1949 Fordham Rams football team

The 1949 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent 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
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1949 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Vincent   –  10 –0 –0
No. 4 Army   –  9 –0 –0
Trinity (CT)   –  8 –0 –0
Brown   –  8 –1 –0
No. 12 Cornell   –  8 –1 –0
No. 13 Villanova   –  8 –1 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –2 –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
CCNY   –  2 –5 –1
NYU   –  3 –6 –0
Columbia   –  2 –7 –0
Hofstra   –  1 –5 –1
Colgate   –  1 –8 –0
Harvard   –  1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8at Merchant Marine
W 48–06,000[2]
October 15at Scranton
W 33–138,000[3]
October 22Syracuse
W 47–2118,613[4]
October 29Georgetown
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 42–025,000[5]
November 5at No. 2 ArmyNo. 19
L 0–3527,100[6]
November 12at Boston College
L 12–2015,798[7]
November 19at Rutgers
L 14–3518,000[8]
November 26NYU
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 34–617,114[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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 Routs Kings Point, 44-9". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. United Press. October 9, 1949. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Feldman, Chic (October 16, 1949). "Ram Too Robust in Stretch". The Scrantonian. Scranton, Pa. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Burr, Harold C. (October 23, 1949). "Fordham Mauls Syracuse, 47-21". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Mozley, Dana (October 30, 1949). "Rams Rip Hoyas, 42-0, on Doheny's Passes". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Abramson, Jesse (November 6, 1949). "Army Upends Fordham, 35-0; Galiffa Passes for 4 Scores". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Keane, Clif (November 13, 1949). "Petela's Fullback Play Paces B.C. over Fordham, 20-12". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Young, Dick (November 20, 1949). "Rutgers Charges Rams, 35-14". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 106 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Young, Dick (November 27, 1949). "Rams Thrash NYU, 34-6; Doheny Awarded Trophy". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 104 – via Newspapers.com.


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