Coach: Ed Kelleher
Nickname: “The Rams” “Maroon”
| · Coach Kelleher believed in starting his second team. Fordham won its first nine games of the season; but against City College, he started his first team....they lost. He wouldn't do this again. |
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| Twenty-three game winning streak | ||||
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| 1927-'28 season: | ||||
| 1/21/1928 | L 25-26 | C.C.N.Y. | City College Stadium 1,300 | |
| 1. | 2/1/1928 | W 42-33 | Holy Cross | (Away) |
| 2. | 2/4/1928 | W 43-22 | Swarthmore | (Home) 1,000 |
| 3. | 2/11/1928 | W 24-18 | Holy Cross | (Home) 2,300 |
| 4. | 2/18/1928 | W 31-21 | N.Y.U. | (Home) 4,000 Dougherty 13 |
| 5. | 2/22/1928 | W 43-16 | Catholic University | (Home) 2,500 Adams 15, Dougherty 13 |
| 6. | 2/25/1928 | W 21-18 | Manhattan College | (Home) 5,000 |
| 1928-'29 season: | ||||
| 7. | 12/7/1928 | W 29-16 | St. Francis | (Home) |
| 8. | 12/12/1928 | W 30-20 | Fordham Alumni | (Home) 2,000 (Alumni include Zev Graham & Jim Zakszewski.) |
| 9. | 12/15/1928 | W 28-19 | Gettysburg College | (Home) Dougherty 13 |
| 10. | 12/20/1928 | W 46-23 | Yale | (Home) 4,500 Dougherty 15, Adams 13 |
| 11. | 1/2/1929 | W 41-15 | Princeton | (Home> 5,000 Sweetman 11 |
| 12. | 1/4/1929 | W 25-23 | Colgate | (Home) |
| 13. | 1/9/1929 | W 55-30 | Bucknell | (Home) 3,500 Sweetman 16, Landers 16; Swarth.: Klosterman 12 |
| 14. | 1/11/1929 | W 37-15 | Syracuse | (Home) 5,000 Syracuse held to 2 FGs in game. |
| 15. | 1/16/1929 | W 27-25O.T. | St. Joseph's | The Palestra, Philadelphia Adams 10 |
| · St. Joseph's Jimmy Osbourne has foul shot in last seconds of regulation, with score tied at 25. The shot “...rolled around the basket rim and then dropped out.” (N.Y. Times) | ||||
| 16. | 1/19/1929 | W 38-18 | Columbia | (Home) 6,500 |
| 17. | 2/2/1929 | W 47-18 | Tufts | (Home) 4,000 Sweetman 15 |
| 18. | 2/5/1929 | W 43-30 | Loyola of Baltimore | (Away) 2,000 Adams 12, Dougherty 11 |
| 19. | 2/6/1929 | W 47-20 | Catholic University | (Away) Dougherty 11 |
| 20. | 2/9/1929 | W 56-18 | University of Baltimore | (Home) Landers 17, Sweetman 12, Adams 10, Dougherty 10 |
| 21. | 2/13/1929 | W 50-17 | St. Thomas | (Home) 3,500 Sweetman 14, Dougherty 11, Landers 10 |
| 22. | 2/16/1929 | W 50-19 | C.C.N.Y. | (Home) 6,500 Landers 12, Dougherty 11 |
| 23. | 2/20/1929 | W 24-21 | St. John's of Brooklyn | (Home) 7,000 Stops St. John's 18 game winning streak. |
| 2/23/1929 | L 15-32 | N.Y.U. | 102nd Engineers Armory 5,500 | |
Fordham Wonder Five:
Frank Dougherty, Maurice Woods ('28), Dan Reardon ('29), Bo Adams, Nick Landers, Morgan Sweetland
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Updated 2/13/2006
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