Junior Chase Edmonds rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns and Kevin Anderson completed 17 of 32 passes for 327 yards and two scores to lead Fordham to a 36-22 Patriot League victory against Bucknell Saturday on ASN in a regular-season finale.
Edmonds, the leading rusher in FCS, finished with 1,799 yards on the season. He closed to within 1,275 yards Adrian Peterson’s FCS record set at Georgia Southern, 1998-2001).
Edmonds, who has averaged 1,763 in each of his first three seasons, gave Fordham the lead with his 17th touchdown run of the season (above).
With the victory Fordham hope for an at-large berth in the 24-team FCS playoffs, which will be announced Sunday.