1924 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1924 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2–1
Head coach
Captain Roy Simmons Sr.
Home stadium Archbold Stadium
Seasons
←  1923
1925  →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth  – 7 –0 –1
Yale  – 6 –0 –2
Penn  – 9 –1 –1
Rutgers  – 7 –1 –1
Bucknell  – 8 –2 –0
Lafayette  – 7 –2 –0
Washington & Jefferson  – 7 –2 –0
Holy Cross  – 7 –1 –1
Army  – 5 –1 –2
Syracuse  – 8 –2 –1
Fordham  – 6 –2 –0
Lehigh  – 4 –1 –3
Boston College  – 6 –3 –0
Penn State  – 6 –3 –1
Princeton  – 4 –2 –1
Springfield  – 4 –2 –1
Columbia  – 5 –3 –1
Pittsburgh  – 5 –3 –1
NYU  – 4 –3 –1
CCNY  – 4 –3 –0
Brown  – 5 –4 –0
Carnegie Tech  – 5 –4 –0
Colgate  – 5 –4 –0
Cornell  – 4 –4 –0
Harvard  – 4 –4 –0
Tufts  – 3 –4 –2
Franklin & Marshall  – 3 –5 –1
Villanova  – 2 –5 –1
Drexel  – 2 –7 –0
Vermont  – 2 –7 –0
Temple  – 1 –4 –0
Boston University  – 1 –5 –0
Buffalo  – 1 –7 –0

The 1924 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1924 NCAA football season. The head coach was Chick Meehan, coaching his fifth season with the Orangemen. The team played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Hobart
W 35–08,500
October 4 Mercer
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 26–010,000 [2]
October 11at William & Mary
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 24–712,000
October 18 Boston College
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 10–020,000
October 25at Penn State
W 10–6
November 1 Pittsburgh
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
T 7–720,000 [3]
November 8 West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 3–7
November 15 Niagara
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 23–68,000
November 22 Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 7–330,000
November 27at Columbia
W 9–645,000
December 6at USC
L 0–1649,000 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "1924 Syracuse Orangemen Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Syracuse varsity finds pace in second half to triumph". Democrat and Chronicle. October 5, 1924. Retrieved September 25, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Hannum, Max E. (November 2, 1924). "Pitt Panthers Upset Dope; Hold Syracuse to Tie Score". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "M'Bride twice fails field goals; Adams stars as he smashes Easterners' line". The Buffalo Times. December 7, 1924. Retrieved October 21, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
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