1942 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1942 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Ossie Solem (6th season)
Captain	Richard Weber [1]
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium
Seasons ←  1941 1944  →

1942 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Williams			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	1
No. T–19 Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	3	–	0
Boston University			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	3
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	6	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Manhattan			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1942 college football season. The Orangemen were led by sixth-year head coach Ossie Solem.

Syracuse was ranked at No. 72 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. ^[2]

The team played its home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Clarkson		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 58–6	10,000
October 3	Boston University		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 25–0	10,000
October 9	Western Reserve		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 13–0	8,000	[3]
October 17	at Holy Cross		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 19–0	10,000
October 24	Cornell	No. 20	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 12–7	15,000	[4]
October 31	North Carolina Pre-Flight	No. 15	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 0–9	10,000
November 7	at Penn State		New Beaver Field University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 13–18	11,000
November 14	Colgate		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–14	25,000
November 21	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 12–7	5,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. т = Tied with team above or below.

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	—	20	15т	—	—	—	—	—

References

1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Rozelt, Ed (October 14, 1942). "Breaks of the Game". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, New York. p. 12. Retrieved November 29, 2020– via Newspapers.com .
4. Richardson, William D. (October 25, 1942). "Syracuse Aerials Down Cornell, 12-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. "1942 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2018.