1916 Fordham Maroon football team

1916 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record25–1–1 / 6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainJames Butler
Home stadiumFordham Field
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 2 – 2
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Carlisle   –   1 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 9 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1916 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Under first-year head coach Frank Gargan, Fordham claims a 25–1–1 record.[1] College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 6–1–1.[2] Opponents recognized by CFDW are displayed in bold in the schedule chart below.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Lafayette
T 0–0[3]
October 7Western Maryland
W 20–0[4]
October 12Boston College
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W (forfeit?)[5]
October 12USS Texas
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 22–03,000[6][7]
October 21Susquehanna
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 47–0[8]
October 28Pennsylvania Military
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W (forfeit?)[9]
November 1USS Wyoming
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 24–0 (practice game)[10]
November 7Georgetown
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–1310,000[11]
November 15USS Arkansas
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 30–0 (practice game)[12]
November 18at Holy Cross
W 40–01,500[13][14]
November 25Gallaudet
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 68–0[15]
November 30Villanova
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–7[16]
US Training Station, BayshoreW 13–6
Mitchell Field AviatorsW 12–6
Pelham Bay Naval ReserveW 24–0
USS WyomingW 20–10
USS ArkansasW 14–10
Fordham reservesW 18–0
Fordham reservesW 14–0
Fordham reservesW 10–7
NYUW
St. Joseph'sW
Fordham PrepW 20–16
Fordham PrepW 20–10
St. Peter'sW 10–0
Columbia freshmenW 30–0
NYUW 12–0

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 156. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Fordham Yearl Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fordham in Scoreless Tie". The New York Times. October 1, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham Gridders Take Opening Tilt". The Sun. October 8, 1916. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fordham Cancels Game: Refuses to Submit to Demands of Boston College". The Sun. October 7, 1916.(Boston College demanded a larger share of the gate receipts than was set forth in the contract, and Fordham refused; Fordham's media guide claims the game as a victory, presumably as a forfeit)
  6. ^ "Fordham Eleven Defeats Sailors From The Texas". New York Tribune. October 13, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Free Gate Draws Big Crowd to Fordham". New York Herald. October 13, 1916. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fordham Swamps Susquehanna Team". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 22, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fordham Game Is Off: Pennsylvania Military College Cancels Contest Here". The New York Times. October 28, 1916. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.(Pennsylvania Military College cancelled the game at the last minute; the Fordham media guide claims the game (vs. Widener) as a victory, presumably as a forfeit)
  10. ^ "Fordham Outplays Tars". The New York Times. November 2, 1916. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Georgetown Beats Fordham". The New York Times. November 8, 1916. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Fordham Baffles Tars". The New York Times. November 16, 1916.
  13. ^ "Fordham Humbles Holy Cross, 40 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. November 19, 1916. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Fordham Buries Holy Cross, 40 to 0". The Sun. November 19, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Fordham Swamps Gallaudet Eleven". The New York Times. November 26, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Fordham Sinks Villanova in Battle of Mud". New York Tribune. December 1, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
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