1924 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainRaymond Snead
Home stadiumFordham Field
Seasons
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1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Yale   –   6 – 0 – 2
No. 8 Penn   –   9 – 1 – 1
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Bucknell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   7 – 1 – 1
Army   –   5 – 1 – 2
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 1 – 3
Boston College   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 1
Springfield   –   4 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In its fifth season under coach Frank Gargan, Fordham compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 148 to 53.[1][2] Fordham's media guide claims an additional three victories for a 9–2 record, but no contemporaneous record has been found of those games.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 277th Regiment
W 21–0[4]
October 4Manhattan College
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 34–6
October 132:30 p.m.at Boston College
L 0–2820,000 [5]
October 18St. Stephen's
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 26–0
October 25at Holy Cross
L 0–13
November 1vs. NYU
W 27–011,000[6]
November 15at CCNY
W 31–0[7]
November 22Catholic UniversityCancelled-rain
November 29Georgetown
W 9–6

References

  1. ^ "Final Records of College Football". York Daily Record. December 5, 1924 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Fordham Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 157. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "Fordham Opens Season By Win Over 7th Regt". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 28, 1924 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Boston College Expects Easy Win Over Fordham". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1924. p. 6. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Graham leads Fordham to assault on weak N.Y.U. eleven for 27–0 defeat". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 2, 1924. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Fordham Swamps C.C.N.Y. Gridders by 31 to 0 Score". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 16, 1924. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
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