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BRONX, N.Y. -  The Fordham University Rams continue the 2024 season, Fordham's 124th varsity season, by hosting the Stony Brook University Seawolves for Homecoming at Moglia Stadium on Saturday, September 14, at 1:00 p.m.
 
A large crowd is expected for Homecoming so get your tickets now at the Fordham Athletic Tickets website. Fordham students can also use the site to get their free ticket. Instructions can be found here.
 
The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Andrew Bogusch (p-b-p) and Grant DelVecchio (analyst) announcing and broadcast live on WFUV (90.7 FM) and wfuvsports.org with Lou Orlando (p-b-p) and Evan Harkin (analyst) handling the announcing chores.
 
Fordham enters the game with an 0-2 record after a loss at Central Connecticut State University last week, while Stony Brook enters the contest with a 1-1 record and is coming off a 37-10 win over Stonehill at home last Saturday.
 
Saturday's game will be the eighth meeting between Fordham and Stony Brook on the gridiron. The Rams lead the all-time series, 4-3, and have taken the past three meetings. Fordham won last year's meeting, 26-7, on October 14 at Stony Brook as Julius Loughridge carried 24 times for 154 yards and two scores while also catching two passes for 19 yards and CJ Montes completed 20 of 33 passes for 171 yards. Defensively the Rams forced three fourth quarter Stony Brook turnovers, two on strip sacks from Matt Jaworski, both which were converted into touchdowns, and the third on an interception by senior defensive back Nahil Perkins.
 
A few notes on the game:
 
• The Fordham Rams have thrown the second most touchdown passes of any NCAA FCS school over the past three years.
 
• The Rams threw a school-record 58 scoring strikes in 2022 (56 of those from Tim DeMorat who set a school and Patriot League record), had 26 from quarterback CJ Montes last year, and have two this year for a total of 86.
 
• Fordham senior linebacker James Conway has 386 total tackles, third on the Fordham career list.
 
• Fordham senior running back Julius Loughridge, who has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the first two games, has 2,281 career rushing yards, eighth on the Fordham all-time rushing list.
 
• Fordham senior linebacker James Conway, senior defensive lineman Matt Jaworski, and junior quarterback CJ Montes were named 2024 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team.
 
• Fordham will be represented by six captains in 2024: senior defensive lineman Matt Jaworski, grad student wide receiver Mekai Felton, grad student offensive linemen Ryan Joyce (who is serving as a captain for the second straight year), grad student defensive back Nahil Perkins, and grad student linebacker Mike Courtney.
 
• Two former Fordham football Rams are currently on NFL rosters. Running back Chase Edmonds, who was drafted in the fourth round by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2018 draft, is a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but will miss the 2024 season due to injury while offensive lineman Nick Zakelj, who was selected in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL draft by the San Francisco and enters his third year with the 49ers.
 
• No New York area college football team has won more games since 2012 than Fordham, who has amassed 79 victories over that stretch. The closest collegiate competitors are Army West Point (77), Sacred Heart (70), Stony Brook (59), and Rutgers (56), while the NFL's Giants lead all NYC area professional teams with 76 wins over the past 12 years and the Jets have 69.