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The 1927 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its first year under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, Fordham compiled a 3–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 139 to 82.[1][2] He hired Tony Comerford as an assistant coach, who had worked with him in that capacity in the prior year for Boston College. William Feaster was the team captain.[citation needed]

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Headcoach
CaptainWilliam Feaster
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1927 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Feaster
Home stadiumFordham Field
Seasons
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1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Tufts – 8–0–0
Springfield – 7–0–2
Washington & Jefferson – 7–0–2
No. 6 Army – 9–1–0
No. 2 Pittsburgh – 8–1–1
Temple – 7–1–0
No. 5 Yale – 7–1–0
NYU – 7–1–2
Princeton – 6–1–0
Villanova – 6–1–0
Penn State – 6–2–1
Columbia – 5–2–2
Bucknell – 6–3–1
Colgate – 4–2–3
CCNY – 4–2–2
Lafayette – 5–3–1
Penn – 6–4–0
Syracuse – 5–3–2
Carnegie Tech – 5–4–1
Boston College – 4–4–0
Harvard – 4–4–0
Rutgers – 4–4–0
Cornell – 3–3–2
Boston University – 3–4–1
Drexel – 3–5–1
Fordham – 3–5–0
Brown – 3–6–1
Vermont – 2–6–0
Providence – 1–4–2
Franklin & Marshall – 1–7–1
Lehigh – 1–7–1
Rankings from Dickinson System
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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Bethany (WV)
W 34–05,000
October 1Lebanon Valley
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–3
October 15vs. NYUL 0–3243,000[3]
October 22at George Washington
L 0–136,000[4][5]
October 29Boston CollegeL 7–278,000
November 5Holy Cross
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 2–71,500
November 12at Providence College
W 26–19[6]
November 19Georgetown
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–3815,000
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