1940 Fordham Rams football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1940 Fordham Rams football Fordham University Rams football at Yankee Stadium, 1940.jpg Fordham prepares to take on NYU in front of 35,000 at Yankee Stadium Independent 12 7–2 Jim Crowley 8th Polo Grounds Cotton Bowl L 12–13 vs. Texas A&M The 1940 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1940 college football season. The Rams finished the regular season ranked twelfth and played in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's Day, a 13–12 loss to sixth-ranked Texas A&M.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I-4nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p2kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4703%2C5931814 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rice Grantland Grantland Rice Texas Aggies outplayed, win over Fordham by 13-12 score January 2, 1941 11https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XyFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CeQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6659%2C344707 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Texas A. and M. sneaks through January 2, 1941 10https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZS8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2944%2C176493 Pittsburgh Press Super Henry United Press Rams' 'moral win' soothes tough loss January 2, 1941 20 Schedule 1940 AP October 5 w West Virginia Randall's Island Stadium New York, NY 20–7 17,780 Fordham Defeats West Virginia Kingsley Childs New York Times October 6, 1940 81 October 12 w Tulane Polo Grounds New York, NY 20–7 35,400 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99497345/fordham-is-207-winner-over-tulane/ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Fordham is 20–7 winner over Tulane October 13, 1940 April 10, 2022 Newspapers.com October 19 w 11 y Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 24–12 40,000 Pitt Bows in Storm Louis Effrat New York Times October 20, 1940 81 October 26 l 11 Saint Mary's Polo Grounds New York, NY 12–24 34,500 Gaels' Field Goal Trips Rams, 9-6 Daily News (New York City) Jack Smith October 27, 1940 82 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23211870/gaels_field_goal_trips_rams_96/ Newspapers.com November 2 w North Carolina Polo Grounds New York, NY 14–0 16,794 Rams Rout NC, 14-0 New York Daily News Jack Mahon November 3, 1940 90 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120960624/rams-rout-nc-14-0/ Newspapers.com November 9 w 17 Purdue Polo Grounds New York, NY 13–7 28,576 Fordham Triumphs Over Purdue, 13-7 New York Daily News Jack Smith November 10, 1940 94 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120475918/fordham-triumphs-over-purdue-13-7/ Newspapers.com November 21 w 15 Arkansas Polo Grounds New York, NY 27–7 16,500 Rams Aerials Blast Arkansas, 27-7 New York Daily News Jack Smith November 22, 1940 64, 68 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120960391/rams-aerials-blast-arkansas-27-7/ Newspapers.com November 30 w y 14 NYU Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY 26–0 35,000 Fordham Beats Violets, 26 to 0 The Washington Post December 1, 1940 A1 January 1, 1941 l y 12 Texas A&M 6 Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl 12–13 45,507 Aggies Edge Past Fordham For 13-To-12 Cotton Bowl Triumph Tyler Morning Telegraph January 2, 1941 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120960904/aggies-edge-pas-fordham-for-13-to-12/ Newspapers.com Rankings 1940 college football rankings AP 1 8 11 11 NR 17 13 15 14 12 References Fordham Category:Fordham Rams football seasons Fordham Rams football