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BRONX, N.Y. -  The Fordham University Rams continue the 2023 season, Fordham's 123rd varsity season, by hosting the Stonehill College Skyhawks at Moglia Stadium at Jack Coffey Field on Saturday, September 16, at 1:00 p.m.
 
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The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Andrew Bogusch (p-b-p) and Nick DeLuca (color) announcing and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and wfuvsports.org with Brian Rabacs (p-b-p) and Miles Grossman (color) handling the announcing chores.
 
Fordham enters with a 2-1 record and is coming off a 40-37 win at the University at Buffalo on September 9, while Stonehill is also 2-1 on the year after a 23-20 victory at Georgetown last week.
 
This will be the first meeting between Fordham and Stonehill on the gridiron. The Skyhawks moved from NCAA Div. II to NCAA FCS last year and are a member of the Northeast Conference.
 
A few notes on the game:
 
• It will be the second of two NEC schools the Rams play this year (Wagner).
 
• The Fordham Rams have thrown the most touchdown passes of any NCAA FCS school over the past two years.
 
• The Rams threw a school-record 58 scoring strokes last year (56 of those from Tim DeMorat who set a school and Patriot League record) and have eleven from quarterback CJ Montes this year for a total of 69.
 
• Fordham sophomore quarterback CJ Montes has thrown eleven touchdown passes in his first three games as the Ram starting quarterback, the most for any Fordham signal caller over his first three starts.
 
• Over the past two years, the Rams are 9-2 at Moglia Stadium.
 
• Fordham junior linebacker James Conway and graduate student wide receiver MJ Wright were named 2023 NCAA FCS Preseason All-Americans.
 
• Both were named Third Team Preseason All-America by Stats Perform and to the Phil Steele FCS Preseason All-America Team.
 
• Wright was also named Preseason All-American by The Bluebloods while Conway was placed on the HERO Sports Top 25 Returning Linebackers list.
 
• The Fordham captains for 2023 are grad student offensive linemen Ryan Joyce and Lucas Portes, grad student wide receiver MJ Wright, grad student defensive back Stephen Williams II, and grad student defensive lineman Alfonzo Dixon.
 
• No New York area college football team has won more games since 2012 than Fordham, who has amassed 75 victories over that stretch. The closest collegiate competitors are Sacred Heart (64), Stony Brook (59), and Rutgers (49), while the NFL's Giants lead all NYC area professional teams with 72 wins over the past eleven years and the Jets have 62.