1914 Fordham Maroon football team

1914 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
Record	18–4–1 / 6–3–1
Head coach	Skip Wymard (1st season)
Captain	Charles Wymard
Home stadium	Fordham Field
Seasons ←  1913 1915  →

1914 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	2	–	2
Fordham			–					6	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					5	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	2
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	3	–	3
Carlisle			–					5	–	10	–	1
Holy Cross			–					2	–	5	–	1
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	1
Duquesne			–					1	–	5	–	0

The 1914 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1914 college football season. Fordham claims an 18–4–1 record. ^[1] College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 6–3–1. ^[2]

Skip Wymard was the head coach, and Charles Wymard was the captain. The team played its home games at Fordham Field in The Bronx.

Schedule

The following 10 games are reported in Fordham's media guide, CFDW and contemporaneous press coverage. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	at Georgetown	Washington, DC	T 0–0	[3]
October 3	Gallaudet	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 7–6	[4]
October 10	Rochester	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 21–0	[5]
October 17	Middlebury	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 28–0	[6]
October 24	Rhode Island State	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 21–0	[7]
November 3	Gettysburg	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 21–2	[8]
November 7	Navy	Annapolis, MD	L 0–21	[9]
November 14	Vermont	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	L 6–7	[10]
November 21	Boston College	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 14–3
November 26	Villanova	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	L 6–7

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	USS Texas		W 27–0
	USS Arkansas		W 24–7
	Fort Slocum		L 0–6
	Bedford Athletic Club		W 10–6
	Fort Wadsworth		W 21–0
	Mount Saint Mary's		W
	NYU		W 18–6
	Fort Slocum		W 10–7
	Fort Hancock		W 16–14
	Rhode Island State		W 36–0
	St. Peter's		W 38–16
	Pratt		L 6–8
	Cathedral		W

References

1. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 156. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. "Fordham Yearl Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
3. William Peet (September 27, 1914). "G.U. Catches Tartar in Fordham: Georgetown Is Unable To Score on Fordham". The Washington Herald. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fordham Wins When Rival Misses Goal". The Sun. October 4, 1914 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Speedier Backfield Wins for Fordham". The Sun. October 11, 1914 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Fordham Mows Down Middlebury". The New York Times. October 18, 1914 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Fordham Piles Up Score: Runs Up Three Touchdowns Against Rhode Island State". New York Tribune. October 25, 1914. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Fordham Tears Up Heavy Gettysburg Line: Fordham Smashes Gettysburg Defence". The Sun. November 4, 1914 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Navy Blanks Fordham". The Baltimore Sun. November 8, 1914 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Vermont men want deserved victory only". The Burlington Free Press. November 18, 1914. Retrieved June 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.