1921 Fordham Maroon football team

1921 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3
Head coach	Joseph DuMoe (2nd season)
Captain	Sylvester Fitzpatrick
Home stadium	Fordham Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons ←  1920 1922  →

1921 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1921 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its second season under coach Joseph DuMoe, Fordham compiled a 4–3–2 record. ^[1] Fordham's media guide claims a record of 5–3–1, listing the result against Villanova as a 20–19 victory. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Maine	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 25–14		[3]
October 1	Washington College	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 101–0
October 8	Catholic University	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 10–0
October 15	Villanova	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	T 20–20
October 22	Lafayette	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–28	10,000	[4]
October 29	Boston College	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	T 0–0	5,000	[5]
November 5	at Georgetown	American League Park Washington, DC	L 7–34	7,000	[6]
November 12	at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	L 7–12
November 19	at Springfield	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	W 14–0	5,000	[7]

References

1. "Fordham Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide". Fordham University. 2019. p. 156. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
3. "Fordham Trounces Maine By 25 To 14". The New York Times. September 25, 1921. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Crowd of 10,000 Sees Fordham Lose at Polo Grounds: Fordham Bows To Lafayette Attack". New York Herald. October 23, 1921. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Fordham and Boston College Elevens Plat Scoreless Tie". The Standard Union . Brooklyn, New York. October 30, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved March 31, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
6. Thompson, Denman (November 6, 1921). "Blue And Gray Earns Gridiron Verdict, 34-7". Evening Star . Washington, D.C. p. 27. Retrieved September 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Fordham, On Long Runs, Defeats Springfield". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 20, 1921. p. 18. Retrieved March 24, 2022– via Newspapers.com .