1892 Fordham football team

1892 Fordham football
Conference	Independent
Record	33–7
Head coach	Harry Ely (1st season)
Captain	Thomas Ferguson
Seasons ← 1891 1893 →

1892 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	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
Geneva		–		3	–	3	–	0
Stevens		–		1	–	1	–	0
Massachusetts		–		4	–	6	–	2
Rutgers		–		3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette		–		5	–	7	–	0
Lehigh		–		3	–	6	–	0
Delaware		–		1	–	2	–	2
Wesleyan		–		1	–	7	–	1
Drexel		–		0	–	1	–	0
NYU		–		0	–	1	–	0
Syracuse		–		0	–	8	–	1

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	New York Athletic Club		W 5–0
	Y.M.C.A.		W 39–0
October 27	at Stevens	St. George's Cricket Grounds Hoboken, NJ	L 0–22	^[5]
November 6	Varuna Boat Club	New York, NY	L 6–12
	Deaf Mutes		W 29–4
	St. Francis Xavier		W 28–7
	Columbia freshmen		W
	St. Francis Xavier		W 6–0
	Verona Boat Club		L 0–16
	Hawthorne Athletic Club		W 10–4
	Sagamore Athletic Club		W 6–0
	Hobokens		W 30–0
	Hobokens		W 24–6
	Dominican		W 29–0
	St. Agnes Lyceum		W 52–6
	Paterson YMCA		W 37–6
	St. Peter's		W 40–0
	Jerome Club		L 0–10
	Manhattan Athletic Club		L 0–6
	American Athletic Club		W 14–4
	Fordham Prep		W 17–4
	Fordham reserves		W 20–2
	Fordham reserves		W 30–12
	City College		W 15–0
	Maroons		W 20–14
	Nutley Athletic Club		W 16–10
	Maroons		W 18–6
	Fordham Prep		W 6–0
	Fordham Prep		L 2–12
	Berkeley School		W 20–0
	Sylvans		W
	Maroons		W 12–10
	Maroons		W 12–4
	YMCA (23 St. Branch)		W 5–0
	Jerome		W 6–0
	Stephens		W 48–0
	St. Peter's		W 18–0
	Volunteers		L 0–10
	Fordham Prep		W 24–6
	Mumbles		W 24–0

References

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

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