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1934 Fordham Rams football team

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1934 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainLester Borden
Home stadiumPolo Grounds, Yankee Stadium
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
La Salle     7 0 1
Washington College     5 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     8 1 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh     8 1 0
No. 8 Colgate     7 1 0
Columbia     7 1 0
No. 5 Princeton     7 1 0
Duquesne     8 2 0
Holy Cross     8 2 0
No. 15 Temple     7 1 2
No. 10 Syracuse     6 2 0
Bucknell     7 2 2
No. 14 Army     7 3 0
Northeastern     6 1 1
Rochester     5 2 0
Dartmouth     6 3 0
Saint Anselm     6 3 0
Amherst     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Massachusetts State     5 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Providence     4 3 0
Drexel     4 3 1
Boston College     5 4 0
Bates     3 3 1
Middlebury     3 3 1
Penn     4 4 0
Penn State     4 4 0
Williams     4 4 0
Carnegie Tech     4 5 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 5 0
Villanova     3 4 2
NYU     3 4 1
Boston University     3 4 0
Colby     3 4 0
Springfield     2 3 3
Manhattan     3 5 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Vermont     2 4 2
Wesleyan     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 0
Geneva     2 5 2
Saint Joseph's     2 5 1
Cornell     2 5 0
Lafayette     2 6 0
Norwich     2 6 0
Bowdoin     0 6 1
Lowell Textile     0 7 1
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its second year under head coach Jim Crowley, Fordham compiled a 5–3 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 165 to 92.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6Westminster (PA)W 57–05,000[3]
October 12at Boston CollegeW 6–022,000
October 20Saint Mary'sL 9–1460,000[4]
October 27SMU
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 14–2625,000[5]
November 3Tennessee
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–1225,000[6]
November 10West Virginia
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 27–20
November 17Purdue
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–725,000[7]
November 29NYU
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 39–1325,000

References

  1. ^ "Fordham Yearly Results (1930-1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 157. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Rams Hammer Westminster in Opener by 57-0". New York Daily News. October 7, 1934. p. 39C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ George Kenney (October 21, 1934). "Gaels Beat Fordham, 14-9: Maniaci in 80 Yard Run Stars for Rams". New York Daily News. pp. 84, 87 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Brietz, Eddie (October 28, 1934). "SMU Mustangs Ruot [sic] Fordham's Rams, 26 To 14". Abilene Reporter-News. Abilene, Texas. p. 5. Retrieved March 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Rams down Tennessee in last period". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ George Kenney (November 18, 1934). "Boilermakers Nip Weakened Ram, 7-0". The Daily News (New York). pp. 88, 92 – via Newspapers.com.