1902 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1902 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	Edwin Sweetland (3rd season)
Captain	Ancil D. Brown
Home stadium	Old Oval
Seasons ←  1901 1903  →

1902 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ursinus			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	0	–	1
Geneva			–					7	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					8	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	3	–	2
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					6	–	4	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	6	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					5	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	7	–	1
Drexel			–					1	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	8	–	0

The 1902 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1902 college football season. The head coach was Edwin Sweetland, coaching his third season with the Orangemen. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Cortland	Syracuse, NY	W 21–0
September 27	Onondaga Indians	Syracuse, NY	W 34–0
October 4	Clarkson	Syracuse, NY	W 34–0
October 11	Colgate	Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 23–0	3,000	[2]
October 18	Amherst	Syracuse, NY	W 15–0
October 25	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–24		[3]
November 1	Williams	Syracuse, NY	W 26–17
November 15	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–46
November 27	at Columbia	Polo Grounds New York, NY	T 6–6	4,000	[4]

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References

1. "1902 Syracuse Orangemen Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
2. "Colgate Downed". Buffalo Sunday Morning News. October 12, 1902. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Yale, 24; Syracuse, 0". The New York Times. October 26, 1902. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Columbia, 6; Syracuse, 6". The New York Times. November 28, 1902. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 7, 2017.