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1942 Fordham Rams football team

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1942Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
← 1941
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1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams  710
No. 19Penn State  611
No. 8Boston College  820
Buffalo  620
Bucknell  621
Colgate  621
Army  630
Syracuse  630
Duquesne  631
Yale  530
Fordham  531
Penn  531
No. T–19Holy Cross  541
Dartmouth  540
Brown  440
Villanova  440
Vermont  430
Carnegie Tech  330
Boston University  450
Cornell  351
Princeton  351
Temple  253
Columbia  360
Pittsburgh  360
Tufts  251
Franklin & Marshall  142
Massachusetts State  250
Harvard  261
Manhattan  260
CCNY  171
Rankings fromAP Poll

The1942 Fordham Rams football team representedFordham University as an independent during the1942 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 yearunranked.

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 the1936 season ending AP poll, third in1937, 15th in1938, 17th in1939, 12th in1940, and sixth in the1941 season-ending AP poll. OnlyDuke 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 theLitkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26atPurdueW 14–720,000
October 3atTennesseeL 14–4025,000[2]
October 10North CarolinaT 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. 3Boston CollegeL 6–5635,000
November 21Missouri
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 20–1211,000
November 28vs.North Carolina Pre-FlightW 6–024,500
  • Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

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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 – viaNewspapers.com.
  2. ^"Tennessee Vols manhandle Fordham Rams, 40–14".The Knoxville Journal. October 4, 1942. RetrievedAugust 9, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  3. ^"Rams hold edge during entire tilt".The State. October 11, 1942. RetrievedDecember 22, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  4. ^"Fordham outscores West Virginia, 23–14, in confusing affair".The Birmingham News. October 18, 1943. RetrievedJuly 19, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
  5. ^Dick McCann (November 1, 1942)."Fordham Whips St. Mary's, 7-0".Daily News. p. C40 – viaNewspapers.com.
  6. ^"Louisiana State rally beats Fordham, 26–13".Atlantic City Press. November 8, 1942. RetrievedOctober 1, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  7. ^"Fordham University All-Time Football Records".luckyshow.org.
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