2013 Fordham Rams football team

American college football season

2013 Fordham Rams football

Patriot League champion
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 28–48 at Towson
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 10
Record	12–2 (0–0 Patriot)
Head coach	Joe Moorhead (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Breiner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	David Blackwell (2nd season)
Home stadium	Coffey Field
Seasons← 2012 2014 →

2013 Patriot League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Lafayette $^	4	–	1	5	–	7
Lehigh	3	–	2	8	–	3
Bucknell	3	–	2	6	–	5
Colgate	3	–	2	4	–	8
Holy Cross	1	–	4	3	–	9
Georgetown	1	–	4	2	–	9
No. 9 Fordham ^	0	–	0	12	–	2

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Fordham was ineligible for conference title because they previously offered football scholarships while other Patriot League members did not. Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2013 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Joe Moorhead, the Rams compiled an overall record of 12–2. Fordham was not eligible for the Patriot League championship because the program used scholarship players while the rest of the league's members did not. The team's official conference record was 0–0. Though ineligible for the conference title, Fordham finished the regular season at 11–1 and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Rams defeated Sacred Heart in the first round before losing to Towson in the second round. Fordham finished the season ranked ninth in the Sports Network Poll, the highest final ranking for the program at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The team played home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 pm	Rhode Island*		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	PLN	W 51–26	4,256
September 7	6:00 pm	No. 8 Villanova*		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	PLN	W 27–24	5,178
September 14	1:00 pm	at Temple*		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	TWCS	W 30–29	20,047
September 21	1:00 pm	Columbia*	No. 21	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (Liberty Cup)	PLN	W 52–7	7,026
September 28	12:00 pm	at Saint Francis (PA)*	No. 16	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	W 38–20	1,831
October 5	12:00 pm	No. 13 Lehigh	No. 12	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	CBSSN	W 52–34	7,751
October 12	1:00 pm	at Georgetown	No. 10	Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC		W 34–12	1,831
October 19	12:00 pm	at Yale*	No. 8	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 52–31	13,691
November 2	1:00 pm	Holy Cross	No. 8	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)	PLN	W 32–30	7,846
November 9	1:00 pm	Bucknell	No. 7	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	PLN	W 23–21	6,826
November 16	3:30 pm	at Lafayette	No. 5	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA		L 14–27	5,939
November 23	1:00 pm	at Colgate	No. 12	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLN	W 56–19	2,493
November 30	1:00 pm	Sacred Heart*	No. 9	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	W 37–27	4,787
December 7	1:00 pm	at No. 5 Towson*	No. 9	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	L 28–48	4,671
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	—	RV	RV	21	16	12	10	8	8	8	7	5	12	9	9
Coaches	—	RV	RV	21	16	13	9	8	8–T	8	6	5	11	10	10

References

"2013 Patriot League Football Preview: Fordham Rams". Patriot League. August 14, 2013. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
"Fordham Rams Schedule 2013". ESPN. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
"2013 Football Schedule". Fordham University Athletics. Retrieved August 13, 2023.

v t e Fordham Rams football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1921, 1928–1950, 1953–1954) Downing Stadium (1951–1952) Coffey Field (1970–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1941 Cotton Bowl Classic 1942 Sugar Bowl Columbia: Liberty Cup Holy Cross: Ram–Crusader Cup
Culture & lore	First televised football game Seven Blocks of Granite The Ram "The Ram"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955–1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2013 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Bethune-Cookman Butler Coastal Carolina Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Fordham Furman Jacksonville State Lafayette Maine McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Arizona Sacred Heart Sam Houston State Samford South Carolina State South Dakota State Southeastern Louisiana Southern Utah Tennessee State Towson
Champion – North Dakota State

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