1940 Fordham Rams football team

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1940 Fordham Rams football
Cotton Bowl, L 12–13 vs. Texas A&M
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
1940 record7–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
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1940 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   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
Bucknell   –   4 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 2 – 3
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   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
CCNY   –   1 – 5 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Schedule[]

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

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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. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 20, 1940). "Pitt Bows in Storm". New York Times. p. 81.
  6. ^ "Fordham Beats Violets, 26 to 0". The Washington Post. December 1, 1940. p. A1.
  7. ^ Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.
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