1923 Fordham Maroon football team

1923 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
Record	2-7
Head coach	Frank Gargan (4th season)
Captain	Louis Healey
Home stadium	Fordham Field, Yankee Stadium
Seasons ←  1922 1924  →

1923 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
St. John's			–					5	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					6	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	7	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	7	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Springfield			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its fourth season, under coach Frank Gargan, Fordham compiled a 2–7 record. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5		Mount St. Mary's	Bronx, NY	W 41–0
October 12	2:30 p.m.	at Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 0–20	18,000	[2] [3]
October 20		at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 6–9
October 27		vs. St. John's	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	L 0–13		[4] [5]
November 6		vs. NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–20	10,000	[6]
November 10		Holy Cross	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 7–23
November 17		CCNY	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 30–0		[7]
November 24		vs. Rutgers	Ashland Stadium East Orange, NJ	L 0–42	5,000	[8]
December 1		Georgetown	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–6		[9]
		Gallaudet		W 23–6
		Mount St. Mary's		W 64–0

References

1. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. pp. 156–157. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. "Boston College Looking For Tough Battle With Fordham". The Boston Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
3. Lynch, Daniel J. (October 13, 1923). "McKenney's Long Toss To Duffy Starts Boston College On Way To 20-0 Win". The Boston Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Thomas Features St. John's Victory Over Fordham". The Brooklyn Standard Union. October 28, 1923. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "St. John's College Surprises by Humbling Crack Forham Eleven: Red and White Attack Smothers Bronx Team". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 28, 1923. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "N.Y.U. scores over Fordham gridders". Times Union. November 7, 1923. Retrieved February 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Fordham in easy gridiron win over City College". The Standard Union. November 18, 1923. Retrieved September 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
8. R. Wallace Elliott (November 25, 1923). "Rutgers Tramples on Fordham in Sea of Mud at East Orange". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Paul Gallico (December 2, 1923). "Georgetown Defeats Fordham By 6 To 0". New York Daily News. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.