2020 Fordham Rams football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2020
| team = Fordham Rams
| sport = football
| image = Fordham Rams F Logo.png
| image_size = 125
| conference = Patriot League
| division = North Division
| short_conf = Patriot
| record = 2–1
| conf_record = 2–1
| head_coach = Joe Conlin
| hc_year = 3rd
| off_coach = Kevin Decker
| oc_year = 2nd
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Jameson Zacharias
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Coffey Field
}}
{{2020 Patriot League football standings}}
The 2020 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as member of the North Division of Patriot League during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Joe Conlin, the Rams compiled an overall record of 2–1 with an identical mark in conference play, placing second the Patriot League's North Division. Fordham played home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx.
On July 13, 2020, the Patriot League announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |last=Scarborough |first=Alex |title=Patriot League cancels fall sports due to virus |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29455357/source-patriot-league-cancel-fall-sports |publisher=ESPN |date=July 13, 2020 |access-date=July 13, 2020}} The league announced a spring schedule on February 5, with the first games set to be played on March 13.{{cite web |last1=Kelley |first1=Kevin |title=Patriot League releases Spring 2021 football schedule |url=https://fbschedules.com/patriot-league-releases-spring-2021-football-schedule/ |website=FBSchedules.com |access-date=February 23, 2021 |date=February 5, 2021}}
Schedule
Fordham had games scheduled against Stony Brook on August 29, Bryant on September 5, and Hawaii on September 12, which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.{{cite web |last1=Wilmer |first1=Brian |title=Fordham cancels first three 2020 football games |url=https://fbschedules.com/fordham-cancels-first-three-2020-football-games/ |website=FBSchedules.com |date=July 7, 2020 |access-date=July 8, 2020 }}
{{CFB schedule
| time = y
| tv = y
| attend = y
| opprank = y
| rankyear = 2020
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Eastern
| March 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at | Holy Cross | Fitton Field | Worcester, MA (Ram–Crusader Cup) | ESPN+ | L 24–34 |
| April 3 | 4:00 p.m. | | Colgate | Coffey Field | Bronx, NY | ESPN+ | W 40–8 |
| April 10 |1:00 p.m. | at | Bucknell | Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium | Lewisburg, PA | ESPN+ |w 31-17 |
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Fordham Rams Schedule 2020 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2230/season/2020 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 13, 2023 }}{{cite web |title=2020 Football Schedule |url=https://fordhamsports.com/sports/football/schedule/2020 |publisher=Fordham University Athletics |access-date=August 13, 2023 }}{{cite web |title=2020-21 Football Schedule |url=https://fordhamsports.com/sports/football/schedule/2020-21 |publisher=Fordham University Athletics |access-date=August 13, 2023 }}
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