1939 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1939 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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.[1] The season opener against Waynesburg was the first college football game ever broadcast on television.[2] Fordham played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 30Waynesburg
NBCW 34–79,000[3]
October 7Alabama
L 6–741,454[4]
October 14at Tulane
L 0–743,000[5]
October 28No. 18 Pittsburgh
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 27–1336,218[6]
November 4Rice
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–719,971
November 11Indiana
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–019,279[7]
November 18Saint Mary's
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–034,800[8]
December 2vs. NYU
W 18–757,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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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