1917 Fordham Maroon football team

American college football season

1917 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
Record	22–3 / 7–2
Head coach	Frank Gargan, Frank McCaffrey (1st season)
Captain	Bulger Lowe, James Conklin, James Kendricks
Home stadium	Fordham Field
Seasons← 1916 1918 →

1917 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Pittsburgh		–		10	–	0	–	0
Williams		–		7	–	0	–	1
Yale		–		3	–	0	–	0
Princeton		–		2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse		–		8	–	1	–	1
Army		–		7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers		–		7	–	1	–	1
Penn		–		9	–	2	–	0
Brown		–		8	–	2	–	0
Fordham		–		7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		7	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore		–		6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		7	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		4	–	2	–	0
Harvard		–		3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire		–		3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth		–		5	–	3	–	0
Geneva		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		4	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	2	–	3
Tufts		–		3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell		–		3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette		–		3	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State		–		2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle		–		3	–	6	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	4	–	0
Delaware		–		2	–	5	–	0
Cornell		–		3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		2	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		0	–	3	–	2
Temple		–		0	–	6	–	1

The 1917 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Fordham claims a 22–3 record. College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 7–2. Opponents recognized by CFDW are displayed in bold in the schedule chart below.

Frank Gargan and Frank McCaffrey were the team's coaches. Left halfback Frankie Frisch, known as "The Fordham Flash", led the team on offense. He later played for 19 years in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1937 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bulger Lowe played his only season with the University as a tackle and was one of the team captains, becoming the first player from the school to play pro-football when in 1920, he was drafted.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29		Fort Wadsworth	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 35–0
October 5		vs. U.S. Ambulance Corps	Muhlenberg Field Allentown, PA	W 19–7
October 13		Norwich	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 60–0
October 20		Holy Cross	Fordham Field Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 12–0
October 27		Rutgers	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	L 0–28
November 6	2:30 p.m.	Georgetown	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	L 0–12
November 17		at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 27–6
November 24		Pelham Bay 3rd Naval District	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 28–0
November 29		Camp Upton	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 35–0
		USS Arkansas		W 35–0
		USS Texas		W 30–0
		USS Wyoming		W 14–0
		US Training Station, Bayshore		W 10–7
		Mitchell Field Aviators		L 0–7
		Camp Upton		W 42–10
		Camp Merritt		W 10–7
		302nd Engineers		W 35–13
		Army Plebes		W 10–6
		Fort HG Wright		W 21–0
		Fort HG Wright		W 10–7

References

^ "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
"Fordham Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
"Ram Newspaper - 11/16/1918". The Ram Newspaper. Fordham University. November 16, 1918. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
"Fordham Trounces Fort Wadsworth". The Sun. September 30, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
"Fordham Wins From Ambulance Corps". The Allentown Leader. October 6, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
"Norwich 0 -- Fordham 60". The Northfield News. October 16, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
"Fordham Defeats Holy Cross Eleven". The Sun. October 21, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
"Rutgers Football Legions Overthrow Fordham Team". The Sun. October 28, 1917. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
"Fordham Vs. Georgetown". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 6, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
Daniel (November 7, 1917). "Georgetown Beats Fordham Eleven". The Sun. New York, New York. p. 15. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
"Fordham Has An Easy Time With Sailors". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. November 25, 1917. p. 19. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
"Engineers Downed By Fordham Eleven". The Sun. New York, New York. November 30, 1917. p. 12. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

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