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1909 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–2–2 / 5–1–2
Head coach
Captain Frank Gargan
Home stadium American League Park
Seasons
←  1908
1912 →
1909 Eastern college football independents records
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
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.

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2at Rutgers
W 9–0 [4]
October 9at Princeton Princeton, NJL 0–3
October 16at Cornell
W 12–6
October 23 SwarthmoreW 21–3 [5]
November 2at 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

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

DateOpponentSiteResult
NYUW 16–0
Betts AcademyW 31–0
Fort HancockW 17–0
Murray Hill Athletic ClubW 21–6
Webster AcademyW 30–7
Bedford Athletic ClubL 0–17
Nutley Athletic ClubW 12–6
Peekskill Athletic ClubW
MedicsW 10–0

References

  1. ^ a b c "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 155. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "1909 Fordham Rams Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "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.