1949 Fordham Rams football team

The 1949 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1949 college football season. The Army Cadets hosted Vince Lombardi's former team, the Fordham Rams at Michie Stadium.[1] One of the members of the Rams was Vince's brother, Joe Lombardi, who transferred to the school after Lombardi left. Tim Cohane, writer of Look magazine was a Fordham alumnus, and a friend of Army coach Earl Blaik. He pressured both teams to play each other. Cohane felt the game would help Fordham rise to national prominence.[1] Herb Seidell, the Fordham captain, lost a tooth in the game. Several fights ensued and the media named the match, the Donnybrook on the Hudson. There were multiple penalties for unnecessary roughness.

1949 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
1949 record5–3
Head coachEd Danowski (4th season)
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Army   –    9 –0 –0
Brown   –    8 –1 –0
No. 12 Cornell   –    8 –1 –0
No. 13 Villanova   –    8 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –    6 –2 –0
Buffalo   –    6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –    6 –3 –0
Princeton   –    6 –3 –0
Fordham   –    5 –3 –0
Tufts   –    5 –3 –1
Carnegie Tech   –    5 –3 –1
Penn State   –    5 –4 –0
Temple   –    5 –4 –0
Penn   –    4 –4 –0
Yale   –    4 –4 –0
Boston College   –    4 –4 –1
Syracuse   –    4 –5 –0
Drexel   –    3 –3 –1
Duquesne   –    3 –6 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    2 –5 –2
NYU   –    3 –6 –0
Columbia   –    2 –7 –0
Colgate   –    1 –8 –0
Harvard   –    1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
October 8at Merchant Marine
W 48–06,000[2]
October 15at Scranton
W 33–138,000[2]
October 22Syracuse
W 47–2118,615[2]
October 29Georgetown
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 42–018,365[2]
November 5at No. 2 ArmyNo. 19
L 0–3527,100[2]
November 12at Boston College
L 12–2015,798[2]
November 19at Rutgers
L 14–3518,000[2]
November 26vs. NYU
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 34–617,114[3]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References
  1. Maraniss, David (1999). When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi. Simon and Schuster. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-684-84418-3.
  2. "Fordham University All-Time Football Records". luckyshow.org.
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107071036/


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