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1908 Fordham Maroon football team

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1908 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record17–3–1 / 5–1
Head coach
CaptainLeo Fitzpatrick
Home stadiumFordham Field
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  1101
Harvard  901
Cornell  711
Fordham  510
Yale  711
Dartmouth  611
Carlisle  1021
Washington & Jefferson  1021
Army  612
Pittsburgh  830
Lafayette  622
Princeton  523
Syracuse  631
Brown  531
Temple  321
Colgate  430
Lehigh  430
Dickinson  540
Amherst  332
Holy Cross  440
Penn State  550
Vermont  333
Wesleyan  342
Springfield Training School  341
NYU  232
Franklin & Marshall  461
Bucknell  352
Rutgers  351
Boston College  242
Carnegie Tech  370
Geneva  162
Tufts  161
Villanova  160
New Hampshire  170
Drexel  070

The 1908 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Fordham claims a 17–3–1 record,[1] and College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 5–1.[2]

Howard Gargan, who was the captain and quarterback of Fordham's 1907 team, served as the team's head coach. Leo Fitzpatrick was the 1908 team captain.[1]

The team played its home games at Fordham Field on the school's campus in The Bronx and at the American League Park in the Washington Park neighborhood of Manhattan.

Schedule

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at AmherstAmherst, MAW 5–0[3]
October 17Jefferson Medical College
W 45–0
October 21at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–17
November 3GeorgetownW 22–03,000[4]
November 21RPI
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 22–12
November 26Villanova
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY
W 2–0

The following are 13 additional games reported in the Fordham media guide.[1]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
NYUT 0–0
MedicoW 30–0
Fort TottenW 17–6
Fort WadsworthW 14–6
Fort HancockW 17–7
Betts AcademyW 34–0
Murray Hill Athletic ClubW 28–7
Bedford Athletic ClubL 0–17
SyracuseW 6–0
Commerce High SchoolW
NYUW 18–0
AdelphiL 7–9
Peekskill Military AcademyW

References

  1. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 155. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. "Fordham Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. "Fordham 6, Amherst 0". The Boston Globe. October 4, 1908 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Victory For Fordham". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. November 4, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved April 6, 2019 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.