1905 Fordham football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–3–1 / 5–2
Head coach
CaptainHoward Gargan
Home stadiumFordham Field, Polo Grounds
1905 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   –  10 –0 –0
Penn   –  12 –0 –1
Temple   –  2 –0 –1
Dartmouth   –  7 –1 –2
Swarthmore   –  7 –1 –0
Western U. of Penn.   –  10 –2 –0
Princeton   –  8 –2 –0
Harvard   –  8 –2 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –  10 –3 –0
Lafayette   –  7 –2 –1
Wesleyan   –  7 –2 –1
Carlisle   –  10 –4 –0
Penn State   –  8 –3 –0
Syracuse   –  8 –3 –0
Fordham   –  5 –2 –0
Amherst   –  3 –1 –2
Holy Cross   –  6 –3 –0
Brown   –  7 –4 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –0
Vermont   –  6 –4 –1
Cornell   –  6 –4 –0
Colgate   –  5 –4 –0
Columbia   –  4 –3 –2
Army   –  4 –4 –1
Bucknell   –  5 –5 –0
NYU   –  3 –3 –1
Lehigh   –  6 –7 –0
Frankin & Marshall   –  4 –6 –0
Geneva   –  4 –6 –0
New Hampshire   –  2 –4 –2
Springfield Training School   –  3 –5 –0
Rutgers   –  3 –6 –0
Villanova   –  3 –7 –0
Drexel   –  1 –7 –0

The 1905 Fordham football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Fordham claims a 12–3–1 record,[1] though College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record as 5–2.[2]

Eugene McGee, a former Fordham tackle who graduated in 1902, was hired in September 1905 as the team's coach following the resignation of Fred Smith.[3] Quarterback Howard Gargan was the team captain from 1905 to 1907 and took over as head coach in 1908.[1] The team played its home games at Fordham Field in The Bronx.

Schedule

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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 21RPIW 5–0[4]
November 4at VillanovaPhiladelphia, PAL 5–34
November 8University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 16–0[5]
November 11St. Francis (NY)
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 22–0[6]
November 18Delaware
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 4–0[7]
November 25at Rutgers
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 17–6[8]
November 30Holy Cross
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 5–27[9]

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

DateOpponentSiteResult
StevensT 0–0
Nutley Athletic ClubW 17–6
MedicoW 27–0
Resolute Athletic ClubL 0–10
Betts AcademyW 21–0
Murray Hill Athletic ClubW 16–6
Webster AcademyW 31–0
MiddleburyW
NYUW 16–6

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 155. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Fordham Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Fordham Loses Smith as Coach". The New York Times. October 1, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Fordham 5, Rensselaer Poly 0". The New York Times. October 22, 1905.
  5. ↑ "Fordham, 16; Maryland, 0". The New York Times. November 9, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Fordham, 22; St. Francis, 0". New York Tribune. November 12, 1905.
  7. ↑ "Fordham, 4; Delaware, 0". The New York Times. November 19, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Fordham Defeats Rutgers". New York Tribune. November 26, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Fordham Meets Defeat". New York Tribune. December 1, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.
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