1918 Fordham Maroon football team

The 1918 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1918 college football season. Fordham claims a 16–2–1 record.[1] College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 4–2–1.[2] Luckyshow also lists the team's record at 4-2-1. [3]Opponents recognized by CFDW are displayed in bold in the schedule chart below.

1918 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record16–2–1 / 4–2–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Ewing
Home stadiumFordham Field
Seasons
← 1917
1920 →
1918 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell  600
Princeton  300
Holy Cross  200
Army  100
Buffalo  610
Columbia  510
Syracuse  510
Pittsburgh  410
Boston College  520
Rutgers  520
Franklin & Marshall  210
Geneva  420
Swarthmore  420
Harvard  210
Fordham  421
Villanova  320
Penn  530
Dartmouth  330
Lehigh  440
Washington & Jefferson  220
New Hampshire  221
Lafayette  340
Brown  230
Tufts  230
Penn State  121
Vermont  011
Drexel  010
NYU  040

Edward Siskind, a former Fordham player, was appointed as the head coach.[4]

Left halfback Frankie Frisch, known as "The Fordham Flash", led the team on offense. He later played for 19 years in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1937 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 30USS Granite State
W 6–0[5]
November 2Saint John's (NY)
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–0[6]
November 9at NYU
  • Ohio Field
  • New York, NY
W 7–0[7]
November 16at Boston CollegeW 13–0[8]
November 20Fort Slocum
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 6–6[9]
November 23at Camp MerrittHackensack, NJL 0–27
November 28Georgetown
  • Fordham Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–0[10]
Pelham Bay Naval ReserveW 31–7
US Training Station, BayshoreL 0–10
USS TexasW 24–0
USS ArkansasW 30–6
USS WyomingW 31–7
USS ArkansasW 20–0
Columbia freshmenW 21–14
Fordham PrepW 10–3
Fort HG WrightW 7–0
New MexicoW 28–10

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