1937 Fordham Rams football team

1937 Fordham Rams football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 3
Record	7–0–1
Head coach	Jim Crowley (5th season)
Captain	John F. Druze
Home stadium	Polo Grounds
Seasons ←  1936 1938  →

1937 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Fordham			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. T–14 Holy Cross			–					8	–	0	–	2
St. Thomas (PA)			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Yale			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
CCNY			–					5	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Manhattan			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	4
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	5	–	2
Hofstra			–					2	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					2	–	5	–	1
Providence			–					2	–	6	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
La Salle			–					2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jim Crowley, the Rams compiled a 7–0–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 182 to 16, and were ranked No. 3 in the final AP Poll. They shut out five opponents, including No. 15 North Carolina, and played a scoreless tie with top-ranked Pittsburgh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Franklin & Marshall		Randall's Island Stadium New York, NY	W 66–0	8,000
October 9	Waynesburg		Randall's Island Stadium New York, NY	W 48–0	8,000	[1]
October 16	Pittsburgh		Polo Grounds New York, NY	T 0–0Ј	52,000	[2]
October 23	TCU	No. 9	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 7–6	25,000
October 30	at No. 15 North Carolina	No. 10	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–0	24,000	[3]
November 6	Purdue	No. 5	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 21–3	40,000
November 20	Saint Mary's	No. 4	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 6–0	35,000	[4]
November 27	vs. NYU	No. 3	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 20–7	65,000	[5]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "Waynesburg Is Routed by Rams, 48-0". The Washington Post. October 10, 1937. p. X10.
2. Smith, Chester L. (October 17, 1937). "Pitt-Fordham in third scoreless tie". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.
3. "Fordham Turns Back North Carolina, 14 to 0". Daily Boston Globe. October 31, 1937. p. C24.
4. "Fordham Wins, 6-0: Lock Paves Way As Ram Subdues Determined Gaels". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 21, 1937. pp. 1D, 2D – via Newspapers.com.
5. Feder, Sid (November 28, 1937). "Rams Wallop Violets, 20-7". The Washington Post. p. X1.
6. Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.