1951 Fordham Rams football team

The 1951 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Ed Danowski, the Rams compiled a 5–4 record. Chris Campbell was the team captain.[1] The Rams were outscored 232 to 183. The team was ranked at No. 72a in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

1951 Fordham Rams football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainChris Campbell
Home stadiumTriborough Stadium
1951 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell   –  9 –0 –0
No. 6 Princeton   –  9 –0 –0
Northeastern   –  6 –0 –1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –  8 –2 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  6 –2 –0
Hofstra   –  6 –2 –1
Cornell   –  6 –3 –0
No. 16 Boston University   –  6 –4 –0
Temple   –  6 –4 –0
Columbia   –  5 –3 –0
Villanova   –  5 –3 –0
Fordham   –  5 –4 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  5 –4 –0
Penn   –  5 –4 –0
Penn State   –  5 –4 –0
Syracuse   –  5 –4 –0
Buffalo   –  4 –4 –0
Colgate   –  4 –5 –0
Dartmouth   –  4 –5 –0
Drexel   –  3 –4 –0
Harvard   –  3 –5 –1
Boston College   –  3 –6 –0
Yale   –  2 –5 –2
Pittsburgh   –  3 –7 –0
Geneva   –  2 –5 –0
Army   –  2 –7 –0
Brown   –  2 –7 –0
NYU   –  1 –7 –0
Tufts   –  0 –7 –2
Rankings from AP Poll

Fordham played two games at Triborough Stadium on Randalls Island in Manhattan, New York City, and the rest of its schedule on the road.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Missouri
W 34–2018,000[3]
September 29at Dartmouth
W 14–611,000[4]
October 6at Holy Cross
L 20–5423,000[5]
October 12at Boston College
W 35–1915,600[6]
October 20San Francisco
L 26–3215,250[7]
October 28at Syracuse
L 20–3315,000[8]
November 3at Rutgers
L 7–135,000[9]
November 18at Temple
W 35–67,500[10]
November 24vs. NYU
  • Triborough Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 41–012,000[11]

References
  1. "Year-by-Year". Fordham 2019 Football Media Guide (PDF). Bronx, N.Y.: Fordham University. p. 158. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Broeg, Bob (September 23, 1951). "Fordham's 5 O'Clock Lightning Beats Missouri, 34-20". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Mo. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Werden, Lincoln A. (September 30, 1951). "Rams Top Dartmouth, 14-6, Helped by Passing of Franz". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Nason, Jerry (October 7, 1951). "H.C. Smothers Fordham 54-20". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Mozley, Dana (October 13, 1951). "Franz Passes Fordham to Win over BC, 35-49". Daily News. New York, N.Y. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Mulligan, Bill (October 21, 1951). "Matson's 3 TD's Spark USF, 32-26". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Mozley, Dana (October 28, 1951). "Stone's TD Heaves Rip Franz-Less Rams, 33-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Burns, Joe (November 4, 1951). "Rutgers Spills Fordham, 13-7, in Hall of Fame Game". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Mozley, Dana (November 18, 1951). "Rams Stuff Owls, 35-6; Hyatt, Franz, Sullivan Star". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Turkin, Hy (November 25, 1951). "Rams Overpower NYU in Record 41-0 Rout". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 118 – via Newspapers.com.


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