2002 Fordham Rams football team

In their fourth year under head coach Dave Clawson, the Rams compiled a 10–3 record.

Rhamel Brown, Chris Rhodes and John San Marco were the team captains.

Fordham was selected, rather than co-champion Colgate, to receive the Patriot League's automatic berth in the national Division I-AA playoffs.

[2] Unranked at the start of the year, Fordham entered the national Division I-AA top 25 in mid-November, initially at No.

Fordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university's Rose Hill campus in The Bronx, in New York City.