1939 Fordham Rams football team

The 1939 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1939 college football season.[1] The season opener against Waynesburg was the first college football game ever broadcast on television.[2]

1939 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 17
1939 record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Cornell   –    8 –0 –0
No. 10 Duquesne   –    8 –0 –1
Scranton   –    7 –0 –2
Princeton   –    7 –1 –0
La Salle   –    6 –1 –1
Penn State   –    5 –1 –2
No. 11 Boston College   –    9 –2 –0
No. 17 Fordham   –    6 –2 –0
Villanova   –    6 –2 –0
Hofstra   –    4 –3 –0
Brown   –    5 –3 –1
Dartmouth   –    5 –3 –1
NYU   –    5 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –    5 –4 –0
Harvard   –    4 –4 –0
Manhattan   –    4 –4 –0
Penn   –    4 –4 –0
Syracuse   –    3 –3 –2
Tufts   –    3 –4 –1
Yale   –    3 –4 –1
Army   –    3 –4 –2
Bucknell   –    3 –5 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    3 –5 –0
Columbia   –    2 –4 –2
Massachusetts State   –    2 –5 –2
Colgate   –    2 –5 –1
Temple   –    2 –7 –0
Buffalo   –    0 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 30Waynesburg
NBCW 34–79,000[3]
October 7Alabama
L 6–741,454
October 14at Tulane
L 0–743,000[4]
October 28No. 18 Pittsburgh
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 27–1336,200
November 4Rice
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–719,279
November 11Indiana
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–019,279
November 18Saint Mary's
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–034,800
December 2vs. NYU
W 18–757,000[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References
  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/fordham/
  2. Vander Voort, Eric (September 29, 2015). "First televised football game featured Fordham, Waynesburg in 1939". NCAA.com.
  3. Effrat, Louis (October 1, 1939). "Fordham Checks Waynesburg, 34-7". New York Times. p. 89.
  4. Richardson, William D. (October 15, 1939). "Early Tulane Coup Trips Fordham, 7-0". New York Times. p. 85.
  5. Cuddy, Jack (December 3, 1939). "Fordham Stampedes NYU: Fordham Rally Bets N.Y.U., 18-7". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 3B.
  6. Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.
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