1927 Fordham Maroon football team

1927 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Frank Cavanaugh (1st season)
Captain	William Feaster
Home stadium	Fordham Field
Seasons ←  1926 1928  →

1927 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tufts			–					8	–	0	–	0
Springfield			–					7	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. 6 Army			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					7	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					6	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	3
CCNY			–					4	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					3	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	4	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	1
Lehigh			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its first year under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, Fordham compiled a 3–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 139 to 82. ^{[1] [2]} He hired Tony Comerford as an assistant coach, who had worked with him in that capacity in the prior year for Boston College. William Feaster was the team captain.^{[ citation needed ]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Bethany (WV)	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 34–0	5,000
October 1	Lebanon Valley	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 13–3
October 15	vs. NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–32	43,000	[3]
October 22	at George Washington	Central High Stadium Washington, DC	L 0–13	6,000	[4] [5]
October 29	Boston College	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–27	8,000
November 5	Holy Cross	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 2–7	1,500
November 12	at Providence College	Hendricken Field Providence, RI	W 26–19		[6]
November 19	Georgetown	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–38	15,000

References

1. "Fordham Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 157. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
3. "Powerful N.Y.U. team smothers Fordham at Stadium, 32–0". Times Union. October 16, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Colonials beat Fordham". The University Hatchet. October 26, 1927. Retrieved February 13, 2021– via Internet Archive.
5. "G. Washington lucky to beat Fordham 13–0". Daily News. October 23, 1927. Retrieved February 13, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Fordham beats Providence, 26–19, by late rally". Daily News. November 13, 1927. Retrieved May 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.