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Bronx, N.Y. -Â The Fordham University Rams continue the 2021 season, Fordham's 121st varsity season, by traveling to Hamilton, N.Y., to face the Colgate University Raiders in a Patriot League contest on Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium on Saturday, November 20, at 12:00 p.m.
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The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Eric Malanoski (p-b-p) and Jeff Bishop (color) announcing and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and wfuvsports.org with Nick DeLuca (p-b-p) and Brian Rabacs (color) handling the announcing chores.
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Fordham enters the game with a 6-4 record, 4-1 in the Patriot League, and is coming off a 52-24 Patriot League loss to Holy Cross on Jack Coffey Field last Saturday while Colgate is 4-6 on the year, 4-1 in the Patriot League, following a 20-13 League win at Lafayette.
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This will be the 33rd meeting between Fordham and Colgate on the gridiron. The Raiders lead the all-time series, which started in 1989, 24-8. Fordham won the matchup last spring, 40-8, on Jack Coffey Field on April 3 as
Tim DeMorat completed 22 of 31 passes for 274 yards and ran for two scores while
Trey Sneed rushed 23 times for 93 yards and two touchdowns.
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A few notes on the game:
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• Senior wide receiver
Fotis Kokosioulis leads the Patriot League and is third in the NCAA FCS in touchdown receptions with 12 on the season.
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• The 12 scoring catches is tied for third most in a season in school history.
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• Senior quarterback
Tim DeMorat has completed 145 of 234 passes (62.0%) for 2,139 yards and 23 touchdowns over the past seven games (six Fordham wins).
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• On the year, DeMorat has completed 205-of-352 passes for 2,864 yards and 29 touchdowns.
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• The 29 passing touchdowns is the fourth best single-season total in school history.
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• He leads the Patriot League and is sixth in the NCAA FCS in passing touchdowns.
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• DeMorat leads the League and is 15th in the NCAA FCS in passing efficiency (150.4).
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• The Fordham captains for 2021 are senior defensive back
Jesse Bramble, senior running back
Trey Sneed, and senior offensive lineman
Nick Zakelj.
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• No New York area college football team has won more games since 2012 than Fordham, who has amassed 63 victories over that stretch. The closest collegiate competitors are Sacred Heart (58), Stony Brook (57), and Rutgers (43), while the NFL's Giants lead the NYC area professional teams with 59 wins over the past ten years and the Jets have 53.