Football Travels to Monmouth on Saturday

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Bronx, N.Y. - The Fordham University football Rams continue their 2016 home season, the 116th varsity season at Rose Hill, by traveling to West Long Branch, N.J., to face the Monmouth University Hawks on Kessler Field at Monmouth Stadium on Saturday, October 1, at 1:00 p.m.
 
The game will be streamed live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app with Matt Harmon (p-b-p), Eddy Occhipinti (color) and Suzi Mellano (sideline) 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 2-1 record after a 31-17 win over Penn on Jack Coffey Field last Saturday while Monmouth is 2-2 on the young season after a 35-7 Big South conference loss to #11/12 Charleston Southern on Kessler Field last Saturday.
 
This will be the third meeting between Fordham and Monmouth on the gridiron with the all-time series tied, 1-1. Fordham won last year's matchup, 54-31, on September 25, on Jack Coffey Field as Kevin Anderson completed 19 of 27 passes for 340 yards and five touchdowns.
 
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 (43 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:  Jonah Isaac (offense for defense), Kyvaune Brammer and Jonathan Dimon (defense for the offense) and Chris Geissler (special teams).
 
No New York area football team has won more games since 2012 than Fordham, who has amassed 40 victories over that stretch. The closest collegiate competitors are Sacred Heart, who has 31 wins over that period, and Rutgers with 29, while the NFL's Giants have 30 and the Jets 29.
 
Junior running back Chase Edmonds is already second on the Fordham career rushing yards and career rushing touchdown lists. He needs 754 rushing yards to tie Kirwin Watson's career rushing record of 4,617 yards and one rushing score to tie Watson's career mark of 48.
 
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 758 passing yards so far in 2016 brings his career mark to 3,941, seventh best in school history.
 
Lost among the impressive offensive numbers for the 2016 Rams is the stellar play of the defense. Fordham leads the NCAA FCS in fewest passing yards allowed/game (118.3) and in defensive passing efficiency (79.33). The Rams are also tenth in the nation in sacks (3.33/game) and 18^th in passes intercepted (5).