1915 Fordham Maroon football team

The 1915 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. Fordham claims a 19–6 record.[1] College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 4–4.[2]

1915 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record19–6 / 4–4
Head coach
CaptainDavid Dunn
Home stadiumFordham Field
1915 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cornell   –  9 –0 –0
Pittsburgh   –  8 –0 –0
Columbia   –  5 –0 –0
Harvard   –  8 –1 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  7 –1 –0
Rutgers   –  7 –1 –0
Villanova   –  6 –1 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  8 –1 –1
Colgate   –  5 –1 –0
Syracuse   –  9 –1 –2
Dartmouth   –  7 –1 –1
Tufts   –  5 –1 –2
Penn State   –  7 –2 –0
Lafayette   –  8 –3 –0
Princeton   –  6 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  6 –2 –0
Temple   –  3 –1 –1
Geneva   –  6 –3 –0
Wesleyan   –  6 –3 –0
Allegheny   –  5 –3 –0
Swarthmore   –  5 –3 –0
Army   –  5 –3 –1
Lehigh   –  6 –4 –0
Holy Cross   –  3 –2 –2
Brown   –  5 –4 –1
Fordham   –  4 –4 –0
NYU   –  4 –4 –1
Middlebury   –  3 –4 –2
Muhlenberg   –  4 –5 –0
Yale   –  4 –5 –0
Boston College   –  3 –4 –0
Penn   –  3 –5 –2
WPI   –  3 –5 –1
Buffalo   –  3 –5 –0
Carlisle   –  3 –6 –2
Rhode Island State   –  3 –5 –0
New Hampshire   –  3 –6 –1
Gettysburg   –  3 –6 –0
Rochester   –  3 –6 –0
Bucknell   –  2 –6 –3
Vermont   –  1 –4 –2
Williams   –  1 –7 –0

Harry Vaughan was the coach, and David Dunn was the captain. The team played its home games at Fordham Field in The Bronx.

Schedule

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 9at Union (NY)Schenectady, NYL 0–6[3]
October 16Connecticut
W 35–0[4][5]
October 23Holy Cross
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 10–0 [6]
November 2Georgetown
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–334,000[7][8]
November 6at Boston College
L 0–3[9]
November 13Rhode Island State
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 7–0[10]
November 20Carlisle
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–10[11]
November 25Villanova
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–334,000[12]

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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 27NYU
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 0–0[13]
Fort TottenL 0–6
Fort HancockW 10–6
USS WyomingW 30–6
USS TexasW 28–7
USS ArkansasW 24–0
CarlisleW 18–6
Cooper PharmacyW 30–0
NYUW 20–0
USS TexasW 31–7
USS ArkansasW 20–0
CarlisleL
Fordham PrepW 21–0
St. Peter'sW 1–0
Lehigh freshmenW 42–0
Cooper PharmacyW 30–0
NYUW 18–6
Army PlebesW

References
  1. "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 156. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Fordham Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. "Fordham Loses To Union". The New York Times. October 10, 1915 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Fordham, 35 to 0, Downs Conn. Aggies". The Sun. October 17, 1935. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Fordham Scores on New Gridiron". The New York Times. October 17, 1915 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Fordham Scores Victory Over Old Foe, Holy Cross". The Sun. October 24, 1915 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Georgetown Downs Fordham Easily". The New York Times. November 3, 1915 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Georgetown Too Fast For Fordham Eleven". New York Tribune. November 3, 1915.
  9. "Boston College Beats Fordham". The Boston Globe. November 7, 1915 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Fordham Gets Only Score". The New York Times. November 14, 1915 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Fordham Defeats Carlisle, 14 to 10". The New York Times. November 21, 1915 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Fordham At Its Worst Is Routed By Villanova". The Sun. November 26, 1915 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "N.Y.U. Plays Over On Fordham Field". The New York Times. October 28, 1915 – via Newspapers.com.(described as a practice game)
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