1906 Fordham football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1906
| team = Fordham
| sport = football
| image = 1906-Fordham-Rams-football-group.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| conference = Independent
| record = 15–5 / 5–3
| head_coach = Fred L. Smith
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = Howard Gargan
| stadium = Fordham Field, Polo Grounds
}}
{{1906 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1906 Fordham football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1906 college football season. Fordham claims a 15–5 record,{{cite web|title=2019 Fordham Football Media Guide|publisher=Fordham University|year=2019|page=155|access-date=June 21, 2020|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/fordham.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/26/FordFB19.pdf}} though College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record as 5–3.{{cite web|title=Fordham Yearly Results (1905-1909)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=June 21, 2020|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/fordham/1905-1909_yearly_results.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905200945/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/fordham/1905-1909_yearly_results.php|archive-date=2015-09-05}}
Fred L. Smith was the team's coach for a third, non-consecutive year. Quarterback Howard Gargan was the team captain from 1905 to 1907 and took over as head coach in 1908. The team played its home games at Fordham Field in The Bronx and at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan.
Schedule
The following eight games are reported in Fordham's media guide, CFDW, and contemporaneous press coverage.
{{CFB schedule
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|September 29|at|Rutgers|Neilson Field|New Brunswick, NJ|L 0-6||{{cite news|title=Fordham Defeated by Rutgers|newspaper=New York Tribune|date=September 30, 1906|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53936977/fordham-defeated-by-rutgers/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 6||{{cfb link|year=1906|team=RPI Engineers|title=RPI}}|Fordham Field|Bronx, NY|W 14-0||{{cite news|title=Fordham, 14; Rensselaer, 0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 7, 1906|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53936833/fordham-14-rensselaer-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 20||Medico-Chirurgical|Fordham Field|Bronx, NY|W 29-0||{{cite news|title=Fordham Scores One-Sided Victory|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 21, 1906|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53936697/fordham-scores-one-sided-victory/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 27||{{cfb link|year=1906|team=University of Maryland, Baltimore|title=University of Maryland, Baltimore}}|Fordham Field|Bronx, NY|W 51-0||{{cite news|title=Fordham, 51; Maryland, 0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 28, 1906|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53936565/fordham-51-maryland-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 3|at|Holy Cross|Fitton Field|Worcester, MA|L 5-8||{{cite news |title=Fordham Plays Well, but Loses to Holy Cross |date=November 4, 1906 |page=11 |newspaper=The Sun |location=New York, N.Y. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73577515/1906-fordham-hc/ }}
|November 10||Delaware|Fordham Field|Bronx, NY|W 16-4||{{cite news|title=Fordham Takes Fighting Game: Delaware College Eleven Defeated After Stiff Fight by 16 to 4|newspaper=The Sun|date=November 11, 1906|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53936431/fordham-takes-fighting-game/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 17||Villanova|Fordham Field|Bronx, NY|W 18-5||{{cite news|title=Fordham Defeats Villa Nova: Bronx Team Wins Hard Fought Game -- New Rules in Evidence|newspaper=New York Tribune|date=November 18, 1906|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53936297/fordham-defeats-villa-nova/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 29||Holy Cross|Polo Grounds|New York, NY|L 6-15|6,000|{{cite news|title=Fordham in Defeat: Holy Cross Wins in Second Half of Exciting Game|newspaper=New York Tribune|date=November 30, 1906|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53936081/fordham-in-defeat/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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The following are 12 additional games reported in the Fordham media guide.
{{CFB schedule
| ||Local athletic club|||W
| ||Murray Hill Athletic Club|||W 10-6
| ||Betts Academy|||W 20-0
| ||Bedford Athletic Club|||L 0-17
| ||Nutley Athletic Club|||W 10-0
| ||Audubon Field Society|||W 6-0
| ||NYU|||W 12-0
| ||St. John's College|||W 37-5
| ||Bedford|||L 6-18
| ||Beford|||W 18-0
| ||Pratt|||W 19-11
| ||Fordham Prep|||W 16-12
}}