1939 Fordham Rams football team

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The 1939 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jim Crowley, the Rams compiled a record of 6–2. The season opener against Waynesburg was the first college football game ever broadcast on television.[1] Fordham played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan.

ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 17
Record6–2
Headcoach
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1939 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
← 1938
1940 â†’
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1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell â€“ 8–0–0
No. 10 Duquesne â€“ 8–0–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–0–1
Scranton â€“ 7–0–2
Princeton â€“ 7–1–0
La Salle â€“ 6–1–1
Penn State â€“ 5–1–2
No. 11 Boston College â€“ 9–2–0
No. 17 Fordham â€“ 6–2–0
Villanova â€“ 6–2–0
Boston University â€“ 5–3–0
Brown â€“ 5–3–1
Dartmouth â€“ 5–3–1
Hofstra â€“ 4–3–0
NYU â€“ 5–4–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 5–4–0
Harvard â€“ 4–4–0
Manhattan â€“ 4–4–0
Penn â€“ 4–4–0
Syracuse â€“ 3–3–2
Vermont â€“ 3–3–2
Tufts â€“ 3–4–1
Yale â€“ 3–4–1
Army â€“ 3–4–2
Bucknell â€“ 3–5–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 3–5–0
Providence â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 2–4–2
Massachusetts State â€“ 2–5–2
Colgate â€“ 2–5–1
Temple â€“ 2–7–0
CCNY â€“ 1–7–0
Buffalo â€“ 0–7–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 30WaynesburgNBCW 34–79,000[2]
October 7Alabama
L 6–741,454[3]
October 14at TulaneL 0–743,000[4]
October 28No. 18 Pittsburgh
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 27–1336,218[5]
November 4Rice
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–719,971[6]
November 11Indiana
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–019,279[7]
November 18Saint Mary's
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 13–034,800[8]
December 2vs. NYUW 18–757,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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