1938 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 15
Record6–1–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1938 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Worcester Tech   –  6 –0 –0
No. 18 Villanova   –  8 –0 –1
No. 9 Holy Cross   –  8 –1 –0
Boston College   –  6 –1 –2
No. 15 Fordham   –  6 –1 –2
No. 12 Cornell   –  5 –1 –1
Army   –  8 –2 –0
No. 8 Pittsburgh   –  8 –2 –0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   –  7 –2 –0
No. 20 Dartmouth   –  7 –2 –0
Vermont   –  4 –2 –1
Brown   –  5 –3 –0
Bucknell   –  5 –3 –0
Syracuse   –  5 –3 –0
CCNY   –  4 –3 –0
Penn   –  3 –2 –3
Manhattan   –  5 –4 –0
Harvard   –  4 –4 –0
La Salle   –  4 –4 –0
NYU   –  4 –4 –0
Boston University   –  3 –4 –1
Penn State   –  3 –4 –1
Princeton   –  3 –4 –1
Hofstra   –  2 –3 –1
Duquesne   –  4 –6 –0
Temple   –  3 –6 –1
Providence   –  3 –5 –0
Columbia   –  3 –6 –0
Massachusetts State   –  3 –6 –0
Colgate   –  2 –5 –0
Buffalo   –  2 –6 –0
Yale   –  2 –6 –0
Tufts   –  1 –6 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1938 college football season.[1] Led by sixth-year head coach Jim Crowley, they finished the regular season at 6–1–2 and were ranked fifteenth in the final AP Poll.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Upsala
W 47–07,500[2]
October 8Waynesburg
  • Randall's Island Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 53–08,000[3]
October 15Purdue
T 6–632,000
October 22OregonNo. 11
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 26–026,866
October 29at No. 1 PittsburghNo. 9
L 13–2475,867[4]
November 5Saint Mary'sNo. 10
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 3–044,274[5][6]
November 12North CarolinaNo. 13
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
T 0–021,416[7]
November 19South CarolinaNo. 18
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–015,000[8]
November 26vs. NYUNo. 18
W 25–050,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "Fordham Rams Football Record by Year".
  2. ↑ Childs, Kingsley (October 2, 1938). "Eshmont, Sophomore Back, Leads Fordham to Victory in Opener on Gridiron". New York Times. p. 87.
  3. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 9, 1938). "Speedy Backs Stage Long Advances as Fordham Gains Overwhelming Victory". New York Times. p. 82.
  4. ↑ Daley, Arthur J. (October 30, 1938). "Pitt Stops Fordham: Rams Halted, 24-13". New York Times. p. S1.
  5. ↑ "Fordham victor by field goal". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 6, 1938. p. 2, sports.
  6. ↑ "Fordham on Top: Stanton's Field Goal Defeats St. Mary's, 3-0". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 6, 1938. p. D1.
  7. ↑ "Fordham held to 0–0 draw". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 13, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "South Carolina bows, 13 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 20, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Kelley, Robert F. (November 27, 1938). "Ram Dazzles Foe: Principe, Hearn Score in First Period, Eshmodt, Jacunski in Last". New York Times. p. 83.
  10. ↑ Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.


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