Fordham won the Patriot League championship, but lost in the first round of the national FCS playoffs.
In their second year under head coach Tom Masella, the Rams compiled an 8–4 record (8–3 in the regular season).
Their 5–1 conference record was the best in the Patriot League standings.
[2] Fordham was unranked through most of the year, only entering the national top 25 in early November, 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.