1923 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–7
Head coach
CaptainLouis Healey
Home stadiumFordham Field, Yankee Stadium
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 0 – 0
St. John's   –   5 – 0 – 1
Dartmouth   –   8 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 1 – 1
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Army   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Geneva   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
NYU   –   6 – 2 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   6 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 4 – 1
Duquesne   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   3 – 3 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   2 – 7 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 7 – 1
Temple   –   0 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 7 – 0
Springfield   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1923 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its fourth season under coach Frank Gargan, Fordham compiled a 4–7 record.[1] College Football Data Warehouse does not record a second game against Mount Saint Mary's or the game against Gallaudet.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Mount St. Mary'sBronx, NYW 41–0
October 122:30 p.m.at Boston College
L 0–2018,000[3][4]
October 20at Lehigh
L 6–9
October 27vs. St. John's
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–13[5][6]
November 6vs. NYU
L 0–2010,000[7]
November 10Holy Cross
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–23
November 17CCNY
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 30–0[8]
November 24vs. Rutgers
L 0–425,000[9]
December 1Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–6[10]
GallaudetW 23–6
Mount St. Mary'sW 64–0

References

  1. ^ "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. pp. 156–157. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Fordham Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Boston College Looking For Tough Battle With Fordham". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Lynch, Daniel J. (October 13, 1923). "McKenney's Long Toss To Duffy Starts Boston College On Way To 20-0 Win". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Thomas Features St. John's Victory Over Fordham". The Brooklyn Standard Union. October 28, 1923. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "St. John's College Surprises by Humbling Crack Forham Eleven: Red and White Attack Smothers Bronx Team". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 28, 1923. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "N.Y.U. scores over Fordham gridders". Times Union. November 7, 1923. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fordham in easy gridiron win over City College". The Standard Union. November 18, 1923. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (November 25, 1923). "Rutgers Tramples on Fordham in Sea of Mud at East Orange". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Paul Gallico (December 2, 1923). "Georgetown Defeats Fordham By 6 To 0". New York Daily News. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
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