1942 Fordham Rams football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1942 Fordham Rams football Independent 5–3–1 Earl Walsh 1st Polo Grounds 1946 The 1942 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. The Rams offense scored 103 points while the defense (due to two separate defensive collapses) allowed 155 points. Although the Rams bounced back from those losses and ended the season with a winning record, the team finished the year unranked. This marked the first time Fordham had finished unranked since sports writers began polling in 1935. Previously, Fordham had finished 11th in the 1935 season ending UP poll, 15th in the 1936 season ending AP poll, third in 1937, 15th in 1938, 17th in 1939, 12th in 1940, and sixth in the 1941 season-ending AP poll. Only Duke had finished each of the previous seasons ranked and they too finished the 1942 season unranked. The Rams were ranked at No. 54 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2 Twin City Sentinel Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 16, 1942 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123106326/litkenhous-rates-georgia-no-1-ohio/ Newspapers.com After the season, Fordham put their football program on hiatus for the duration of World War II. Schedule 1941 AP September 26 w y Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN 14–7 20,000 October 3 l y Tennessee Shield-Watkins Field Knoxville, TN 14–40 25,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83124703/tennessee-vols-manhandle-fordham-rams-4/ The Knoxville Journal Tennessee Vols manhandle Fordham Rams, 40–14 October 4, 1942 August 9, 2021 Newspapers.com October 10 t North Carolina Polo Grounds New York, NY 0–0 19,500 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-rams-hold-edge-during-entire-t/137223494/ The State Rams hold edge during entire tilt October 11, 1942 December 22, 2023 Newspapers.com October 17 w West Virginia Polo Grounds New York, NY 23–14 12,300 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-fordham-outscores-we/151634573/ The Birmingham News Fordham outscores West Virginia, 23–14, in confusing affair October 18, 1943 July 19, 2024 Newspapers.com October 31 w Saint Mary's Polo Grounds New York, NY 7–0 25,300 Fordham Whips St. Mary's, 7-0 Daily News Dick McCann November 1, 1942 C40 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23209348/fordham_whips_st_marys_70/ Newspapers.com November 7 l LSU Polo Grounds New York, NY 13–26 16,400 https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-louisiana-state-r/132722655/ Atlantic City Press Louisiana State rally beats Fordham, 26–13 November 8, 1942 October 1, 2023 Newspapers.com November 14 l y Boston College 3 Fenway Park Boston, MA 6–56 35,000 November 21 w Missouri Polo Grounds New York, NY 20–12 11,000 November 28 w y North Carolina Pre-Flight Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY 6–0 24,500 http://www.luckyshow.org/football/Fordham%20football%20records.htm Fordham University All-Time Football Records luckyshow.org References Fordham Category:Fordham Rams football seasons Fordham Rams football