1940 Fordham Rams football team

1940 Fordham Rams football
Conference Independent
Ranking
AP No. 12
1940 record 7–2
Head coach Jim Crowley (8th season)
Home stadium Polo Grounds
1940 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Boston College   –    11 –0 –0
No. 12 Fordham   –    7 –2 –0
Penn State   –    6 –1 –1
Notre Dame   –    7 –2 –0
Navy   –    6 –2 –1
Villanova   –    4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh   –    3 –4 –1
Miami (FL)   –    3 –7 –0
Army   –    1 –7 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1940 college football season. The Rams finished the regular season ranked twelfth and played in the Cotton Bowl, a 13–12 loss to Texas A&M in Dallas on New Year's Day.

Schedule

Fordham prepares to take on NYU
in Yankee Stadium in front of 35,000
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
October 5 West Virginia Randall's Island Stadium • New York, NY W 20–7   17,780[1]
October 12 Tulane Polo Grounds • New York, NY W 20–7   34,000[2]
October 19 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 24–12   40,000[3]
October 26 Saint Mary's (CA) Polo Grounds • New York, NY L  12–24   34,500[2]
November 2 North Carolina Polo Grounds • New York, NY W 14–0   16,794[2]
November 9 Purdue No. 17 Polo Grounds • New York, NY W 13–7   18,576[2]
November 21 Arkansas No. 15 Polo Grounds • New York, NY W 27–7   16,500[2]
November 30 vs. NYU No. 14 Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY W 26–0   35,000[4]
January 1 vs. No. 6 Texas A&M No. 12 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) L  12–13   45,507
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. ↑ Childs, Kingsley (October 6, 1940). "Fordham Defeats West Virginia". New York Times. p. 81.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.
  3. ↑ Effrat, Louis (October 20, 1940). "Pitt Bows in Storm". New York Times. p. 81.
  4. ↑ "Fordham Beats Violets, 26 to 0". The Washington Post. December 1, 1940. p. A1.
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