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1939 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons← 19381940 →
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. The season opener against Waynesburg was the first college football game ever broadcast on television. Fordham played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 30WaynesburgNBCW 34–79,000
October 7AlabamaL 6–741,454
October 14at TulaneL 0–743,000
October 28No. 18 Pittsburgh
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 27–1336,218
November 4Rice
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–719,971
November 11Indiana
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–019,279
November 18Saint Mary's
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–034,800
December 2vs. NYUW 18–757,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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