The 1941 Fordham Rams football team was an

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team that represented

Fordham University Fordham University () is a Private university, private Jesuit universities, Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the The Bronx, Bronx in which its origina ...

as an independent during the

1941 college football season The 1941 college football regular season was the 73rd season of college football, intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the 1941 Big Ten Conference football season, Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast ...

. Rams offense scored 182 points while the defense allowed 67 points. Fordham was invited to play in the Rose Bowl, but declined the invitation because it had previously accepted a berth in the

1942 Sugar Bowl The 1942 edition of the Sugar Bowl featured the Missouri Tigers and the It was played at Tulane Stadium on New Orleans, Louisiana, on Thursday, Those who watched the game were concerned by the entry of the United States into World War II followi ...

. They were ranked sixth in the final AP poll, released in early December. Fordham's

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was selected by the

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a first-team back on the

1941 All-Eastern football team The 1941 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Eastern United States, Eastern teams at the conclusion of the 1941 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1941 ...

. Guard Larry Sartori was named to the second team. The Rams won the Sugar Bowl by a score of 2–0 over the

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. The game was played in heavy rain and the only score came off of a blocked punt in the

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Fordham Rams football The Fordham Rams football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Fordham University, located in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and ar ...

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