Football Falls at Monmouth – Fordham University Athletics

21

Fordham
For

0-5, 0-0

63

winner

Monmouth
Mo

3-2, 1-0

21

63

winner

Points by quarters

team	1	2	3	4	F
For Fordham	7	7	0	7	21
Mo Monmouth	14	35	14	0	63

Match Review: Football | Sep 28, 2024 5:00 p.m

The Rams host Lafayette next Saturday for their Patriot League opener

Gallery: (09/28/2024) Football in Monmouth

West Long Branch, NJ – Unlike Willie Nelson, the Fordham football team can wait to hit the road again in 2024. The Rams, playing on the road for the fourth time in their first five games and in the rain for the second time in their last three, found the road to Monmouth University to be anything but friendly as they fell to the Hawks, 63-21, in the damp Kessler Stadium.

The loss drops the Rams to 0-5 on the year, while Monmouth improves to 3-2.

Senior running back Julius Loughridge Led the Fordham offense and ran 24 times for 97 yards and two scores as a junior quarterback Jack Capaldi He passed 11 times for 72 yards and threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to the freshman receiver Jack Freeburg.

Defensive, second-year defensive back Nate Lindsey Gill As a sophomore linebacker, he recorded seven tackles, five solo, and forced a fumble Mike Courtney ended with six stops, five solo stops, including one for a loss.

The game started on the wrong foot for the Rams as Monmouth returned the first kickoff 100 yards for a score, one of two kickoff returns for a score for the Hawks.

The Rams responded immediately, marching 72 yards in 13 plays, with Loughridge receiving the ball from the nine to tie the game with 8:45 remaining in the quarter.

But Monmouth scored on its next four possessions to take a 35-7 lead with 9:48 left in the half before Loughridge capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive with an eight-yard scoring run to close Fordham's deficit 35 reduced -14 with just under five minutes left in the second quarter.

The Hawks took the game-winning kickoff 79 yards for the score, making it 42-14 at halftime, and extended the lead to 63-14 in the fourth before Capaldi connected with Freeburg in the end zone, to seal the score.

Takeaways

• Senior running back Julius Loughridge was three yards shy of his third 100-yard rushing game of the year.

• Junior quarterback CJ Montes missed his second straight game due to injury.

• The Rams converted two of three fourth down attempts.

• Fordham did not commit a turnover in the game (neither team turned the ball over, but Monmouth fumbled three times).

• Monmouth now leads the all-time series at 3-2.

• Fordham averaged 53.0 ppg in its two wins against Monmouth and 17.7 ppg in its three losses.

• The last time the Rams played four of their first five road games was 2011.

Through the numbers

20 – Career rushing touchdowns for Julius Loughridgeninth all-time for the Rams.

64 – Long punt in play for Will Hasletta season best performance.

2,477 – Career rushing yards for Julius LoughridgeThat puts him ahead of Rick Hollawell (1986-89) and seventh on Fordham's career rushing list.

What's next?

• The Rams will continue the 2024 season by returning to the friendly areas of Moglia Stadium to open Patriot League play and host reigning league champion Lafayette College on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 1 p.m received

• This will be the 42nd meeting between Fordham and Lafayette on the gridiron.

• The Leopards lead the all-time series that began in 1903 at 26-14-1, but Fordham has won two of the last three meetings, including a 45-10 win at Lafayette in 2022 when Tim DeMorat completed 32 of 45 passes passed for 482 yards and four touchdowns while also rushing for two scores.