Football Hosts Georgetown on Saturday

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Bronx, N.Y. - The Fordham University football Rams continue their 2016 Patriot League schedule, the 116th varsity season at Rose Hill, by hosting the Georgetown University Hoyas on Jack Coffey Field on Saturday, October 22, at 1:00 p.m. as part of Family Weekend.
 
Note that the game is sold out. However, a limited number of standing room only tickets will be sold at the ticket booth beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
 
Tickets for Fordham University undergraduates will remain held in the Student Sections (Section 3, 4, 16) and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis on Saturday. Valid ID must be presented to receive your ticket.
 
The standing room only tickets will allow holders access to the Houlihan Park bleachers. Prices are $15 (adults) and $10 (seniors 65+, children 12 and under).
 
Gates will open at 11:30 a.m.
 
The game will be streamed live on Campus Insiders with Jason Horowitz (p-b-p), Tom Kelleher (color) and Morgan Uber (sidelines) announcing and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on WFUVsports.org with Drew Casey (p-b-p), Pat Costello (color) and Tom Terzulli (sidelines) handling the announcing chores.
 
Fordham enters the game with a 4-2 record, 1-0 in the Patriot League, after a 44-37 win over Yale University on Jack Coffey Field last Saturday while Georgetown is 3-3 on the season, 0-1 in the conference, after a 35-3 league loss to Lehigh last Saturday in Washington, D.C.
 

This will be the 59th meeting between Fordham and Georgetown on the gridiron. The Rams lead the all-time series, which started in 1889, 35-20-3. The two teams also met five times on the club level with Fordham winning three of the five contests. Fordham has taken the past four meetings, including a including a 38-31 win in Washington, D.C., last November 14 as Kevin Anderson completed 21 of 29 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns and Chase Edmonds rushed for 137 yards on 20 carries with one score.
 
Game-Day Parking
There are two options for parking on-campus during the 2016 season. Parking in Lot A (tailgating area) is $30 on game-day. Fans not wishing to tailgate may park in the on-campus garage for $15 on game-day. Please note that tailgating is ONLY allowed in Lot A.
 
A few notes on the game:
 
Senior linebacker George Dawson and senior punter Joe Pavlik have appeared in every game at Fordham since arriving as freshmen in 2013 (46 games). They are looking to become the Fordham career leaders in games played. The currently record is 47, set by Javarus Dudley (2000-03) and matched by Joe Sullivan (2011-14).
 
The Fordham captains will be Kevin Anderson, George Dawson and Joe Pavlik.
 
The scout team players of the week were announced following practice on Thursday:  Charlie Murray (offense for defense), Luke Arlotto (defense for the offense) and Jonah Isaac (special teams).
 
No New York area football team has won more games since 2012 than Fordham, who has amassed 42 victories over that stretch. The closest collegiate competitors are Sacred Heart, who has 32 wins over that period, and Rutgers with 29, while the NFL's Giants have 31 and the Jets 29.
 
Senior quarterback Kevin Anderson threw for 3,183 yards last year, the fourth best single season in school history, in his first year as a starter. His 1,153 passing yards so far in 2016 brings his career mark to 4,336, sixth best in school history.
 
Junior running back Chase Edmonds has amassed 4,551 rushing yards over his career, the second best total in Fordham history. He needs 66 yards to tie Kirwin Watson's school record of 4,617, set from 2000-2003. Edmonds already owns Fordham's career touchdown (62) and career rushing touchdown (55) records.
 
Junior running back Chase Edmonds gained 121 rushing yards in the Yale game to bring his season total to 1,065, his third straight 1,000-yard season. He became the fastest Rams to hit the 1,000-yard mark, doing so in his sixth game of the year. In 2014 and 2015 Edmonds surpassed the 1,000-yard mark in seven games while Carlton Koonce accomplished the feat in eight games in 2012. Edmonds is the second Ram to record three 1,000-yard rushing seasons, joining Kirwan Watson who did it in 2001, 2002 and 2003.