 3
| 1954 | Andrew Nacrelli yards per catch (19.7) |
| 1952 | Ed Brown receptions (57 catches), receiving yards (774 yds) |
| 1938 | Len Eshmont rushing yards (831 yds) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
Heisman runners-up and finalists
The votes| 1937 | Alex Wojciechowicz C | 4th |
Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 2
- Coaches
- 1
| 1980 | Ed Franco OT |
| 1955 | Alex Wojciechowicz C |
| 1954 | Frank Cavanaugh coach here, 1927–1932 |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 12 since 1936
- First-round picks
- 2
- AAFC picks
- 1 1947
| 1943 | Steve Filipowicz FB | No. 6, New York Giants |
| 1938 | Alex Wojciechowicz C | No. 6, Detroit Lions |
The school
Fordham University- Enrollment
- 16,150 10,582 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Bronx, New York
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit; Research 2
- Founded
- 1841
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $85,569 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
On the newsreel
- FORDHAM - MIAMI
- ARMY CRUSHES FORDHAM
- FORDHAM GRIDDERS TOP PURDUE
- ST. MARY’S UPSETS FORDHAM, 9-6
- FORDHAM TRIPS ST. MARY'S
- FORDHAM UPSETS PITT
- ALABAMA TOPS FORDHAM
- RAM GRIDDERS START TRAINING
- GRID HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
- GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEK
And 8 more
- GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEK
- RAM GRIDDERS START EARLY
- RAMS-PITT IN ANNUAL DRAW
- EASTERN GRID TEAMS SCORE
- GOPHERS LOSE GRID THRONE
- FORDHAM LOSES TO ST. MARY’S IN BRILLIANT GRID CONTEST
- ST. MARY’S ELEVEN BEATS FORDHAM IN EXCITING GAME
- ALABAMA AND FORDHAM CLASH IN GRID GAME AT POLO GROUNDS
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–6 | 2–3 | 1176 | ||||
| 2025 | 1–11 | 1–6 | 1085 | ||||
| 2024 | 2–10 | 2–4 | 1175 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–5 | 2–4 | 1323 | ||||
| 2022 | 9–3 | 5–1 | 1380 | ||||
| 2021 | 6–5 | 4–2 | 1290 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–1 | 1275 | |||||
| 2019 | 4–8 | 2–4 | 1182 | ||||
| 2018 | 2–9 | 2–4 | 1158 | ||||
| 2017 | 4–7 | 3–3 | 1263 | ||||
| 2016 | 8–3 | 5–1 | 1464 | ||||
| 2015 | 9–3 | 5–1 | 1467 | ||||
| 2014 | 11–3 | 6–0 | 1488 | ||||
| 2013 | 12–1 | 5–1 | 1466 | ||||
| 2012 | 6–5 | 3–3 | 1288 | ||||
| 2011 | 1–10 | 0–6 | 1138 | ||||
| 2010 | 5–6 | 3–3 | 1269 | ||||
| 2009 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 1299 | ||||
| 2008 | 5–6 | 1–5 | 1281 | ||||
| 2007 | 7–4 | 4–1 | 1303 | ||||
| 2006 | 3–8 | 1–5 | 1155 | ||||
| 2005 | 2–10 | 2–4 | 1182 | ||||
| 2004 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 1342 | ||||
| 2003 | 9–3 | 4–3 | 1410 | ||||
| 1972 | 0–1 | 1353 |
Every season back to 1888 (46 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 1–7–1 | Ed Danowski | 1333 | ||||
| 1953 | 4–5 | Ed Danowski | 1468 | ||||
| 1952 | 2–5–1 | Ed Danowski | 1465 | ||||
| 1951 | 5–4 | Ed Danowski | 1546 | ||||
| 1950 | 8–1 | Ed Danowski | 1575 | ||||
| 1949 | 5–3 | Ed Danowski | 1458 | ||||
| 1948 | 3–6 | Ed Danowski | 1315 | ||||
| 1947 | 1–6–1 | Ed Danowski | 1257 | ||||
| 1946 | 0–7 | Ed Danowski | 1295 | ||||
| 1942 | 5–3–1 | 1550 | |||||
| 1941 | 8–1 | 4 | 6 | Jimmy Crowley | 1683 | ||
| 1940 | 7–2 | 11 | 12 | Jimmy Crowley | 1676 | ||
| 1939 | 6–2 | 17 | Jimmy Crowley | 1659 | |||
| 1938 | 6–1–2 | 11 | 15 | Jimmy Crowley | 1658 | ||
| 1937 | 7–0–1 | 9 | 3 | Jimmy Crowley | 1671 | ||
| 1936 | 5–1–2 | 16 | 15 | Jimmy Crowley | 1607 | ||
| 1935 | 6–1–2 | Jimmy Crowley | 1581 | ||||
| 1934 | 5–3 | Jimmy Crowley | 1548 | ||||
| 1933 | 6–2 | Jimmy Crowley | 1589 | ||||
| 1932 | 6–2 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1621 | ||||
| 1931 | 6–1–2 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1643 | ||||
| 1930 | 8–1 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1600 | ||||
| 1929 | 7–0–2 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1533 | ||||
| 1928 | 4–5 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1383 | ||||
| 1927 | 0–2 | Frank Cavanaugh | 1394 | ||||
| 1926 | 0–1 | Frank Gargan | 1425 | ||||
| 1923 | 0–2 | Frank Gargan | 1405 | ||||
| 1922 | 0–1 | Frank Gargan | 1453 | ||||
| 1921 | 0–1 | Joseph DuMoe | 1455 | ||||
| 1917few games on file | 1–2 | Frank Gargan & Frank McCaffrey | 1476 | ||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–0–1 | Frank Gargan | 1478 | ||||
| 1915few games on file | 1–1 | Harry Vaughan | 1464 | ||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–1–1 | Skip Wymard | 1464 | ||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–1 | Tom Thorp | 1472 | ||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–1 | Tom Thorp | 1489 | ||||
| 1909 | 5–1–2 | Howard Gargan | 1555 | ||||
| 1908few games on file | 2–1 | Howard Gargan | 1468 | ||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–1 | Fred Smith | 1418 | ||||
| 1906few games on file | 1–2 | Fred Smith | 1401 | ||||
| 1905few games on file | 0–2 | Eugene F. McGee | 1367 | ||||
| 1903few games on file | 0–1 | 1385 | |||||
| 1902few games on file | 0–2 | 1354 | |||||
| 1891few games on file | 0–2 | 1346 | |||||
| 1890few games on file | 0–3 | 1342 | |||||
| 1889few games on file | 0–1 | 1396 | |||||
| 1888few games on file | 0–1 | 1430 |
Officially 570–485–48 since 1882 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 257–239–19 (515 of its 1,103 games are on file). Our file starts in 1888; the program began in 1882. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1892–1901, 1904, 1910–11, 1918–20, 1924–25, 1943–45, 1955–71, 1973–2002: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.