1937 Fordham Rams football team

1937 Fordham Rams football
Conference Independent
Ranking
AP No. 3
1937 record 7–0–1
Head coach Jim Crowley (5th season)
Assistant coach Frank Leahy (5th season)
Home stadium Polo Grounds
1937 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 (tie) Santa Clara      9 0 0
No. 1 Pittsburgh      9 0 1
No. 6 Villanova      8 0 1
No. 3 Fordham      7 0 1
No. 14 Holy Cross      8 0 2
No. 7 Dartmouth      7 0 2
No. 12 Yale      6 1 1
Army      7 2 0
No. 9 (tie) Notre Dame      6 2 1
Penn State      5 3 0
Boston College      4 4 1
Navy      4 4 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1937 college football season. Once again, the Rams' offense dominated with over 100 points scored in the first two games. The defense held every opponent to seven points or less per game, and recorded five shutouts, including top-ranked Pittsburgh and No. 19 ranked North Carolina. The Rams' went undefeated with a 7–0–1 record and were third in the final AP rankings, only giving up 16 points all season.

For the third consecutive year, Fordham and Pitt played to a scoreless tie.[1] The season's first AP poll was released a few days later, with Pitt third and Fordham ninth; the Panthers finished the season as national champions at 9–0–1.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
October 2 Franklin & Marshall Randall's Island Stadium[2]New York, NY W 660   8,000[2]
October 9 Waynesburg Randall's Island Stadium[3] • New York, NY W 480   8,000[3]
October 16 Pittsburgh Polo Grounds • New York, NY [1] T    00   53,000[4]
October 23 TCU No. 9 Polo Grounds • New York, NY W   76   25,000[4]
October 30 at No. 15 North Carolina No. 10 Kenan StadiumChapel Hill, NC W 140   24,000[5]
November 6 Purdue No. 5 Polo Grounds • New York, NY W 213   40,000[4]
November 20 Saint Mary's (CA) No. 4 Polo Grounds • New York, NY W   60   35,000[4]
November 27 vs. NYU No. 3 Yankee StadiumBronx, NY W 207   65,000[6]
#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Chester L. (October 17, 1937). "Pitt-Fordham in third scoreless tie". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.
  2. 1 2 "Fordham Swamps Franklin-Marshall". The Atlanta Constitution. October 3, 1937. p. 6B.
  3. 1 2 "Waynesburg Is Routed by Rams, 48-0". The Washington Post. October 10, 1937. p. X10.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.
  5. "Fordham Turns Back North Carolina, 14 to 0". Daily Boston Globe. October 31, 1937. p. C24.
  6. Feder, Sid (November 28, 1937). "Rams Wallop Violets, 20-7". The Washington Post. p. X1.
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