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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 facing the Holy Cross Crusaders in the annual Ram-Crusader Cup game to be played this year in Yankee Stadium on Saturday, November 12, at 3:00 p.m.
 
The game will be streamed live on the Patriot League Network and also carried live on Twitter with Ray Crawford (p-b-p), Tom Kelleher (color) and Shea Peppler (sidelines) announcing  and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on WFUVsports.org with Drew Casey (p-b-p), Pat Costello (color) and Corey Miller (sidelines) handling the announcing chores.
 
Fordham enters the game with a 6-3 record, 3-1 in the Patriot League, after a 24-20 Patriot League win over Colgate University on Jack Coffey Field last Saturday while Holy Cross stands at 4-6 overall this year, 2-3 in the league, following a 21-20 league win over Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., last Saturday.
 
This will be the 54th meeting between Fordham and Holy Cross on the gridiron with the  Crusaders leading the all-time series, which started in 1902, 27-24-2, but Fordham has won the past four meetings. The Rams won last year's meeting, 47-41, in overtime on October 17 on Jack Coffey Field as Chase Edmonds rushed for 162 yards and four scores, including the game-winner in the first overtime. Fordham is 14-13 against Holy Cross since joining the Patriot League while the all-time Ram-Crusader Cup series is tied at 15 wins each.
 
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 (49 games). They became the Fordham career leaders in games played in the Lehigh game, surpassing the former mark of 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.
 
No New York area football team has won more games since 2012 than Fordham, who has amassed 44 victories over that stretch. The closest collegiate competitors are Sacred Heart, who has 33 wins over that period, and Rutgers with 29, while the NFL's Giants have 33 and the Jets 31.
 
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 1,971 passing yards so far in 2016 brings his career mark to 5,154, sixth best in school history. Anderson also threw 32 scoring strikes last year, the second best single season in Fordham history, and now has 54 for his career, third best all-time at Fordham.
 
With his 182 rushing yards in the Georgetown game, junior running back Chase Edmonds became the school's all-time leading rusher. He currently has 4,912 career rushing yards, second best in the history of the Patriot League. Edmonds broke the former career mark of 4,417 yards set by Kirwin Watson from 2000-03. Edmonds also owns Fordham's career touchdown (62) and career rushing touchdown (55) records.
 
Senior wide receiver Robbie Cantelli has caught eleven touchdown passes this year after having only two in his first three years at Fordham. The eleven receiving touchdowns are tied for fourth most in a season for the Rams.