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BRONX, N.Y. – Fordham scored the final 14 points and rallied for a 24-20 decision over Colgate here Saturday afternoon.
 
Colgate led 20-10 when Jake Melville broke loose on a 63-yard touchdown run to cap the opening possession of the second half. But the Fordham defense stiffened from then on and held Colgate to just 84 total yards the rest of the way.
 
Fordham's comeback was the result of two Kevin Anderson touchdown passes, both to Robbie Cantelli. The first went for 14 yards late in the third quarter, and the game-winner was from 20 yards out with 4:55 remaining.
 
Colgate drove into Fordham territory on its final possession of the game, reaching the Rams 31-yard line. But three incomplete passes sandwiched around a short run halted the drive.
 
Keyon Washington scored first-half touchdowns of 16 and 42 yards, the latter his longest run of the season. Washington finished with 123 rushing yards to Melville's 124.
 
Fordham's Anderson threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns, while tailback Chase Edmonds finished with 73 rushing yards on 21 carries.
 
Kyle Diener was the Colgate tackle leader with a season-high 11. Pat Afriyie contributed two of Colgate's four sacks in the game, improving his career total to 22 and a tie for third all-time.
 
Bottom Line
• Fordham 24, Colgate 20

Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 3-5 overall and 2-2 in the Patriot League.
• Fordham improved to 6-3 and 3-1.

Quick Rundown
• Both teams scored on their opening possession.
• Fordham went in front on a 41-yard Makay Redd field goal, and Colgate answered with the first of Washington's two TD sprints.
• Fordham regained a 10-7 lead when Anderson found Phazahn Odom for a 30-yard TD on fourth-and-11 early in the second quarter.
• But Colgate carried a 14-10 lead to the locker room thanks to Washington racing once again untouched to the end zone. His 42-yard burst was his longest carry of the season.
• Melville's 63-yard touchdown sprint on Colgate's opening possession of the second half pushed the Raider lead to double-figures. A missed PAT kept the score at 20-10.
• Fordham then rallied with the pair of TD tosses from Anderson to Cantelli.

Facts & Figures
• Colgate's defense limited Fordham to 65 rushing yards on 38 carries.
• Four Colgate sacks for minus-33 yards contributed to the Fordham total ending up 201 yards below the Rams' season average.
• Fordham entered the day leading the Patriot League and ranked seventh nationally at 266.8 per game.
• Colgate rushed 39 times for 238 yards, the Raiders' fourth game in excess of 200 yards this season.
• Passing yardage favored Fordham, 263-106.
• Total offense was close throughout, ending up in Colgate's favor by 345-328.
• The Rams held a slight time of possession edge, 31:23 to 28:37.
• The big advantage for Fordham was in offensive plays, 80-61. That's the highest number of plays against Colgate this season, with 75 by Syracuse the previous best.
 
More Key Info
• Afriyie pulled into a third-place tie with Zach Smith (2007-10) on the Colgate career sack chart. Afriyie is now just 6½ sacks away from tying the Raider record set by Kelly Robinson (1979-81).
• Diener's tackle total of 11 marked his third game in double-figures this season.
• Nick Wheeler also had his first multisack game of his young career, finishing with two for minus-19 yards.
• Charles Cairnie contributed nine tackles and a forced fumble, while Trent Williams had eight and also forced a fumble. That one was recovered by Caleb Fell for the game's only turnover.
• Josh Cerra punted seven times for a 45.7-yard average. The sophomore improved his season mark to 42.5. He was second in the conference coming into Saturday.
 
From the Source
• Colgate head coach Dan Hunt: (On the game) " The last couple of weeks, we've been doing what you need to do to win a game. Today, we did just enough to lose a game. Obviously, missing the PAT there after the second-half touchdown was a little bit of a blow to our psyche, and we were chasing that point the rest of the game.
 
"Offensively, we were so hot and cold. We had three good drives and then we really didn't do a lot. We weren't able to consistently run the ball or make plays in the pass game when we needed to. When you leave your defense on the field for as many plays as we did, eventually you're asking for the other team to be able to make a play. And that's exactly what happened."

Listen to the rest of Coach Hunt's comments HERE.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance for Senior Day at Jack Coffey Stadium was 4,285.
 
Up Next
• Colgate is back home for its final two regular season games, starting with Lafayette next Saturday.. 
• The Leopards were idle this week and enter the game at 2-7 overall, 1-3 in the Patriot League.
• Kickoff from Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium is 1 p.m.