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1905 Fordham football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–3–1 / 5–2
Head coach
CaptainHoward Gargan
Home stadiumFordham Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons← 19041906 →
1905 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     10 0 0
Penn     12 0 1
Temple     2 0 1
Dartmouth     7 1 2
Swarthmore     7 1 0
Western U. of Penn.     10 2 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Harvard     8 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     10 3 0
Lafayette     7 2 1
Wesleyan     7 2 1
Carlisle     10 4 0
Penn State     8 3 0
Syracuse     8 3 0
Fordham     5 2 0
Amherst     3 1 2
Holy Cross     6 3 0
Brown     7 4 0
Tufts     5 3 0
Vermont     6 4 1
Cornell     6 4 0
Colgate     5 4 0
Columbia     4 3 2
Army     4 4 1
Bucknell     5 5 0
NYU     3 3 1
Lehigh     6 7 0
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 0
Geneva     4 6 0
New Hampshire     2 4 2
Springfield Training School     3 5 0
Rutgers     3 6 0
Villanova     3 7 0
Drexel     1 7 0

The 1905 Fordham football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Fordham claims a 12–3–1 record, though College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record as 5–2.

Eugene McGee, a former Fordham tackle who graduated in 1902, was hired in September 1905 as the team's coach following the resignation of Fred Smith. Quarterback Howard Gargan was the team captain from 1905 to 1907 and took over as head coach in 1908. The team played its home games at Fordham Field in The Bronx.

Schedule

The following seven games are reported in Fordham's media guide, CFDW, and contemporaneous press coverage.

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 21RPIW 5–0
November 4at VillanovaPhiladelphia, PAL 5–34
November 8University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 16–0
November 11St. Francis (NY)
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 22–0
November 18Delaware
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 4–0
November 25at Rutgers
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 17–6
November 30Holy Cross
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 5–27

The following are additional games reported in the Fordham media guide.

DateOpponentSiteResult
StevensT 0–0
Nutley Athletic ClubW 17–6
MedicoW 27–0
Resolute Athletic ClubL 0–10
Betts AcademyW 21–0
Murray Hill Athletic ClubW 16–6
Webster AcademyW 31–0
MiddleburyW
NYUW 16–6

References

  1. ^ "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 155. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Fordham Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. "Fordham Loses Smith as Coach". The New York Times. October 1, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Fordham 5, Rensselaer Poly 0". The New York Times. October 22, 1905.
  5. "Fordham, 16; Maryland, 0". The New York Times. November 9, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Fordham, 22; St. Francis, 0". New York Tribune. November 12, 1905.
  7. "Fordham, 4; Delaware, 0". The New York Times. November 19, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Fordham Defeats Rutgers". New York Tribune. November 26, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Fordham Meets Defeat". New York Tribune. December 1, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
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