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1917 Fordham Maroon football team

1917 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record22–3 / 7–2
Head coach
CaptainBulger Lowe, James Conklin, James Kendricks
Home stadiumFordham Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh   –   10 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   7 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   9 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 3
New Hampshire   –   3 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 2 – 3
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1917 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Fordham claims a 22–3 record.[1]: 156  College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 7–2.[2] Opponents recognized by CFDW are displayed in bold in the schedule chart below.

Frank Gargan and Frank McCaffrey were the team's coaches. Left halfback Frankie Frisch, known as "The Fordham Flash", led the team on offense. He later played for 19 years in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1937 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bulger Lowe played his only season with the University[1]: 167  as a tackle[3] and was one of the team captains,[1]: 12  becoming the first player from the school to play pro-football when in 1920, he was drafted.[1]: 12 

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Fort Wadsworth
W 35–0[4]
October 5vs. U.S. Ambulance Corps
W 19–7[5]
October 13Norwich
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 60–0[6]
October 20Holy Cross
W 12–0[7]
October 27Rutgers
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–28[8]
November 62:30 p.m.Georgetown
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–12[9][10]
November 17at Cornell
W 27–6
November 24 Pelham Bay 3rd Naval District
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 28–0[11]
November 29Camp Upton
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 35–0[12]
USS ArkansasW 35–0
USS TexasW 30–0
USS WyomingW 14–0
US Training Station, BayshoreW 10–7
Mitchell Field AviatorsL 0–7
Camp UptonW 42–10
Camp MerrittW 10–7
302nd EngineersW 35–13
Army PlebesW 10–6
Fort HG WrightW 21–0
Fort HG WrightW 10–7

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Fordham Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Ram Newspaper - 11/16/1918". The Ram Newspaper. Fordham University. November 16, 1918. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Fordham Trounces Fort Wadsworth". The Sun. September 30, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fordham Wins From Ambulance Corps". The Allentown Leader. October 6, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Norwich 0 -- Fordham 60". The Northfield News. October 16, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Fordham Defeats Holy Cross Eleven". The Sun. October 21, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rutgers Football Legions Overthrow Fordham Team". The Sun. October 28, 1917. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fordham Vs. Georgetown". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 6, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ Daniel (November 7, 1917). "Georgetown Beats Fordham Eleven". The Sun. New York, New York. p. 15. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Fordham Has An Easy Time With Sailors". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. November 25, 1917. p. 19. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Engineers Downed By Fordham Eleven". The Sun. New York, New York. November 30, 1917. p. 12. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.