In its second season under head coach Ed Danowski, the team compiled a 1–6–1 record and was outscored opponents by a total of 245 to Rams offense scored 44.
[2] Athletic director Jack Coffey stated that he thought Lombardi would one day become head coach of the varsity team.
[3] The freshman team was Vince Lombardi's first experience as a head coach above the high school level.
Three of the freshmen were players that Lombardi had coached in high school: Dick Doheny, Billy White and Larry Higgins.
He had served in the Navy with Leo Paquin, who was one of Lombardi's teammates on Fordham's Seven Blocks of Granite.