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Bronx, N.Y. (November 24, 2013) – The Fordham University football squad learned it's reward today for having the most successful regular season in school history, a berth in the 2013 NCAA Division I Football Championship. And not only did the Rams receive the bid, Fordham will also get to host a first round game as they welcome the Sacred Heart University Pioneers, Northeast Conference champions, to Jack Coffey Field on Saturday, November 30, at 1:00 PM in a game that will be televised live on ESPN3.
Ticket Information
The Fordham athletic department will cover the cost of tickets for Fordham students. Fordham students will need to present a valid Fordham ID on game day to receive their ticket into the game (one ticket per student). Student tickets will not be given out in advance and will be presented to students at a to be dertermed location. Online ticket sales begin at 2 pm on Sunday, November 24 and phone orders will begin Monday morning. All current season tickets holders will have their seats placed on hold for purchase. Please call the ticket office at (718) 817- 4759 starting at 9 AM on Monday November 25 to purchase your current seats as well as add any additional seats, depending on availability. Current season ticket holders will have until Tuesday November 26 at 5 PM to purchase your seats. After that time they will become available to the general public for purchase.
Ticket prices are as follows:
Loge - $20 each
General Admission - $15
Fordham Students – No charge (courtesy of the Fordham athletic department - with valid Fordham ID)
Sacred Heart Students - $10 (with valid Sacred Heart ID on game day only)
*Senior Citizen General Admission - $10
*Child General Admission (2-12 years of age) - $5
* Available only on Game day and upon availability
The NCAA FCS championship appearance will be the third for Fordham, the first since 2007 (the other occurred in 2002), while the Rams will be hosting an NCAA FCS playoff game for the first time ever. In 2002, Fordham won its first ever NCAA FCS playoff game with a 29-24 win at Northeastern before being eliminated by Villanova in the second round, 24-10. In 2007, Fordham dropped a first round decision at Massachusetts, 49-35.
The Rams also played in the 1987 NCAA Division III championship, defeating Hofstra, 41-6, in the first round before falling to eventual national champions, Wagner, on Jack Coffey Field in the second, 21-0. That game was the first ever NCAA championship game played on Jack Coffey Field.
The Rams finished the regular season with an 11-1 record, setting the school mark for most wins in a season in the modern era (since 1920).
On the field, the Fordham offense has been prolific, setting school single season records for most points (4610 and most total yards (6,252) in a season, surpassing the former scoring record of 418 and the former total yardage mark of 5,377, both set by the 2003 squad.
Individually, junior quarterback
Mike Nebrich has completed 284 of 379 passes for 3,576 yards and 28 touchdowns. He breaks Mark Carney's record of 27 touchdown passes in a season, set in 2001, and ties John Skelton's mark of 284 completions in a season, set in 2009. Nebrich's 3,576 yards this year is second only to Skelton's 3,708 yards in 2009.
Nebrich leads the NCAA FCS in completion percentage (.749) and is second in passing efficiency (175.4), third in total offense (365.4 yards/game) and fifth in passing yards/game (325.1 yards/game).
Nebrich has a wealth of receivers to throw the ball to, including juniors
Sam Ajala, Tebucky Jones, Jr., and
Brian Wetzel. Ajala has 78 catches for 1,398 yards on the year, 41 yards behind Javarus Dudley's school record of 1,439 set in 2003, while Wetzel has 77 receptions for 938 yards and 13 scores and Jones has hauled in 76 passes for 1,067 yards and four touchdowns. Ajala and Jones become the first receiving tandem in Fordham history to have 1,000 receiving yards in the same season while Wetzel's 13 receiving touchdowns is one shy of Dudley's single season record set in 2003.
On the ground, senior
Carlton Koonce has accumulated 1,340 yards on 269 carries with nine touchdowns, bringing his career total to 3,161, good for third on the Fordham career rushing list.
Defensively, junior linebacker
Stephen Hodge leads the Rams with 111 total tackles, 87 solo, including 15 for loss and five sacks. He leads the NCAA FCS in solo tackles (7.3/game) and he leads the Patriot League in tackles for loss.
Fordham's success this fall comes just two years after the Rams went 1-10 during the 2011 season.
