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Bronx, N.Y. - The Fordham University Rams close out their 2018 season, Fordham's 118th varsity season, by traveling to Lewisburg, Penn., to face the Bucknell University Bison in a Patriot League contest in Christy Mathewson Memorial Stadium on Saturday, November 17, at 1:30 p.m.
(please note that this is a time change from the original schedule)
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The game will be streamed live on Stadium and on Facebook Watch with Matt Martucci (p-b-p), Dave Owens (color), and Meghan Kluth (sidelines) announcing and broadcast live on WFUVsports.org with Emmanuel Berbari (p-b-p), David Spampinato (color) and Chris Boccia (sidelines) handling the announcing chores.
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Fordham enters the game with a 1-9 record, 1-4 in the Patriot League, coming off a 17-13 league loss at Holy Cross last week, while Bucknell enters the game with a 1-9 overall mark, 1-4 in the Patriot League, and is coming off a 14-3 league loss at Georgetown University last Saturday.
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This will be 34th meeting between Fordham and Bucknell on the gridiron with the Bison leading the all-time series, which started in 1929, 18-15. Fordham has taken the past five meetings, including a 20-9 win on Jack Coffey Field last November 18 as
Chase Edmonds closed out his Fordham career by rushing for 185 yards and two scores and
Austin Longi returned a punt a school-record 90-yards for a touchdown.
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A few notes on the game:
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Austin Longi
• Senior wide receiver
Austin Longi, a Preseason All-Patriot League selection, has 59 catches for 697 yards and four touchdowns this year to bring his career totals to 190 receptions, 2,412 yards and 19 touchdowns.
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• Longi ranks third on the Fordham career reception list, fifth on the career receiving yards list and he is tied for fifth on the all-time touchdown reception list.
• Longi leads the Patriot League in receptions/game (5.9) and is second in receiving yards/game (69.7).
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• Fordham sophomore kicker
Andrew Mevis was been named Patriot League Rookie of the Week following last week's Holy Cross game.
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• It is the third Special Teams Player of the Week award this year for Mevis.
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• Senior wide out
Corey Caddle has 33 catches for 310 yards and one touchdown so far this season to bring his career numbers to 134 receptions for 1,536 career yards with 15 scores.
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• Caddle is tied for ninth place on the Fordham career receiving touchdowns list, is tenth in career receptions, and is 13th on the career receiving yards list.
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• Fordham senior tight end
Isaiah Searight has 85 career receptions for 1,093 yards.
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• He becomes the fourth Fordham tight end to reach 1,000 career receiving yards, joining Dan Light (1,594 from 2011-14), Stephen Skelton (1,313 from 2007-2010) and Jim Walls (1,021 from 1996-1999).
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• Searight tied the school record for career touchdown receptions by a tight end with his eleventh in the Holy Cross game.
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• The Fordham captains for 2018 are senior defensive back
Dylan Mabin, and senior tight end
Isaiah Searight.
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• No New York area football team has won more games since 2012 than Fordham, who has amassed 51 victories over that stretch. The closest collegiate competitors are Stony Brook (47), Sacred Heart (42), and Rutgers (34), while the NFL's Giants and Jets have 44 and 41 wins, respectively, each.
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