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American college football season

1940 Fordham Rams football
Fordham prepares to take on NYU in front of 35,000 at Yankee Stadium
Cotton Bowl, L 12–13 vs. Texas A&M
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record7–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons← 19391941 →
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.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5West VirginiaW 20–717,780
October 12TulaneW 20–735,400
October 19at PittsburghNo. 11W 24–1240,000
October 26Saint Mary'sNo. 11
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 12–2434,500
November 2North Carolina
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 14–016,794
November 9PurdueNo. 17
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–728,576
November 21ArkansasNo. 15
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 27–716,500
November 30vs. NYUNo. 14W 26–035,000
January 1, 1941vs. No. 6 Texas A&MNo. 12L 12–1345,507
  • 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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