1939 Fordham Rams football team

The 1939 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jim Crowley, the Rams compiled a record of 6–2. The season opener against Waynesburg was the first college football game ever broadcast on television.^[1] Fordham played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan.

1939 Fordham Rams football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 17
Record	6–2
Head coach	Jim Crowley (7th season)
Home stadium	Polo Grounds
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	0	–	1
Scranton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	3	–	2
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	2
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	2
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Waynesburg	Randall's Island Stadium New York, NY	NBC	W 34–7	9,000	[2]
October 7	Alabama	Polo Grounds New York, NY		L 6–7	41,454	[3]
October 14	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA		L 0–7	43,000	[4]
October 28	No. 18 Pittsburgh	Polo Grounds New York, NY		W 27–13	36,218	[5]
November 4	Rice	Polo Grounds New York, NY		W 13–7	19,971	[6]
November 11	Indiana	Polo Grounds New York, NY		W 13–0	19,279	[7]
November 18	Saint Mary's	Polo Grounds New York, NY		W 13–0	34,800	[8]
December 2	vs. NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY		W 18–7	57,000	[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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