1953 Fordham Rams football team

The 1953 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1953 college football season. The Rams went 4–5 and amassed 176 points while their defense allowed 128 points.

1953 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record4–5
Head coachEd Danowski (8th season)
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Army      7 1 1
Harvard      6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 2 0
Yale      5 2 2
Penn State      6 3 0
Carnegie Tech      5 3 0
Boston College      5 3 1
Boston University      5 3 1
Syracuse      5 3 1
Princeton      5 4 0
Tufts      4 3 0
Cornell      4 3 2
Holy Cross      5 5 0
Temple      4 4 1
Colgate      3 4 2
Columbia      4 5 0
Fordham      4 5 0
Villanova      4 6 0
Drexel      2 3 1
Brown      3 5 1
Penn      3 5 1
Pittsburgh      3 5 1
Dartmouth      2 7 0
Buffalo      1 5 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at DetroitW 21–714,900[1]
October 10at SyracuseL 13–2020,000[1]
October 16Boston College
L 13–2020,760[1]
October 24at RutgersW 40–139,000[1]
October 31Miami
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 20–021,308[1]
November 7at Penn StateL 21–2815,000[1]
November 14Temple
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 28–07,919[1][2]
November 21at Holy CrossL 7–2012,000[1]
November 28vs. Villanova
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 13–2015,330[1]
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References

  1. "Fordham University All-Time Football Records". luckyshow.org.
  2. "Fordham Crushes Owls 28-0 as Griffin Shines". The New York Daily News. November 15, 1953. p. 105 via Newspapers.com.

Sources


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