2022 Fordham Rams football team

American college football season

2022 Fordham Rams football

NCAA Division I First Round, L 42–52 at New Hampshire
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 22
FCS Coaches	No. 16
Record	9–3 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Joe Conlin (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Decker (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mark Powell (1st season)
Home stadium	Coffey Field
Seasons← 2021 2023 →

2022 Patriot League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Holy Cross $^	6	–	0	12	–	1
No. 22 Fordham ^	5	–	1	9	–	3
Lafayette	3	–	3	4	–	7
Bucknell	2	–	4	3	–	8
Colgate	2	–	4	3	–	8
Lehigh	2	–	4	2	–	9
Georgetown	1	–	5	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Joe Conlin, the Rams compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, placing second in the Patriot League. Fordham received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Rams lost in the first round to New Hampshire. The team played home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Wagner*		Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NEC Front Row	W 48–31	3,000
September 10	1:00 p.m.	at Monmouth*		Kessler Stadium West Long Branch, NJ	SNY/FloSports	W 52–49	2,785
September 17	1:00 p.m.	Albany*		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	SNY/ESPN+	W 48–45	5,000
September 24	2:00 p.m.	at Ohio*		Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN+	L 52–59	19,024
October 1	1:00 p.m.	Georgetown		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	ESPN+	W 59–38	4,417
October 8	Noon	at Lehigh		Goodman Field Bethlehem, PA	ESPN+	W 40–28	3,221
October 15	6:00 p.m.	Stony Brook*	No. 22	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	SNY/ESPN+	W 45–14	1,914
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at No. T–5 Holy Cross	No. 22	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (Ram–Crusader Cup)	ESPN+	L 52–53	17,592
November 5	1:00 p.m.	at Bucknell	No. 24	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	ESPN+	W 59–17	1,324
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Lafayette	No. 23	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	ESPN+/SNY	W 45–10	2,020
November 19	1:00 p.m.	Colgate	No. T–21	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	ESPN+	W 52–38	2,000
November 26	2:00 p.m.	at No. 15 New Hampshire*	No. 16	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	L 42–52	2,989
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	7	20	14	48
Seahawks	7	14	7	3	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	21	10	14	52
Hawks	20	6	9	14	49

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	0	24	14	7	45
Rams	10	7	10	21	48

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	21	28	3	52
Bobcats	14	17	7	21	59

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	21	0	3	14	38
Rams	7	28	10	14	59

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	14	3	17	6	40
Mountain Hawks	14	7	0	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	0	0	0	14	14
No. 22 Rams	7	24	0	14	45

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 22 Rams	10	14	7	14	7	52
No. 5т Crusaders	14	7	7	17	8	53

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Rams	0	24	7	28	59
Bison	3	0	7	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	3	7	0	10
No. 23 Rams	10	14	14	7	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	10	14	0	14	38
No. 21т Rams	14	14	10	14	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Rams	7	14	7	14	42
No. 15 Wildcats	21	7	14	10	52

"Fordham 2021 Football Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Fordham University Athletics. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
"Fordham Rams Schedule 2022". ESPN. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
"2022 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 2022 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Davidson Delaware Eastern Kentucky Elon Fordham Furman Gardner–Webb Holy Cross Idaho Incarnate Word Montana Montana State New Hampshire North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Sacramento State Saint Francis (PA) Samford South Dakota State Southeast Missouri State Southeastern Louisiana Weber State William & Mary
Champion – South Dakota State