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1906 Fordham football team

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1906 Fordham football
ConferenceIndependent
Record15–5 / 5–3
Head coach
CaptainHoward Gargan
Home stadiumFordham Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons
← 1905
1907 →
1906 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 1
Haverford   –   7 – 0 – 2
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 2
Lafayette   –   8 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 2 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 2 – 3
Carlisle   –   9 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 2
Vermont   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Western U. of Penn.   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 3 – 1
Amherst   –   3 – 3 – 1
Lehigh   –   5 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Dickinson   –   3 – 4 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 2
Army   –   3 – 5 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   2 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire   –   2 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   3 – 7 – 0
Springfield Training School   –   1 – 5 – 3
NYU   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1906 Fordham football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1906 college football season. Fordham claims a 15–5 record,[1] though College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record as 5–3.[2]

Fred L. Smith was the team's coach for a third, non-consecutive year. 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 and at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan.

Schedule

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Rutgers
L 0–6[3]
October 6RPI
W 14–0[4]
October 20Medico-Chirurgical
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 29–0[5]
October 27University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 51–0[6]
November 3at Holy Cross
L 5–8[7]
November 10Delaware
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 16–4[8]
November 17Villanova
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 18–5[9]
November 29Holy Cross
L 6–156,000[10]

The following are 12 additional games reported in the Fordham media guide.[1]

DateOpponentSiteResult
Local athletic clubW
Murray Hill Athletic ClubW 10–6
Betts AcademyW 20–0
Bedford Athletic ClubL 0–17
Nutley Athletic ClubW 10–0
Audubon Field SocietyW 6–0
NYUW 12–0
St. John's CollegeW 37–5
BedfordL 6–18
BefordW 18–0
PrattW 19–11
Fordham PrepW 16–12

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 155. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Fordham Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fordham Defeated by Rutgers". New York Tribune. September 30, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham, 14; Rensselaer, 0". The New York Times. October 7, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fordham Scores One-Sided Victory". The New York Times. October 21, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Fordham, 51; Maryland, 0". The New York Times. October 28, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Fordham Plays Well, but Loses to Holy Cross". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 4, 1906. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fordham Takes Fighting Game: Delaware College Eleven Defeated After Stiff Fight by 16 to 4". The Sun. November 11, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fordham Defeats Villa Nova: Bronx Team Wins Hard Fought Game -- New Rules in Evidence". New York Tribune. November 18, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Fordham in Defeat: Holy Cross Wins in Second Half of Exciting Game". New York Tribune. November 30, 1906 – via Newspapers.com.
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