1916 Fordham Maroon football team

1916 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
Record	25–1–1 / 6–1–1
Head coach	Frank Gargan (1st season)
Captain	James Butler
Home stadium	Fordham Field
Seasons ←  1915 1917  →

1916 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1916 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Under first-year head coach Frank Gargan, Fordham claims a 25–1–1 record. ^[1] College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 6–1–1. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	T 0–0		[3]
October 7	Western Maryland	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 20–0		[4]
October 12	Boston College	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W (forfeit?)		[5]
October 12	USS Texas	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 22–0	3,000	[6] [7]
October 21	Susquehanna	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 47–0		[8]
October 28	Pennsylvania Military	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W (forfeit?)		[9]
November 1	USS Wyoming	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 24–0 (practice game)		[10]
November 7	Georgetown	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	L 0–13	10,000	[11]
November 15	USS Arkansas	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 30–0 (practice game)		[12]
November 18	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 40–0	1,500	[13] [14]
November 25	Gallaudet	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 68–0		[15]
November 30	Villanova	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 14–7		[16]
	US Training Station, Bayshore		W 13–6
	Mitchell Field Aviators		W 12–6
	Pelham Bay Naval Reserve		W 24–0
	USS Wyoming		W 20–10
	USS Arkansas		W 14–10
	Fordham reserves		W 18–0
	Fordham reserves		W 14–0
	Fordham reserves		W 10–7
	NYU		W
	St. Joseph's		W
	Fordham Prep		W 20–16
	Fordham Prep		W 20–10
	St. Peter's		W 10–0
	Columbia freshmen		W 30–0
	NYU		W 12–0

References

1. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 156. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. "Fordham Yearl Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
3. "Fordham in Scoreless Tie". The New York Times. October 1, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fordham Gridders Take Opening Tilt". The Sun. October 8, 1916. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Fordham Cancels Game: Refuses to Submit to Demands of Boston College". The Sun. October 7, 1916.(Boston College demanded a larger share of the gate receipts than was set forth in the contract, and Fordham refused; Fordham's media guide claims the game as a victory, presumably as a forfeit)
6. "Fordham Eleven Defeats Sailors From The Texas". New York Tribune. October 13, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Free Gate Draws Big Crowd to Fordham". New York Herald. October 13, 1916. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Fordham Swamps Susquehanna Team". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 22, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Fordham Game Is Off: Pennsylvania Military College Cancels Contest Here". The New York Times. October 28, 1916. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.(Pennsylvania Military College cancelled the game at the last minute; the Fordham media guide claims the game (vs. Widener) as a victory, presumably as a forfeit)
10. "Fordham Outplays Tars". The New York Times. November 2, 1916. p. 14.
11. "Georgetown Beats Fordham". The New York Times. November 8, 1916. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Fordham Baffles Tars". The New York Times. November 16, 1916.
13. "Fordham Humbles Holy Cross, 40 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, N.Y. November 19, 1916. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Fordham Buries Holy Cross, 40 to 0". The Sun. November 19, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Fordham Swamps Gallaudet Eleven". The New York Times. November 26, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "Fordham Sinks Villanova in Battle of Mud". New York Tribune. December 1, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.