1940 Fordham Rams football team

1940 Fordham Rams football
Fordham prepares to take on NYU in front of 35,000 at Yankee Stadium
Cotton Bowl, L 12–13 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 12
Record	7–2
Head coach	Jim Crowley (8th season)
Home stadium	Polo Grounds
Seasons ←  1939 1941  →

1940 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Boston College			–					11	–	0	–	0
Duquesne			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 14 Penn			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	2	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	2	–	3
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					3	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Manhattan			–					3	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	7	–	0
Yale			–					1	–	7	–	0
Army			–					1	–	7	–	1
CCNY			–					1	–	5	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1940 college football season. The Rams finished the regular season ranked twelfth and played in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's Day, a 13–12 loss to sixth-ranked Texas A&M. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	West Virginia		Randall's Island Stadium New York, NY	W 20–7	17,780	[4]
October 12	Tulane		Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 20–7	35,400	[5]
October 19	at Pittsburgh	No. 11	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 24–12	40,000	[6]
October 26	Saint Mary's	No. 11	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 12–24	34,500	[7]
November 2	North Carolina		Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 14–0	16,794	[8]
November 9	Purdue	No. 17	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 13–7	28,576	[9]
November 21	Arkansas	No. 15	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 27–7	16,500	[10]
November 30	vs. NYU	No. 14	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 26–0	35,000	[11]
January 1, 1941	vs. No. 6 Texas A&M	No. 12	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	L 12–13	45,507	[12]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1940 college football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	11	11	—	17	13	15	14	12

References

1. Rice, Grantland (January 2, 1941). "Texas Aggies outplayed, win over Fordham by 13-12 score". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11.
2. "Texas A. and M. sneaks through". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. January 2, 1941. p. 10.
3. Super, Henry (January 2, 1941). "Rams' 'moral win' soothes tough loss". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 20.
4. Childs, Kingsley (October 6, 1940). "Fordham Defeats West Virginia". New York Times. p. 81.
5. "Fordham is 20–7 winner over Tulane". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 13, 1940. Retrieved April 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
6. Effrat, Louis (October 20, 1940). "Pitt Bows in Storm". New York Times. p. 81.
7. Jack Smith (October 27, 1940). "Gaels' Field Goal Trips Rams, 9-6". Daily News (New York City). p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Jack Mahon (November 3, 1940). "Rams Rout NC, 14-0". New York Daily News. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Jack Smith (November 10, 1940). "Fordham Triumphs Over Purdue, 13-7". New York Daily News. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Jack Smith (November 22, 1940). "Rams Aerials Blast Arkansas, 27-7". New York Daily News. pp. 64, 68 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Fordham Beats Violets, 26 to 0". The Washington Post. December 1, 1940. p. A1.
12. "Aggies Edge Past Fordham For 13-To-12 Cotton Bowl Triumph". Tyler Morning Telegraph. January 2, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.