The 1909 Fordham Maroon football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the

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. Fordham claims a 13–2–2 record, but Sports Reference LLC and College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW) list the team's record at 5–1–2.

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was the coach for a second and final year, and

Frank Gargan John Francis Gargan (July 1, 1888 – August 18, 1960) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Georgetown University (1912–1913), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1914), Fordham University (1916–1 ...

was the captain. The team played its home games at

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in the Washington Heights neighborhood of

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Schedule

The following eight games are reported in Fordham's media guide, CFDW, Sports Reference LLC, and contemporaneous press coverage. The following are eight additional games reported in the Fordham media guide.

References

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