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1905 Fordham football team

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1905 Fordham football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–3–1 / 5–2
Head coach
CaptainHoward Gargan
Home stadiumFordham Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons
← 1904
1906 →
1905 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     10 0 0
Penn     12 0 1
Temple     2 0 1
Dartmouth     7 1 2
Swarthmore     7 1 0
Western U. of Penn.     10 2 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Harvard     8 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     10 3 0
Lafayette     7 2 1
Wesleyan     7 2 1
Carlisle     10 4 0
Penn State     8 3 0
Syracuse     8 3 0
Fordham     5 2 0
Amherst     3 1 2
Holy Cross     6 3 0
Brown     7 4 0
Tufts     5 3 0
Vermont     6 4 1
Cornell     6 4 0
Colgate     5 4 0
Columbia     4 3 2
Army     4 4 1
Bucknell     5 5 0
NYU     3 3 1
Lehigh     6 7 0
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 0
Geneva     4 6 0
New Hampshire     2 4 2
Springfield Training School     3 5 0
Rutgers     3 6 0
Villanova     3 7 0
Drexel     1 7 0

The 1905 Fordham football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Fordham claims a 12–3–1 record,[1] though College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record as 5–2.[2]

Eugene McGee, a former Fordham tackle who graduated in 1902, was hired in September 1905 as the team's coach following the resignation of Fred Smith.[3] Quarterback Howard Gargan was the team captain from 1905 to 1907 and took over as head coach in 1908.[1] The team played its home games at Fordham Field in The Bronx.

Schedule

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The following seven games are reported in Fordham's media guide, CFDW, and contemporaneous press coverage.[1][2]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 21RPIW 5–0[4]
November 4at VillanovaPhiladelphia, PAL 5–34
November 8University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 16–0[5]
November 11St. Francis (NY)
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 22–0[6]
November 18Delaware
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 4–0[7]
November 25at Rutgers
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 17–6[8]
November 30Holy Cross
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 5–27[9]

The following are additional games reported in the Fordham media guide.[1]

DateOpponentSiteResult
StevensT 0–0
Nutley Athletic ClubW 17–6
MedicoW 27–0
Resolute Athletic ClubL 0–10
Betts AcademyW 21–0
Murray Hill Athletic ClubW 16–6
Webster AcademyW 31–0
MiddleburyW
NYUW 16–6

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 155. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Fordham Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fordham Loses Smith as Coach". The New York Times. October 1, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham 5, Rensselaer Poly 0". The New York Times. October 22, 1905.
  5. ^ "Fordham, 16; Maryland, 0". The New York Times. November 9, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Fordham, 22; St. Francis, 0". New York Tribune. November 12, 1905.
  7. ^ "Fordham, 4; Delaware, 0". The New York Times. November 19, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fordham Defeats Rutgers". New York Tribune. November 26, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fordham Meets Defeat". New York Tribune. December 1, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.