1917 Fordham Maroon football team

The 1917 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Fordham claims a 22–3 record.[1] College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 7–2.[2] Opponents recognized by CFDW are displayed in bold in the schedule chart below.

1917 Fordham Maroon football
Conference	Independent
1917 record	22–3 / 7–2
Head coach	Frank Gargan, Frank McCaffrey (1st season)
Captain	Bill Lowe, James Conklin, James Kendricks
Home stadium	Fordham Field

1917 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pittsburgh			–					10	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					9	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	2	–	3
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					0	–	6	–	1

Frank Gargan and Frank McCaffrey were the team's coaches. Left halfback Frankie Frisch, known as "The Fordham Flash", led the team on offense. He later played for 19 years in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1937 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29	Fort Wadsworth	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 35–0	[3]
October 5	U.S. Ambulance Corps	Allentown, PA	W 19–7	[4]
October 13	Norwich (VT)	Fordham Field New York, NY	W 60–0	[5]
October 20	Holy Cross	Fordham Field New York, NY	W 12–0	[6]
October 27	Rutgers	New York, NY	L 0–28	[7]
November 3	Georgetown	New York, NY	L 0–12
November 17	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 27–6
	Pelham Bay 3rd Naval District		W 28–0
November 29	Camp Upton		W 35–0
	USS Arkansas		W 35–0
	USS Texas		W 30–0
	USS Wyoming		W 14–0
	US Training Station, Bayshore		W 10–7
	Mitchell Field Aviators		L 0–7
	Camp Upton		W 42–10
	Camp Merritt		W 10–7
	302nd Engineers		W 35–13
	Army Plebes		W 10–6
	Fort HG Wright		W 21–0
	Fort HG Wright		W 10–7

References

1. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 156. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. "Fordham Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
3. "Fordham Trounces Fort Wadsworth". The Sun. September 30, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fordham Wins From Ambulance Corps". The Allentown Leader. October 6, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Norwich 0 -- Fordham 60". The Northfield News. October 16, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Fordham Defeats Holy Cross Eleven". The Sun. October 21, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Rutgers Football Legions Overthrow Fordham Team". The Sun. October 28, 1917. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.