1905 Fordham football team

1905 Fordham football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–3–1 / 5–2
Head coach
CaptainHoward Gargan
Home stadiumFordham Field, Polo Grounds
1905 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   10 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   12 – 0 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 0 – 1
Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 2
Swarthmore   –   7 – 1 – 0
Western U. of Penn.   –   10 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   8 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 2 – 1
Carlisle   –   10 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   3 – 1 – 2
Holy Cross   –   6 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Vermont   –   6 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   5 – 5 – 0
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   3 – 3 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 7 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   4 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 4 – 2
Springfield Training School   –   3 – 5 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 7 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 7 – 0

The 1905 Fordham football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Fordham claims a 12–3–1 record,[1] though College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record as 5–2.[2]

Eugene F. McGee, a former Fordham tackle who graduated in 1902, was hired in September 1905 as the team's coach following the resignation of Fred Smith.[3] Quarterback Howard Gargan was the team captain from 1905 to 1907 and took over as head coach in 1908.[1] The team played its home games at Fordham Field in The Bronx.

Schedule

The following seven games are reported in Fordham's media guide, CFDW, and contemporaneous press coverage.[1][2]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 21RPIW 5–0[4]
November 4at VillanovaPhiladelphia, PAL 5–34
November 8University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 16–0[5]
November 11St. Francis (NY)
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 22–0[6]
November 18Delaware
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 4–0[7]
November 25at Rutgers
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 17–6[8]
November 30Holy Cross
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 5–27[9]

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

DateOpponentSiteResult
StevensT 0–0
Nutley Athletic ClubW 17–6
MedicoW 27–0
Resolute Athletic ClubL 0–10
Betts AcademyW 21–0
Murray Hill Athletic ClubW 16–6
Webster AcademyW 31–0
MiddleburyW
NYUW 16–6

References

  1. ^ a b c d "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 155. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Fordham Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fordham Loses Smith as Coach". The New York Times. October 1, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham 5, Rensselaer Poly 0". The New York Times. October 22, 1905.
  5. ^ "Fordham, 16; Maryland, 0". The New York Times. November 9, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Fordham, 22; St. Francis, 0". New York Tribune. November 12, 1905.
  7. ^ "Fordham, 4; Delaware, 0". The New York Times. November 19, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fordham Defeats Rutgers". New York Tribune. November 26, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fordham Meets Defeat". New York Tribune. December 1, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.