1942 Fordham Rams football team

1942 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Boston College   –   8 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boston University   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 3
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 6 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Manhattan   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. The Rams offense scored 103 points while the defense (due to two separate defensive collapses) allowed 155 points. Although the Rams bounced back from those losses and ended the season with a winning record, the team finished the year unranked.

This marked the first time Fordham had finished unranked since sports writers began polling in 1935. Previously Fordham had finished 11th in the 1935 season ending UP poll, 15th in the 1936 season ending AP poll, third in 1937, 15th in 1938, 17th in 1939, 12th in 1940, and sixth in the 1941 season ending AP poll. Only Duke had finished each of the previous seasons ranked and they too finished the 1942 season unranked. The Rams were ranked at No. 54 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

After the season, Fordham put their football program on hiatus for the duration of World War II.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Purdue
W 14–720,000
October 3at Tennessee
L 14–4025,000[2]
October 10North Carolina
T 0–019,500[3]
October 17West Virginia
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 23–1412,300[4]
October 31Saint Mary's
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 7–025,300[5]
November 7LSU
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 13–2616,400[6]
November 14at No. 3 Boston College
L 6–5635,000
November 21Missouri
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 20–1211,000
November 28vs. North Carolina Pre-Flight
W 6–024,500
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[7]

References

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  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tennessee Vols manhandle Fordham Rams, 40–14". The Knoxville Journal. October 4, 1942. Retrieved August 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Rams hold edge during entire tilt". The State. October 11, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham outscores West Virginia, 23–14, in confusing affair". The Birmingham News. October 18, 1943. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Dick McCann (November 1, 1942). "Fordham Whips St. Mary's, 7-0". Daily News. p. C40 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Louisiana State rally beats Fordham, 26–13". Atlantic City Press. November 8, 1942. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Fordham University All-Time Football Records". luckyshow.org.


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