1950 Fordham Rams football team

The 1950 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1950 college football season. The Rams went 8–1 and scored 174 points while their defense allowed 123 points.[1] Despite an 8-1 record, Fordham finished the season unranked and were left out of any postseason play, although they did get strong consideration from the Gator Bowl.[2][3] Ultimately, a poor strength of schedule—Fordham's opponents combined for a dismal 28–53–4 mark–in what was a weak year for the entire Eastern region and a belief that Fordham wouldn't travel well—Fordham only averaged about 10,000 fans per home game—kept them home during bowl season. Still, their .889 win percentage (the 1937 team had a .933 win percentage while going 7–0–1) is tied for second best in school history.

1950 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
1950 record8–1
Head coachEd Danowski (5th season)
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Franklin & Marshall      9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton      9 0 0
No. 2 Army      8 1 0
Fordham      8 1 0
Carnegie Tech      7 1 0
Drexel      6 1 0
No. 20 Cornell      7 2 0
Penn      6 3 0
Yale      6 3 0
Buffalo      5 3 0
Colgate      5 3 0
Penn State      5 3 1
Syracuse      5 5 0
Temple      4 4 1
Tufts      4 4 1
Columbia      4 5 0
Villanova      4 5 0
Holy Cross      4 5 1
Dartmouth      3 5 1
Duquesne      2 6 1
NYU      1 5 1
Harvard      1 7 0
Brown      1 8 0
Pittsburgh      1 8 0
Boston College      0 9 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23at LafayetteW 20–1912,000[4]
October 7at YaleL 14–2135,000[4]
October 13at Boston CollegeW 26–610,884[4]
October 21at West Virginia
W 27–2318,000[4]
October 28San FranciscoW 21–1411,000[4]
November 11Georgetown
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 14–1313,130[4]
November 18at TempleW 26–217,500[4]
November 25vs. NYU
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–01,500[4]
December 2Syracuse
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–613,282[4]

References


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