1939 Fordham Rams football team

1939 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1939 college football season.^[1] The season opener against Waynesburg was the first college football game ever broadcast on television.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Waynesburg	Randall's Island Stadium New York, NY	NBC	W 34–7	9,000	^[3]
October 7	Alabama	Polo Grounds New York, NY		L 6–7	41,454
October 14	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA		L 0–7	43,000	^[4]
October 28	No. 18 Pittsburgh	Polo Grounds New York, NY		W 27–13	36,200
November 4	Rice	Polo Grounds New York, NY		W 13–7	19,279
November 11	Indiana	Polo Grounds New York, NY		W 13–0	19,279
November 18	Saint Mary's	Polo Grounds New York, NY		W 13–0	34,800
December 2	vs. NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY		W 18–7	57,000	^[5]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Fordham Rams Football Record by Year".
^ Vander Voort, Eric (September 29, 2015). "First televised football game featured Fordham, Waynesburg in 1939". NCAA.com.
^ Effrat, Louis (October 1, 1939). "Fordham Checks Waynesburg, 34-7". New York Times. p. 89.
^ Richardson, William D. (October 15, 1939). "Early Tulane Coup Trips Fordham, 7-0". New York Times. p. 85.
^ Cuddy, Jack (December 3, 1939). "Fordham Stampedes NYU: Fordham Rally Bets N.Y.U., 18-7". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 3B.
^ Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.

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v t Fordham Rams football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1928–1950; 1953–1954) Downing Stadium (1951–1952) Coffey Field (1970–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 1941 Cotton Bowl Classic 1942 Sugar Bowl Ram–Crusader Cup (Holy Cross) Liberty Cup (Columbia)
Culture & lore	First televised football game Seven Blocks of Granite ""
People	NFL draftees
Seasons	1882 1883 1892 1894 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955–1963 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1939 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell		–		8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne		–		8	–	0	–	1
Scranton		–		7	–	0	–	2
Princeton		–		7	–	1	–	0
La Salle		–		6	–	1	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham		–		6	–	2	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	2	–	0
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	0
Brown		–		5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth		–		5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra		–		4	–	3	–	0
NYU		–		5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan		–		4	–	4	–	0
Penn		–		4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		3	–	3	–	2
Vermont		–		3	–	3	–	2
Tufts		–		3	–	4	–	1
Yale		–		3	–	4	–	1
Army		–		3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell		–		3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State		–		2	–	5	–	2
Colgate		–		2	–	5	–	1
Temple		–		2	–	7	–	0
CCNY		–		1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo		–		0	–	7	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll