1909 Fordham Maroon football team

1909 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
Record	13–2–2 / 5–1–2
Head coach	Howard Gargan (2nd season)
Captain	Frank Gargan
Home stadium	American League Park

1909 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	0	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					9	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	1	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					5	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					6	–	1	–	1
Ursinus			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					7	–	1	–	2
Trinity (CT)			–					6	–	1	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	1	–	2
Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					8	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	2
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					3	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	2	–	0
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	4	–	2
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	5	–	1
Holy Cross			–					2	–	4	–	2
Swarthmore			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	3
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					1	–	6	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	4	–	1

The 1909 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1909 college football season. Fordham claims a 13–2–2 record,^[1] but Sports Reference LLC and College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) list the team's record at 5–1–2.^[2][3]

Howard Gargan was the coach for a second and final year, and Frank Gargan was the captain. The team played its home games at American League Park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.

Schedule

The following eight games are reported in Fordham's media guide,^[1] CFDW,^[3] Sports Reference LLC,^[2] and contemporaneous press coverage.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 9–0		[4]
October 9	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–3
October 16	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 12–6
October 23	Swarthmore	American League Park New York, NY	W 21–3		[5]
November 2	at Georgetown	American League Park New York, NY	T 0–0
November 13	RPI	American League Park New York, NY	W 30–0		[6]
November 20	Holy Cross	American League Park New York, NY	W 9–5		[7]
November 25	Syracuse	American League Park New York, NY	T 5–5	500	[8]

The following are eight additional games reported in the Fordham media guide.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	NYU		W 16–0
	Betts Academy		W 31–0
	Fort Hancock		W 17–0
	Murray Hill Athletic Club		W 21–6
	Webster Academy		W 30–7
	Bedford Athletic Club		L 0–17
	Nutley Athletic Club		W 12–6
	Peekskill Athletic Club		W
	Medics		W 10–0

References

1. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 155. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
2. "1909 Fordham Rams Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
3. "Fordham Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
4. "Fordham beats Rutgers". The New York Times. October 3, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Another One for Fordham". The Sun. October 24, 1909 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Fordham in Form". New York Tribune. November 14, 1909 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "G. Walsh's Kicking Wins For Fordham". The New York Times. November 21, 1909 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Syracuse Ties With Fordham". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. November 26, 1909. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved December 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .