Adelphi University Historic Football Records

1947-1953 & 1965-1971

Adelphi College, Garden City, N.Y.
1947 (1-4-1) (home games at Garden City High School Field)
9/20 scrimmage Home    Brooklyn
9/27 scrimmage    New York Aggies
10/2 T  6-6 at    Rider  Dunn Field   3,000
10/11 L  6-19 at    Bergen JC, at Lodi Stadium (night)
10/18 L  0-46 at    Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy   4,800
11/1 W 48-18 Home    New Haven Teachers College (South Conn St) [46-18?]
11/8 postponed at    Hofstra (postponed and moved)
11/10 L  7-40 Home    Hofstra    at Freeport Municipal Stadium (n)
11/15 L  0-29 Home    St. Francis (Pa.)  (orig. sched. 10/25 at Loretto?)
1948 (2-4-2) (home games at Freeport Municipal Stadium)
10/2    ?    Long Island Aggies   [prob. no game]
10/9 T  0-0 at    New Haven Teachers
10/16 L  9-12 Home    Ft Monmouth (n)   3,000
10/23 W 13-0 Home    New Bedford Textile   [18-0?]
10/30 L  0-32 Home    Bergen Junior College (n)
11/6 L  0-13 at    St. Francis (PA)
11/13 L 19-27 at    King's Point   4,500
11/20 T  6-6 Home    Arnold
11/27 W  7-6 Home    Hofstra
1949 (6-2-0) (home games at Freeport Municipal Stadium)
10/1 W 28-6 Home    Long Island A&T (SUNY Farmingdale)
10/08 L 13-25 at    Rider (n)
10/15 W 33-15 Home    Brooklyn (night)   3,500
10/22 W 46-0 Home    Ft Monmouth    3,000
10/29 W 28-0 at    Arnold, at New Haven
11/5 W 41-12 at    New Bedford Textile
11/12 L 13-41 at    King's Point
11/19 W 28-6 Home    Hofstra (night)   4,000
1950 (5-2-0) (home games at Freeport Municipal Stadium)
9/12 scrimmage Home    Wagner   [Adelphi varsity w/frosh]
9/23 W 25-12 Home    Bridgeport    1,500
9/30 W 35-0 at    Long Island Aggies (Farmingdale)
10/14 L  6-45 at    Albright College (PA) (night)   3,500
10/20 W  9-6 Home    King's Point at Firemen's Memorial Stadium, Valley Stream   (see note *)    7,000
10/28 W 13-6 Home    Arnold
11/4 L  6-24 Home    Rider    att: 200
11/11 W 13-6 at    Ursinus    2,000
Note * - Moved from Freeport Municipal Stadium  by Kings Point's protest & request.
1951 (5-2-0) (Home games at Chaminade Bowl, Mineola)
9/22 L  0-18 at    Bridgeport, Candlelight Field (n)   [12-0??]
9/29 canceled    Hobart
10/6 W 41-0 Home    Massachusetts Maritime Academy
10/13 L  0-34 at    New Havens Teachers
10/20 resched. at   Arnold, at New Haven {date and site changed)
10/21 W 21-14 at    Arnold, at Milford, Conn.    3,000
10/27 W 17-7 at    Upsala    4,800
11/3 rain out Home    National Aggies    att: 100
11/10 W 39-19 Home    Ursinus
11/17 W 46-6 Home    Long Island Aggies (Farmingdale)
1952 (4-3-1) (Home games on campus in Garden City)
9/27 W 19-13 at    Penn Military College (Widener)
10/4 W  6-33 Home    Scranton    3,000   [6-13? 6-23?]
10/11 W 13-0 Home    Bridgeport    1,200
10/18 W 14-0 at    Brooklyn   3,000
10/25 W  7-20 Home    Upsala
11/1 W 19-14 at    Wilkes Coll, Kingston Stadium    1,000
11/8 W 7-19 Home    New Haven Teachers
11/15 T  0-0 at    King's Point
1953 (2-4-0) (Home games on campus in Garden City)
10/10 L  9-19 at    Bridgeport  (night)
10/17 W 30-0 Home    Brooklyn  (night)
10/24 L 13-35 at    Upsala   3,600
10/31 L 13-14 Home    Wilkes
11/7 postponed at    New Haven Teachers College  [snow]
11/14 L  6-39 Home    American International
11/21 W 13-7 at    King's Point
11/28 canceled at    New Haven Teachers College
Junior varsity::
scrimmage    Long Island Aggies
Football discontinued due to “student indifference.”
1954 to 1964 no team.
Club Team (Home Field: Stiles Field)
1965 (0-2-0)
10/29 L  7-18 at    St. Peters   at Roosevelt Stadium?
11/6 L  6-14 Home    Manhattan Coll    1,800
1966 (5-1-0)
10/8 W 20-0 Home    St. Peters
10/15 W 13-0 at    Fairfield
10/29 W 21-7 Home    St. John's (NY)
11/5 L  0-19 Home    Jersey City State   [at?] [0-20?]
11/12 W 27-15 Home    Marist
11/19 W 16-3 at    Siena
1967 (7-0-0)
9/30 W 26-14 Home    Canisius  (night)
10/7 W 71-0 Home    St Francis (NY)
10/21 W 13-0 at    Jersey City State   at Roosevelt Stadium?
10/28 W 29-0 Home    Siena
11/4 W 20-0 Home    Seton Hall 160;20-7?
11/11 W 37-0 at    St. John's (NY)
11/18 W 28-0 at    La Salle
Freshmen:
10/13 L  26-33    CW Post Freshmen
1968 (3-3-0)
9/28 L  0-31 at    King's Point Merchant Marine Academy  3,500
10/4 W 38-8 Home    Norwalk Community Col.  att: 800-900
10/12 44-20 Home    Iona  (night)  1,400
10/19 W 30-0 Home    St Bonaventure
10/26 L  0-10 at    Cortland State, College Field  2,500
11/9 L  0-33 Home    Central Connecticut State (New Britain)  1,200
Freshmen:
10/11 L  8-27 Home    CW Post Freshmen
Varsity and Club schedule
1969 (4-4-0)
9/20 L  0-14 Home    Bridgeport    att: 750
9/27 L  6-7 Home    King's Point  at Stiles Field, Garden City
10/3 W 16-14 at    Bloomsburg State
10/11 L  0-20 at    Fordham
10/18 W 47-7 Home    Plattsburgh State
10/25 W 27-21 at    Southern Conn. State (New Haven)
11/8 W 31-7 Home    Maine Maritime
11/15 L  0-45 at    C. W. Post
Varsity team
1970 (2-6-1)
9/26 L  6-49 at    Bridgeport   [16-49?]
10/3 L  8-43 at    King's Point    2,200
10/10 T  7-7 Home    Fordham (night)
10/17 W 20-3 at    Plattsburgh State   [10/19?]
10/24 L  0-46 at    Cortland State    4,500
10/31 L 12-41 Home    C. W. Post    4,380
11/7 W 12-0 at    Maine Maritime
11/14 L 14-40 Home    Southern Connecticut State    1,500
11/21 L 14-36 Home    American International    1,100
1971 (1-7-0)
9/25 L  0-51 at    Central Conn. State    3,500
10/2 L  2-6 Home    King's Point
10/9 L 12-21 at    Glassboro State
10/16 W 28-8 Home    Albany State   [28-6?]
10/23 L  8-23 at    Cortland State
10/30 L  9-37 at    C. W. Post
11/6 L 12-45 at    Southern Conn. State    2,700
11/13 canceled Home    Nichols State
11/20 L  0-35 Home    Bridgeport
Football discontinued for economic reasons.

Notes:
         •Adelphi College opened at Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn in 1896.
         •Moved to Garden City 1929.

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