1908 Fordham Maroon football team

The 1908 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Fordham claims a 17–3–1 record,[1] and College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 5–1.[2]

1908 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
1908 record17–3–1 / 5–1
Head coachHoward Gargan (1st season)
CaptainLeo Fitzpatrick
Home stadiumFordham Field
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn      11 0 1
Harvard      9 0 1
Cornell      7 1 1
Fordham      5 1 0
Yale      7 1 1
Dartmouth      6 1 1
Carlisle      10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson      10 2 1
Army      6 1 2
Pittsburgh      8 3 0
Lafayette      6 2 2
Princeton      5 2 3
Syracuse      6 3 1
Brown      5 3 1
Temple      3 2 1
Colgate      4 3 0
Lehigh      4 3 0
Amherst      3 3 2
Penn State      5 5 0
Wesleyan      3 4 2
NYU      2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall      4 6 1
Rutgers      3 5 1
Villanova      3 6 0
Carnegie Tech      3 7 0
Tufts      1 6 1
Geneva      0 6 2

Howard Gargan, who was the captain and quarterback of Fordham's 1907 team, served as the team's head coach. Leo Fitzpatrick was the 1908 team captain.[1]

The team played its home games at Fordham Field on the school's campus in The Bronx and at the American League Park in the Washington Park neighborhood of Manhattan.

Schedule

The following six games are reported in Fordham's media guide, CFDW, and contemporaneous press coverage.[1][2]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at AmherstAmherst, MAW 5–0[3]
October 17Jefferson Medical College
W 45–0
October 21at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–17
November 3GeorgetownW 22–0[4]
November 21RPI
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 22–12
November 26Villanova
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY
W 2–0

The following are 13 additional games reported in the Fordham media guide.[1]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
NYUT 0–0
MedicoW 30–0
Fort TottenW 17–6
Fort WadsworthW 14–6
Fort HancockW 17–7
Betts AcademyW 34–0
Murray Hill Athletic ClubW 28–7
Bedford Athletic ClubL 0–17
SyracuseW 6–0
Commerce High SchoolW
NYUW 18–0
AdelphiL 7–9
Peekskill Military AcademyW

References

  1. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 155. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. "Fordham Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. "Fordham 6, Amherst 0". The Boston Globe. October 4, 1908 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Victory For Fordham". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. November 4, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved April 6, 2019 via Newspapers.com .
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