1937 Fordham Rams football team

The 1937 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1937 college football season. Once again, the Rams' offense dominated with over 100 points scored in the first two games. The defense held every opponent to seven points or less per game, and recorded five shutouts, including top-ranked Pittsburgh and No. 19 ranked North Carolina. The Rams' went undefeated with a 7–0–1 record and were third in the final AP rankings, only giving up 16 points all season.

1937 Fordham Rams football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 3
1937 record	7–0–1
Head coach	Jim Crowley (5th season)
Home stadium	Polo Grounds

1937 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Fordham			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. T–14 Holy Cross			–					8	–	0	–	2
St. Thomas (PA)			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Yale			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 12 Manhattan			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	4
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	5	–	2
Hofstra			–					2	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					2	–	5	–	1
La Salle			–					2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

For the third consecutive year, Fordham and Pitt played to a scoreless tie.[1] The season's first AP poll was released a few days later, with Pitt third and Fordham ninth; the Panthers finished the season as national champions at 9–0–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Franklin & Marshall		Randall's Island Stadium New York, NY	W 66–0	8,000
October 9	Waynesburg		Randall's Island Stadium New York, NY	W 48–0	8,000	[2]
October 16	Pittsburgh		Polo Grounds New York, NY	T 0–0	53,000	[1]
October 23	TCU	No. 9	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 7–6	25,000
October 30	at No. 15 North Carolina	No. 10	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–0	24,000	[3]
November 6	Purdue	No. 5	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 21–3	40,000
November 20	Saint Mary's	No. 4	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 6–0	35,000
November 27	vs. NYU	No. 3	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 20–7	65,000	[4]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. Smith, Chester L. (October 17, 1937). "Pitt-Fordham in third scoreless tie". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.
2. "Waynesburg Is Routed by Rams, 48-0". The Washington Post. October 10, 1937. p. X10.
3. "Fordham Turns Back North Carolina, 14 to 0". Daily Boston Globe. October 31, 1937. p. C24.
4. Feder, Sid (November 28, 1937). "Rams Wallop Violets, 20-7". The Washington Post. p. X1.
5. Luchter, P.S. "List of all Amateur Football games played at The Polo Grounds, New York". luckyshow.org.