1918 Fordham Maroon football team

1918 Fordham Maroon football
ConferenceIndependent
Record16–2–1 / 4–2–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Ewing
Home stadiumFordham Field
Seasons
← 1917
1920 →
1918 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell     6 0 0
Princeton     3 0 0
Holy Cross     2 0 0
Army     1 0 0
Buffalo     6 1 0
Columbia     5 1 0
Syracuse     5 1 0
Pittsburgh     4 1 0
Boston College     5 2 0
Rutgers     5 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 1 0
Geneva     4 2 0
Swarthmore     4 2 0
Harvard     2 1 0
Fordham     4 2 1
Villanova     3 2 0
Penn     5 3 0
Dartmouth     3 3 0
Lehigh     4 4 0
Washington & Jefferson     2 2 0
New Hampshire     2 2 1
Lafayette     3 4 0
Brown     2 3 0
Tufts     2 3 0
Penn State     1 2 1
Vermont     0 1 1
Drexel     0 1 0
NYU     0 4 0

The 1918 Fordham Maroon football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1918 college football season. Fordham claims a 16–2–1 record.[1] College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 4–2–1.[2] Luckyshow also lists the team's record at 4-2-1.[3] Opponents recognized by CFDW are displayed in bold in the schedule chart below.

Edward Siskind, a former Fordham player, was appointed as the head coach.[4]

Left halfback Frankie Frisch, known as "The Fordham Flash", led the team on offense. He later played for 19 years in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1937 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. p. 156. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Fordham Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fordham Football Records". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Fordham Appoints Coach, Starts Football With Vim". New York Herald. October 18, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.