1942 Fordham Rams football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1942
| team = Fordham Rams
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 5–3–1
| head_coach = Earl Walsh
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Polo Grounds
| next_year = 1946
}}
{{1942 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1942 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. The Rams offense scored 103 points while the defense (due to two separate defensive collapses) allowed 155 points. Although the Rams bounced back from those losses and ended the season with a winning record, the team finished the year unranked.
This marked the first time Fordham had finished unranked since sports writers began polling in 1935. Previously, Fordham had finished 11th in the 1935 season ending UP poll, 15th in the 1936 season ending AP poll, third in 1937, 15th in 1938, 17th in 1939, 12th in 1940, and sixth in the 1941 season-ending AP poll. Only Duke had finished each of the previous seasons ranked and they too finished the 1942 season unranked. The Rams were ranked at No. 54 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.{{cite news|title=Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2|newspaper=Twin City Sentinel|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 16, 1942|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123106326/litkenhous-rates-georgia-no-1-ohio/|via=Newspapers.com}}
After the season, Fordham put their football program on hiatus for the duration of World War II.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1941
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Purdue
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 14–7
| attend = 20,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Tennessee
| site_stadium = Shield-Watkins Field
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| score = 14–40
| attend = 25,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83124703/tennessee-vols-manhandle-fordham-rams-4/|work=The Knoxville Journal|title=Tennessee Vols manhandle Fordham Rams, 40–14|date=October 4, 1942|accessdate=August 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = t
| opponent = North Carolina
| site_stadium = Polo Grounds
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 0–0
| attend = 19,500
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-rams-hold-edge-during-entire-t/137223494/|work=The State|title=Rams hold edge during entire tilt|date=October 11, 1942|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| opponent = West Virginia
| site_stadium = Polo Grounds
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 23–14
| attend = 12,300
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-fordham-outscores-we/151634573/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Fordham outscores West Virginia, 23–14, in confusing affair|date=October 18, 1943|accessdate=July 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = w
| opponent = Saint Mary's
| site_stadium = Polo Grounds
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 7–0
| attend = 25,300
| source = {{cite news|title=Fordham Whips St. Mary's, 7-0|newspaper=Daily News|author=Dick McCann|date=November 1, 1942|page=C40|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23209348/fordham_whips_st_marys_70/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| opponent = LSU
| site_stadium = Polo Grounds
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 13–26
| attend = 16,400
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-louisiana-state-r/132722655/|work=Atlantic City Press|title=Louisiana State rally beats Fordham, 26–13|date=November 8, 1942|accessdate=October 1, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Boston College
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Fenway Park
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| score = 6–56
| attend = 35,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = w
| opponent = Missouri
| site_stadium = Polo Grounds
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 20–12
| attend = 11,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 28
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = North Carolina Pre-Flight
| site_stadium = Yankee Stadium
| site_cityst = Bronx, NY
| score = 6–0
| attend = 24,500
}}
}}
References
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