The 2020 Fordham Rams football team represented
Fordham University
Fordham University () is a Private university, private Jesuit universities, Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the The Bronx, Bronx in which its origina ...
in the
2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach
Joe Conlin
Joe Conlin is an American football coach who is currently the head football coach at Fordham University. He previously served as an assistant football coach at Yale University, Harvard University, the University of New Hampshire, and West Virgin ...
and played their home games at
Coffey Field
Jack Coffey Field is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in the northeast United States, located on the campus of Fordham University in The Bronx, New York. It is the Fordham Rams' home for football, men's and women's soccer, and baseball. ...
as a member of the
Patriot League
The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective gr ...
.
On July 13, 2020, the Patriot League announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
. The league announced a spring schedule on February 5, with the first games set to be played on March 13.
Schedule
Fordham had games scheduled against
Stony Brook on August 29,
Bryant on September 5, and
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
on September 12, which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.
References
Fordham
Fordham Rams football seasons
Fordham Rams football
The Fordham Rams football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Fordham University, located in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and ar ...
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