1940 Fordham Rams football team

1940 Fordham Rams football
Cotton Bowl, L 12–13 vs. Texas A&M
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record7–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College   –   11 – 0 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 14 Penn   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 2 – 3
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   3 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   3 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 7 – 0
Army   –   1 – 7 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 5 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1940 college football season. The Rams finished the regular season ranked twelfth and played in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's Day, a 13–12 loss to sixth-ranked Texas A&M.[1][2][3]

Schedule

Fordham prepares to take on NYU
in Yankee Stadium in front of 35,000
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5West Virginia
W 20–717,780[4]
October 12Tulane
W 20–735,400[5]
October 19at PittsburghNo. 11
W 24–1240,000[6]
October 26Saint Mary'sNo. 11
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 12–2434,500[7]
November 2North Carolina
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 14–016,794[8]
November 9PurdueNo. 17
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–728,576[9]
November 21ArkansasNo. 15
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 27–716,500[10]
November 30vs. NYUNo. 14
W 26–035,000[11]
January 1, 1941vs. No. 6 Texas A&MNo. 12
L 12–1345,507[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ Rice, Grantland (January 2, 1941). "Texas Aggies outplayed, win over Fordham by 13-12 score". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11.
  2. ^ "Texas A. and M. sneaks through". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 2, 1941. p. 10.
  3. ^ Super, Henry (January 2, 1941). "Rams' 'moral win' soothes tough loss". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 20.
  4. ^ Childs, Kingsley (October 6, 1940). "Fordham Defeats West Virginia". New York Times. p. 81.
  5. ^ "Fordham is 20–7 winner over Tulane". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 13, 1940. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 20, 1940). "Pitt Bows in Storm". New York Times. p. 81.
  7. ^ Jack Smith (October 27, 1940). "Gaels' Field Goal Trips Rams, 9-6". Daily News (New York City). p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Jack Mahon (November 3, 1940). "Rams Rout NC, 14-0". New York Daily News. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Jack Smith (November 10, 1940). "Fordham Triumphs Over Purdue, 13-7". New York Daily News. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Jack Smith (November 22, 1940). "Rams Aerials Blast Arkansas, 27-7". New York Daily News. pp. 64, 68 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Fordham Beats Violets, 26 to 0". The Washington Post. December 1, 1940. p. A1.
  12. ^ "Aggies Edge Past Fordham For 13-To-12 Cotton Bowl Triumph". Tyler Morning Telegraph. January 2, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.


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