1924 Fordham Maroon football team

1924 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2
Head coach	Frank Gargan (5th season)
Captain	Raymond Snead
Home stadium	Fordham Field

1924 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Yale			–					6	–	0	–	2
No. 8 Penn			–					9	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Bucknell			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	2	–	0
Holy Cross			–					7	–	1	–	1
Army			–					5	–	1	–	2
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	1	–	3
Boston College			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	1
Springfield			–					4	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In its fifth season under coach Frank Gargan, Fordham compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 148 to 53.^[1][2] Fordham's media guide claims an additional three victories for a 9–2 record, but no contemporaneous record has been found of those games.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27		7th Regiment	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 21–0		[4]
October 4		Manhattan College	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 34–6
October 13	2:30 p.m.	at Boston College	Braves Field Chestnut Hill, MA	L 0–28	20,000	[5]
October 18		St. Stephen's	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 26–0
October 25		at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–13
November 1		vs. NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 27–0	11,000	[6]
November 15		at CCNY	Lewisohn Stadium New York, NY	W 31–0		[7]
November 22		Catholic University		Cancelled-rain
November 29		Georgetown	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 9–6

References

1. "Final Records of College Football". York Daily Record. December 5, 1924 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Fordham Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
3. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 157. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
4. "Fordham Opens Season By Win Over 7th Regt". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 28, 1924 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Boston College Expects Easy Win Over Fordham". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1924. p. 6. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Graham leads Fordham to assault on weak N.Y.U. eleven for 27–0 defeat". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 2, 1924. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Fordham Swamps C.C.N.Y. Gridders by 31 to 0 Score". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 16, 1924. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.