The 1999 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Fordham lost every game and finished last in the Patriot League.
| 1999 Fordham Rams football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 0–11 (0–6 Patriot) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ed Foley (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Dave Cohen (1st season) |
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| Home stadium | Coffey Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Lehigh +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Colgate +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their first year under head coach Dave Clawson, the Rams compiled an 0–11 record. Jon Piela and Jim Walls were the team captains.[1]
The Rams were outscored 410 to 170. Their winless (0–6) conference record placed last in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[2]
Fordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university campus in The Bronx, in New York City.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 11 | No. 20 Lehigh | L 7–49 | 4,177 | [3] | |||
| September 18 | Colgate |
| L 24–49 | 5,177 | [4] | ||
| September 25 | at Cornell* | L 14–42 | 11,697 | [5] | |||
| October 2 | at Princeton* | L 0–27 | 11,705 | [6] | |||
| October 9 | at Penn* | L 18–35 | 6,810 | [7] | |||
| October 16 | Harvard *
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| L 30–37 | 4,172 | [8] | ||
| October 23 | at Towson | L 23–25 | 4,031 | [9] | |||
| October 30 | Brown* |
| L 18–37 | [1] | |||
| November 6 | at Lafayette | L 7–27 | 2,893 | [10] | |||
| November 13 | Holy Cross |
| L 14–37 | 2,947 | [11] | ||
| November 20 | Bucknell |
| L 15–45 | 3,722 | [12] | ||
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References
edit- ^ a b "Year-by-Year". Fordham 2019 Football Media Guide (PDF). Bronx, N.Y.: Fordham University. p. 162. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (September 12, 1999). "Lehigh Engineers Rout of Fordham". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colgate Flogs Fordham". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. Associated Press. September 19, 1999. pp. 11C, 10C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (September 27, 1999). "Big Red Flattens Fordham". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Atkinson Carries Tigers to Victory". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 3, 1999. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jensen, Mike (October 10, 1999). "Penn Uses Its Running Game to Top Young Fordham Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dell'Apa, Frank (October 17, 1999). "Nearly Caught Holding: Crimson Build Bulge but Barely Beat Fordham". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Towson Gives Fordham the Boot on Kulic's FG". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. October 24, 1999. p. 5E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bostrom, Don (November 7, 1999). "Special Teams Spark Lafayette to 27-7 Win Over Fordham". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Others". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Fla. November 7, 1999. p. 16C.
- ^ "Fordham Drops 10th Straight; Holy Cross Scores 20 Consecutive Points". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. Associated Press. November 14, 1999. pp. 7C, 6C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bucknell Ends Season with 45-15 Win". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. November 21, 1999. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Bucknell 45, Fordham 15". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. November 21, 1999. p. 6C.
- ^ "1999 Football Schedule". Fordham University Athletics. Retrieved August 14, 2023.