The Fordham Rams are the varsity sports teams for Fordham University. Their colors are maroon and white. The Fordham Rams are members of NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference for most sports. In football, the Rams play in the Patriot League of NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision. The University also supports a number of club sports, and a significant intramural sports program. The University's athletic booster clubs include the Sixth Man Club for basketball and the Afterguard for sailing.
A game between Fordham and George Mason in 2021
Keith Urgo, head coach of Fordham University's Men's basketball program, sketches up a play during a timeout, at rose hill gymnasium February 23rd, 2024. Fordham's mens basketball team defeated the Duquesne University men's basketball team with a score of 79 to 67. (Photo by Juan Carpanzano)
Jack Coffey Field at Fordham University
Tad Kornegay played for the Fordham Rams from 2001–04, and was named the school's Male Athlete of the Year in his senior season.
Fordham University is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the northeastern United States and the third-oldest university in New York State.
John Hughes, Archbishop of New York and founder of St. John's College
John McCloskey, first president of St. John's College and later Cardinal-Archbishop of New York
1839 deed to St. John's College and St. Joseph's Seminary
St. John's College, 1846
