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#10 Rams take on another unbeaten Patriot League squad

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Bronx, N.Y. (October 31, 2014) -  The Fordham University football Rams will continue their 2014 Patriot League season as they host the Colgate University Raiders on Jack Coffey Field on Saturday, November 1, at 1:00 p.m.
 
The game will be streamed live on the Patriot League Network powered by Campus Insiders with Wayne Randazzo (p-b-p) and Andrew Bogusch (color) announcing. The game will also be heard live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and on WFUV.org with DJ Sixsmith (p-b-p) and Nick Logerfo (color) handling the announcing chores.
 
#10 Fordham, 7-1 on the year and 3-0 in the Patriot League, enters the game after a 48-27 Patriot League win at Lehigh last Saturday. Colgate, 4-4 overall this season and 2-0 in the conference, enters the contest after a 24-17 loss at #25 Albany last week.
 
A few notes on the game:
 
Joining captains Stephen Hodge, Dan Light and Ian Williams will be Fordham game captains Peter Maetzold (offense), De'Nard Pinckney (defense) and Michael Marando (special teams)
 
The scout team players of the week were announced following practice on Thursday: Nick Angeli (offense), John O'Boyle (defense) and incent Sansone (special teams)
 
This will be the 26th meeting between Fordham and Colgate on the gridiron with the Raiders leading the all-time series, which started in 1989, 20-5
 
Fordham won last year's matchup, 56-19, on November 23 in Hamilton as Mike Nebrich completed 29 of 38 passes for 395 yards and five touchdowns, with 12 of those passes going to Tebucky Jones, Jr., for 224 yards and a touchdown, and Carlton Koonce rushed 29 times for 148 yards and two scores
 
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Chase Edmonds
The Fordham win snapped a five-game Colgate winning streak in the series
 
Colgate is the only team to defeat the Rams on Jack Coffey Field since Joe Moorhead took over as head coach (the Raiders won 41-39 in 2012)
 
Freshman running back Chase Edmonds rushed 32 times for 197 yards and five touchdowns, at Lehigh on October 25, tying Kirwin Watson's school record for rushing touchdowns in a game. For his exploits, Edmonds was named The Sports Network NCAA FCS Rookie of the Week, the Patriot League Corvias Offensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) National Running Back of the Week, the College Sports Madness Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week and the ECAC Rookie of the Week.
 
Edmonds is second in the NCAA FCS in all-purpose yards/game, averaging 201.4 yards/game in eight games this year, while also ranking second in the FCS in rushing yards (1,208) and rushing touchdowns (16) and is third in rushing yards/game (151.0).
 
Over his past four games, senior quarterback Mike Nebrich has gotten hot, completing 143 of 196 passes (73.0%) for 1,895 yards and 18 touchdowns with one interception.
 
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Players Mentioned

Carlton Koonce

#21 Carlton Koonce

RB
5' 8"
Senior
Stephen Hodge

#43 Stephen Hodge

LB
6' 2"
Senior
Tebucky Jones, Jr.

#5 Tebucky Jones, Jr.

WR
6' 0"
Senior
Dan Light

#84 Dan Light

TE
6' 5"
Senior
Peter Maetzold

#6 Peter Maetzold

QB
6' 2"
Senior
Michael Marando

#94 Michael Marando

K
5' 7"
Senior
Mike Nebrich

#12 Mike Nebrich

QB
6' 1"
Senior
De

#14 De'Nard Pinckney

LB
6' 2"
Senior
Ian Williams

#32 Ian Williams

DB
6' 1"
Senior
Chase Edmonds

#22 Chase Edmonds

RB
5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Carlton Koonce

#21 Carlton Koonce

5' 8"
Senior
RB
Stephen Hodge

#43 Stephen Hodge

6' 2"
Senior
LB
Tebucky Jones, Jr.

#5 Tebucky Jones, Jr.

6' 0"
Senior
WR
Dan Light

#84 Dan Light

6' 5"
Senior
TE
Peter Maetzold

#6 Peter Maetzold

6' 2"
Senior
QB
Michael Marando

#94 Michael Marando

5' 7"
Senior
K
Mike Nebrich

#12 Mike Nebrich

6' 1"
Senior
QB
De

#14 De'Nard Pinckney

6' 2"
Senior
LB
Ian Williams

#32 Ian Williams

6' 1"
Senior
DB
Chase Edmonds

#22 Chase Edmonds

5' 9"
Freshman
RB