1939 Fordham Rams football team

1939 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 0 – 1
Scranton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 1
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 2
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 2
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jim Crowley, the Rams compiled a record of 6–2.[1] The season opener against Waynesburg was the first college football game ever broadcast on television.[2] Fordham played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 30Waynesburg
NBCW 34–79,000[3]
October 7Alabama
L 6–741,454[4]
October 14at Tulane
L 0–743,000[5]
October 28No. 18 Pittsburgh
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 27–1336,218[6]
November 4Rice
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–719,971
November 11Indiana
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–019,279[7]
November 18Saint Mary's
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–034,800[8]
December 2vs. NYU
W 18–757,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Fordham Rams Football Record by Year".
  2. ^ Vander Voort, Eric (September 29, 2015). "First televised football game featured Fordham, Waynesburg in 1939". NCAA.com.
  3. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 1, 1939). "Fordham Checks Waynesburg, 34-7". New York Times. p. 89.
  4. ^ "Alabama nips Fordham, 7 to 6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 8, 1939. Retrieved February 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 15, 1939). "Early Tulane Coup Trips Fordham, 7-0". New York Times. p. 85.
  6. ^ Jack Smith (October 29, 1939). "Rams Trample Pitt, 27–13; Dennery Stars". Daily News. New York, New York. p. 84. Retrieved November 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Bob Sylvester (November 12, 1939). "Fordham Defeats Indiana, 13 to 0". New York Daily News. p. C34 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fordham 13, Gaels 0". Daily News (New York). November 19, 1939. p. 40.
  9. ^ Cuddy, Jack (December 3, 1939). "Fordham Stampedes NYU: Fordham Rally Bets N.Y.U., 18-7". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 3B.
  10. ^ Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.


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