Swarthmore at Fordham
Saturday, October 23, 1909 Share
Fordham beat Swarthmore 21–3. It was their only meeting on record.
Final
In the newspapers

Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], October 24, 1909, page 1 (results column)
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SATURDAYS FOOTBALL > Yale 36; Colgate 0. 4 > St. Louis U. IA; Wabasha 0. ; Vanderbilt IT; Auburn 0. ( , Cornell 16; Vermont 0. ( , Army 1S; Lehigh O. > Denver 10; outh Dakota 0. . , Drake 16; Simpson 0. : , Andover 0; Harv’d Freshmen 5. : , WILLIAMS 33; Mass. Aggies 6. I , Exeter s; Yale Fresmen 0. : , Wesleyan 27; Hamilton 0. Z ‘ Syracuse 80; Niagara o. I , Notre Dame II; Mich. Ag. 0. = , Amherst O; Dartmouth IL. , Pittsburg IA; Carlisle 8. x , Coe 0; Grinnell O. , Harvard II; Brown 0. Z , Fordham 21; Swarthmore 3. : } Navy 0; Virginia 5. 4 , Princeton 0; Lafayette 6. 4 } Nebraska 6; Iowa 6. ! } Wisconsin s; Indiana 8. “ } University of Penn. 3; Penn. , State College 3. : = = :. 8. :. Z. s, = = = s. Z. !. =. 1

The Brunswick news, Brunswick, Ga., October 24, 1909, page 1 (results column)
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ON THE GRIOIRON HOW THE LEADING FOOTBALL GAMES RESULTED SATURDAY. New York, Oct. 23.-The following are the results of today’s football games: At New York-Fordham 21: Swarthmore 3. At Princeton-Lafayett 6: Prince ton O. At Harvard II. Brown At New Haven-Yale Sc; Colgate 0. At Philadelphia-Un University of Pa, 3; Penn State 3. At Amherst-Dartmouth -; AM herst 0. At West Point-Lehigh 0; West Point 18. At Washingtop-North Carolina 5;
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Fordham 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Swarthmore–Fordham gameFordham leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Swarthmore
- Next gamevs. VillanovaOct. 30, 1909
- SeasonSwarthmore in 1909
- ProgramSwarthmore history and records
Fordham
- Next gamevs. GeorgetownNov. 2, 1909
- SeasonFordham in 1909
- ProgramFordham history and records
