page_title: Fordham–St. John's rivalry
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Fordham–St. John's rivalry / History
caption_attribution_description: Moe Harkless of the St. John's Red Storm makes a lay-up at Madison Square Garden against Fordham.
context_page_description: The Fordham–St. John's rivalry is an inter-conference rivalry between the Fordham Rams and the St. John's Red Storm who are both located in New York City: Fordham playing in The Bronx and St. John's playing in Queens. Conference-wise, the Rams play in the Atlantic 10 Conference, while the Red Storm play in the Big East Conference.
  The rivalry spans across all sports, but is especially prevalent in men's basketball, where they two sides have met 88 times over the last century. In men's basketball, the Red Storm have been dominant over the Rams, boasting a 69-19. The recent improvements to Fordham's program over the last decade have made the rivalry more competitive over the years. St. John's also dominates Fordham in women's basketball, boasting a 19-5 record over the last 40 years. In other sports, the two teams have met less frequently, but still draw large crowds for such matchups. Fordham has had an advantage over St. John's in football, winning two-thirds of the match-ups against one another. The football rivalry has been dormant though, since the two teams last played in 1988, and St. John's disbanded its football team in 2002.
context_section_description: Both universities have roots in the 19th century with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. Fordham University was founded by the Catholic Diocese in 1841, while St. John's University was founded by Vincentian Fathers of the Roman Catholic Church in 1870. Fordham is the third-oldest university in New York City, and the city's only Jesuit university.
  The two men's basketball sides regularly met throughout the 20th century, and into the early, 2000s. In 2013, St. John's sophomore, Chris Obekpa, made headlines for remarks on Fordham. He described  Fordham is a place for New York City basketball players to go that are not accepted by St. John's. Obekpa said he played with several of the Fordham players in high school and that "they are mad that they are not here. Playing us is their opportunity to prove a point". The next day, St. John's would go on to defeat Fordham 104-58, making it the most lopsided result in the series history.
  In the mid-2010s drama spewed between the two men's basketball coaches, and Fordham defeated St. John's in 2015. This made it only the third time in the 21st century, Fordham's basketball team beat St. John's. St. John's would go on to win the 2016 edition of the meeting.
caption: A basketball game between Fordham and St. John's in 2011.
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