Football Hosts Colgate for Senior Day 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 Colgate University Raiders on Jack Coffey Field on Saturday, November 5, at 1:00 p.m.
 
The game will be streamed live on the Patriot League Network and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on WFUVsports.org with Drew Casey (p-b-p), Pat Costello (color) and Tommy Aldrich (sidelines) handling the announcing chores.
 
The game will be the final regular season home contest for 28 Fordham seniors who will be honored in a pregame ceremony.
 
Fordham enters the game with a 5-3 record, 2-1 in the Patriot League, after a league loss at Lehigh last Saturday while Colgate is 3-4 on the season, 2-1 in the conference, after a 26-8 league win over Holy Cross in Hamilton last Saturday.
 
This will be the 28th meeting between Fordham and Colgate on the gridiron with the Raiders leading the all-time series, which started in 1989, 21-6, but Fordham has won two of the past three matchups. Colgate won last year's meeting, 31-29, in Hamilton on October 31 as Jake Melville completed 17 of 26 passes for 241 yards and one touchdowns and rushed for 112 yards and two scores.
 
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 (48 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.
 
The scout team players of the week were announced following practice on Thursday:  Alex Hall (offense for defense), Kyle Cook (defense for the offense) and Dan Halligan (special teams).
 
No New York area football team has won more games since 2012 than Fordham, who has amassed 43 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 32 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 1,708 passing yards so far in 2016 brings his career mark to 4,621, sixth best in school history, while his 51 career touchdown passes is 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.