1916 Fordham Maroon football team

The 1916 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Under first-year head coach Frank Gargan, Fordham claims a 25–1–1 record.[1] College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 6–1–1.[2] Opponents recognized by CFDW are displayed in bold in the schedule chart below.

1916 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
1916 record	25–1–1 / 6–1–1
Head coach	Frank Gargan (1st season)
Captain	James Butler

1916 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					8	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	2	–	2
Harvard			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	2	–	2
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	2
Carlisle			–					1	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					2	–	6	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	9	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	8	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	T 0–0		[3]
October 7	Western Maryland	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 20–0		[4]
October 12	Boston College	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W (forfeit?)		[5]
October 12	USS Texas	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 22–0	3,000	[6][7]
October 21	Susquehanna	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 47–0		[8]
October 28	Pennsylvania Military	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W (forfeit?)		[9]
November 1	USS Wyoming	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 24–0 (practice game)		[10]
November 7	Georgetown	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	L 0–13		[11]
November 15	USS Arkansas	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 30–0 (practice game)		[12]
November 18	at Holy Cross	Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 40–0		[13]
November 25	Gallaudet	Fordham Field New York, NY	W 68–0		[14]
November 30	Villanova	Fordham Field New York, NY	W 14–7		[15]
	US Training Station, Bayshore		W 13–6
	Mitchell Field Aviators		W 12–6
	Pelham Bay Naval Reserve		W 24–0
	USS Wyoming		W 20–10
	USS Arkansas		W 14–10
	Fordham reserves		W 18–0
	Fordham reserves		W 14–0
	Fordham reserves		W 10–7
	NYU		W
	St. Joseph's		W
	Fordham Prep		W 20–16
	Fordham Prep		W 20–10
	St. Peter's		W 10–0
	Columbia freshmen		W 30–0
	NYU		W 12–0

References

1. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 156. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. "Fordham Yearl Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
3. "Fordham in Scoreless Tie". The New York Times. October 1, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fordham Gridders Take Opening Tilt". The Sun. October 8, 1916. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Fordham Cancels Game: Refuses to Submit to Demands of Boston College". The Sun. October 7, 1916.(Boston College demanded a larger share of the gate receipts than was set forth in the contract, and Fordham refused; Fordham's media guide claims the game as a victory, presumably as a forfeit)
6. "Fordham Eleven Defeats Sailors From The Texas". New York Tribune. October 13, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Free Gate Draws Big Crowd to Fordham". New York Herald. October 13, 1916. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Fordham Swamps Susquehanna Team". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 22, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Fordham Game Is Off: Pennsylvania Military College Cancels Contest Here". The New York Times. October 28, 1916. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.(Pennsylvania Military College cancelled the game at the last minute; the Fordham media guide claims the game (vs. Widener) as a victory, presumably as a forfeit)
10. "Fordham Outplays Tars". The New York Times. November 2, 1916. p. 14.
11. "Georgetown Beats Fordham". The New York Times. November 8, 1916. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Fordham Baffles Tars". The New York Times. November 16, 1916.
13. "Fordham Buries Holy Cross, 40 to 0". The Sun. November 19, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Fordham Swamps Gallaudet Eleven". The New York Times. November 26, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Fordham Sinks Villanova in Battle of Mud". New York Tribune. December 1, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.