1940 Fordham Rams football team

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 in Dallas on New Year's Day, a 13–12 loss to sixth-ranked Texas A&M.[1][2][3]

1940 Fordham Rams football
Cotton Bowl, L 12–13 vs. Texas A&M
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
1940 record7–2
Head coachJim Crowley (8th season)
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Boston College      11 0 0
Duquesne      7 1 0
No. 14 Penn      6 1 1
Penn State      6 1 1
No. 12 Fordham      7 2 0
No. 15 Cornell      6 2 0
Princeton      5 2 1
Columbia      5 2 2
Brown      6 3 1
Colgate      5 3 0
Harvard      3 2 3
Temple      4 4 1
Tufts      4 4 0
Villanova      4 5 0
Pittsburgh      3 4 1
Syracuse      3 4 1
Buffalo      3 5 0
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Manhattan      3 6 0
NYU      2 7 0
Yale      1 7 0
Army      1 7 1
Massachusetts State      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Fordham prepares to take on NYU
in Yankee Stadium in front of 35,000
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
October 5West Virginia
W 20–717,780[4]
October 12Tulane
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 20–734,000[5]
October 19at PittsburghNo. 11W 24–1240,000[6]
October 26Saint Mary'sNo. 11
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 12–2434,500[5]
November 2North Carolina
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 14–016,794[5]
November 9PurdueNo. 17
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–718,576[5]
November 21ArkansasNo. 15
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 27–716,500[5]
November 30vs. NYUNo. 14W 26–035,000[7]
January 1, 1941vs. No. 6 Texas A&MNo. 12L 12–1345,507   
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. Rice, Grantland (January 2, 1941). "Texas Aggies outplayed, win over Fordham by 13-12 score". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11.
  2. "Texas A. and M. sneaks through". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 2, 1941. p. 10.
  3. Super, Henry (January 2, 1941). "Rams' 'moral win' soothes tough loss". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 20.
  4. Childs, Kingsley (October 6, 1940). "Fordham Defeats West Virginia". New York Times. p. 81.
  5. Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.
  6. Effrat, Louis (October 20, 1940). "Pitt Bows in Storm". New York Times. p. 81.
  7. "Fordham Beats Violets, 26 to 0". The Washington Post. December 1, 1940. p. A1.


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