1937 Fordham Rams football team

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.

1937 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 3
1937 record7–0–1
Head coachJim Crowley (5th season)
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh      9 0 1
No. 6 Villanova      8 0 1
No. 3 Fordham      7 0 1
No. 7 Dartmouth      7 0 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross      8 0 2
No. 12 Yale      6 1 1
Army      7 2 0
Cornell      5 2 1
Harvard      5 2 1
Syracuse      5 2 1
No. 12 Manhattan      6 3 1
Penn State      5 3 0
Duquesne      6 4 0
Brown      5 4 0
NYU      5 4 0
Temple      3 2 4
Boston College      4 4 1
Princeton      4 4 0
Tufts      3 4 1
Colgate      3 5 0
Columbia      2 5 2
Hofstra      2 4 0
Carnegie Tech      2 5 1
Penn      2 5 1
La Salle      2 7 0
Massachusetts State      1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
October 2Franklin & Marshall
W 66–08,000[2]
October 9Waynesburg
  • Randall's Island Stadium[3]
  • New York, NY
W 48–08,000[3]
October 16Pittsburgh
T 0–053,000[4]
October 23TCUNo. 9
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 7–625,000[4]
October 30at No. 15 North CarolinaNo. 10W 14–024,000[5]
November 6PurdueNo. 5
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 21–340,000[4]
November 20Saint Mary'sNo. 4
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 6–035,000[4]
November 27vs. NYUNo. 3W 20–765,000[6]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. Smith, Chester L. (October 17, 1937). "Pitt-Fordham in third scoreless tie". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.
  2. "Fordham Swamps Franklin-Marshall". The Atlanta Constitution. October 3, 1937. p. 6B.
  3. "Waynesburg Is Routed by Rams, 48-0". The Washington Post. October 10, 1937. p. X10.
  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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