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With the 2020 fall sports season canceled by the COVID-19 outbreak, we at Fordham have decided to dig back through our archives and provide our fans with content on some of the outstanding teams and student-athletes who have graced Rose Hill over the years.
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October 17, 2016 – (Bronx, N.Y.) – If Andy Bernard, the fictitious Cornell graduate on
The Office, held the paper account for his alma mater's press box he would have made a killing on Saturday. Fordham and Cornell combined for over 1,000 yards of total offense in the game, with the Rams breaking or tying five school records, as the Fordham offense proved too much for the Big Red, defeating Cornell, 39-27, on Schoellkopf Field.
With the win, Fordham's third straight, the Rams even their record at 3-3 on the year while Cornell falls to 2-3.
"Both teams made plays at both ends but we just made a few more," said Fordham head coach
Tom Masella. "John did a great job throwing the ball today and the receivers did a great job getting open."
Most teams use the running game to set up the passing game but that was not the case for Fordham today as the Big Red defense shut down the Rams' running attack. So senior quarterback John Skelton stepped up the passing game, completing 20 of 27 passes for 420 yards and five touchdowns. He broke the school record of 413 passing yards set by Joe Moorhead in 1995 and came up one shy of the school record for scoring passes of six, set by Kevin Eakin in 2003.
Jason Caldwell
"Jason Caldwell did a great job today," said Skelton. "A lot of the plays were read plays for him and he was able to find the holes in the defense."
Senior receiver Jason Caldwell also etched his name in the Fordham record book, tying Javarus Dudley's single-game mark with four touchdown receptions. He finished with 245 receiving yards, just one shy of Dudley's school mark.
"I was fortunate today to be able to catch some short passes and turn them into big plays," said Caldwell. "Most of that had to do with the offensive line. They came into the game with some injuries and missing a couple of starters but they pulled together and did a great job."
Skelton also hooked up with Asa Lucas for a 98-yard scoring strike, the longest pass play in Fordham history.
What makes those passing number even more impressive is the fact that Cornell entered the game with the 14th-ranked passing defense in the NCAA FCS, allowing just 151.0 yards/game.
Not to be outdone, junior defensive back Isa Abdul Quddus intercepted three passes in the game, tying him with Tad Kornegay, who did it twice, for the school record.
October 17, 1979 – (Bronx, N.Y.) - Behind the strong effort from the defense and junior goalkeeper Tony Montanino, the Fordham Soccer team pulled off a major upset by defeating the eighth-ranked team in the nation, St. Francis, by a 2-1 score.
Freshman Bob Thunelius scored the first Ram goal early in the first half, but il was an unbelievable play by freshman forward John Shannon that won the game for Fordham. An attempted clearing throw by the St. Francis goalie was headed into the net by Shannon from nearly 30 yards out, giving the Rams a 2-0 lead in the second half.
A goal by St. Francis fifteen seconds after Shannon's was all the offense that could be mustered against Montanino, who gave perhaps his finest performance of the season in the contest.
