Football Late Comeback Foiled at Lafayette

Easton, Pa. – The good news for the Fordham football squad was that they held Lafayette to minus-five yards of rushing today and 193 passing yards, with the exception of one play. Unfortunately for the Rams that one play was a 63-yard, fourth-quarter, scoring pass that proved to be the difference as the Leopards knocked off the Rams, 14-10, in a Patriot League at Fisher Field.
 
With the loss, Fordham falls to 1-5 overall, 0-1 in the Patriot League, while Lafayette improves to 2-4 overall, 2-0 in the conference.
 
The Rams took a 7-0 lead in the second on a 12-yard scoring strike from Kevin Anderson to Austin Longi. The touchdown pass was the 70th in Anderson's career as he moves out of a tie with John Skelton and into first place on the Fordham career list.
 
The Rams made it a 10-0 game with 3:50 left in the third on a 22-yard Andrew Mevis field goal before the Leopards scored on a four-yard rush early in the fourth.
 
Following the Lafayette score with 5:06 remaining, the Rams had two chances at a comeback, the first stopped on downs on the Lafayette ten as Anderson couldn't connect with Austin Longi in the end zone and the last on the final play of the game as Anderson looked for Jonathan Lumley but the pass was broken up in the end zone.
 
 
Takeaways
 
Kevin Anderson completed 29 of 47 passes for 277 yards, bringing his career totals to 559 completions for 7,379, both third on the Fordham career lists.
 

Kevin Anderson was forced from the game by an injury late in the fourth quarter but his backup Luke Medlock came on and connected with Edmonds on a third-and-15 pass that gained 16 yards and a first down.
 
The loss snaps a Fordham three-game winning streak in the series with Lafayette.
 
The game featured a pair of brothers on opposing sidelines as Fordham tight ends coach Ian Pace faced off against his younger brother, Christian, who is coaching the Leopards' tight ends.
 
By the Numbers
 
-5 – Net rushing yards in the game for Lafayette
 
8 – Tackles for a loss in the game for the Rams, a season high.
 
10 – Receptions in the game for Austin Longi, tying his career-high.
 
11 – Receptions for Andrew Prince, a career-high (previous career-best was five at Bryant earlier this year).
 
29, 47 – Pass completions and attempts for Kevin Anderson, both season-highs.
 
78 – Rushing yards for Chase Edmonds, bringing his career total to 5,561, 60 yards shy of Jordan Scott's Patriot League career record.
 
111 – Receiving yards for Austin Longi, a season-high and his third career 100-yard game.
 
 
What's Next?
The Rams continue Patriot League play as they travel to Hamilton, N.Y., to face the Colgate University Raiders in Andy Kerr Stadium at noon.