1929 Fordham Rams football team

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1929 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–2
Head coach
CaptainJohn Smith
Home stadiumFordham Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 2
Bucknell   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Penn   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 1
NYU   –   7 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 2 – 2
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Army   –   6 – 4 – 1
Providence   –   3 – 3 – 2
Brown   –   5 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 4 – 2
Princeton   –   2 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its third year under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, Fordham compiled a 7–0–2 record, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 176 to 19.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Westminster (PA)Bronx,NYW 43–0
October 5St. BonaventureBronx, NYW 33–0
October 12NYU
W 26–057,000[3]
October 19Holy Cross
W 7–0
October 26Davis & Elkins
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
T 6–6
November 5West Virginia
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
T 0–0
November 92:00 p.m.at Boston College
W 7–6[4][5]
November 16Thiel
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 40–7
November 23Bucknell
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 14–035,000[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fordham Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 157. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fordham Rams N.Y.U., 26–0". Daily News. October 13, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham A Tough Opponent For B. C." The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 9, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Fordham A Tough Opponent For B. C. (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 9, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Fordham Turns Back Bucknell by 14 to 0 Score". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1929. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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