1953_Fordham_Rams_football_team

1953 Fordham Rams football
1953 Fordham Rams football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Ed Danowski (8th season);
Home stadium	Polo Grounds
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

1953 Fordham Rams football team

American college football season

The 1953 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1953 college football season. The Rams went 4–5 and amassed 176 points while their defense allowed 128 points.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 21–7	14,900	^[1]
October 10	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 13–20	20,000	^[2]
October 16	Boston College	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 13–20	20,760	^[3]
October 24	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 40–13	9,000	^[4]
October 31	Miami (FL)	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 20–0	20,308	^[5]
November 7	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 21–28	15,000	^[6]
November 14	Temple	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 28–0	7,919	^[7]
November 21	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–20	12,000	^[8]
November 28	Villanova	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 13–20	15,330	^[9]

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v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Westminster (PA)		–		8	–	0	–	0
Juniata		–		7	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Army		–		7	–	1	–	1
Harvard		–		6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	2	–	0
Hofstra		–		6	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Yale		–		5	–	2	–	2
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		5	–	3	–	1
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	1
Princeton		–		5	–	4	–	0
Tufts		–		4	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		4	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross		–		5	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		4	–	4	–	1
Colgate		–		3	–	4	–	2
Columbia		–		4	–	5	–	0
Fordham		–		4	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	6	–	0
Drexel		–		2	–	3	–	1
Brown		–		3	–	5	–	1
Penn		–		3	–	5	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth		–		2	–	7	–	0
Buffalo		–		1	–	5	–	1
Bucknell		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll