1892 Fordham football team

The 1892 Fordham football team, also known as the St. John's football team, was an American football team that represented Fordham College, also known as St. John's College, as an independent during the 1892 college football season.[1] Under first-year head coach Harry Ely, Fordham claims a 33–7 record.[2] No contemporaneous press report has been found for many of the games, and a newspaper report from late November 1892 stated that Fordham disbanded its team with a 3–2 record.[3] College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) lists the team's record at 2–2.[4] Opponents recognized by CFDW are displayed in bold in the schedule chart below.

1892 Fordham football
ConferenceIndependent
Record33–7
Head coach
CaptainThomas Ferguson
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 0 0
Colgate     3 0 0
Penn     15 1 0
Cornell     10 1 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Princeton     12 2 0
Penn State     5 1 0
Tufts     8 2 0
Navy     5 2 0
Army     3 1 1
Swarthmore     7 3 0
Western Univ. Penn.     4 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 3 0
Brown     4 4 2
Bucknell     2 2 0
Fordham     2 2 0
Stevens     1 1 0
Lafayette     5 7 0
Massachusetts     4 6 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Geneva     2 4 0
Lehigh     3 6 0
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Syracuse     0 8 1
Drexel     0 1 0
NYU     0 1 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
New York Athletic ClubW 5–0
Y.M.C.A.W 39–0
October 27at Stevens
  • St. George's Cricket Grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
L 0–22[5]
November 6Varuna Boat ClubNew York, NYL 6–12
Deaf MutesW 29–4
St. Francis XavierW 28–7
Columbia freshmenW
St. Francis XavierW 6–0
Verona Boat ClubL 0–16
Hawthorne Athletic ClubW 10–4
Sagamore Athletic ClubW 6–0
HobokensW 30–0
HobokensW 24–6
DominicanW 29–0
St. Agnes LyceumW 52–6
Paterson YMCAW 37–6
St. Peter'sW 40–0
Jerome ClubL 0–10
Manhattan Athletic ClubL 0–6
American Athletic ClubW 14–4
Fordham PrepW 17–4
Fordham reservesW 20–2
Fordham reservesW 30–12
City CollegeW 15–0
MaroonsW 20–14
Nutley Athletic ClubW 16–10
MaroonsW 18–6
Fordham PrepW 6–0
Fordham PrepL 2–12
Berkeley SchoolW 20–0
SylvansW
MaroonsW 12–10
MaroonsW 12–4
YMCA (23 St. Branch)W 5–0
JeromeW 6–0
StephensW 48–0
St. Peter'sW 18–0
VolunteersL 0–10
Fordham PrepW 24–6
MumblesW 24–0

References

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  1. ^ "Fordham's Strict Training: Attention to Practice by the St. John's Football Team". The World. October 29, 1918. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2019 Fordham Football Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University. 2019. pp. 153–154. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Sports at Fordham College". The Sun. November 20, 1892 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Victory For Stevens: The Fordham College Boys Beaten in a Very Lively Game". The New York Times. October 28, 1892 – via Newspapers.com.