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
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Ed Danowski (6th season)
Captain	Chris Campbell
Home stadium	Triborough Stadium
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 34–20	18,000	[3]
September 29	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 14–6	11,000	[4]
October 6	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 20–54	23,000	[5]
October 12	at Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 35–19	15,600	[6]
October 20	San Francisco	Triborough Stadium New York, NY	L 26–32	15,250	[7]
October 28	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 20–33	15,000	[8]
November 3	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 7–13	5,000	[9]
November 18	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 35–6	7,500	[10]
November 24	vs. NYU	Triborough Stadium New York, NY	W 41–0	12,000	[11]