1950 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1950 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
CaptainGame captains [1]
Home stadium Archbold Stadium
Seasons
  1949
1951  
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Franklin & Marshall   9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton   9 0 0
St. Lawrence   8 0 0
Thiel   7 0 0
No. 2 Army   8 1 0
Fordham   8 1 0
Carnegie Tech   7 1 0
Drexel   6 1 0
Cornell   7 2 0
Bucknell   6 3 0
Penn   6 3 0
Yale   6 3 0
Buffalo   5 3 0
Colgate   5 3 0
Penn State   5 3 1
Syracuse   5 5 0
Temple   4 4 1
Tufts   4 4 1
Columbia   4 5 0
Villanova   4 5 0
Holy Cross   4 5 1
Dartmouth   3 5 1
Boston University   3 5 0
Duquesne   2 6 1
Hofstra   2 6 0
NYU   1 5 1
CCNY   1 7 0
Harvard   1 7 0
Brown   1 8 0
Pittsburgh   1 8 0
Boston College   0 9 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1950 college football season. The Orangemen, led by second-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder, played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–5 record and were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Rutgers W 42–1216,481 [2]
September 29at Temple L 6–712,000 [3]
October 7No. 16 Cornell
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 7–2630,000 [4]
October 14 Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 27–717,500
October 21at Holy Cross W 34–2718,000 [5]
October 281:30 p.m.at Boston University W 13–78,591 [6] [7]
November 4at Lafayette W 34–08,000 [8]
November 10at John Carroll L 16–2116,724 [9]
November 18 Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 14–1938,000 [10]
December 2at Fordham L 6–1313,832 [11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. 1 2 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. "Swift Syracuse Sophs Dazzle Rutgers, 42-12". Brooklyn Eagle . Brooklyn, N.Y. United Press International. September 24, 1950. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Berry, Mort (September 30, 1950). "Temple Scores Upset over Syracuse, 7-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Cornell Gains Big Edge In Pre-Game Vandalism". Press and Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, New York. October 6, 1950. p. 24. Retrieved December 5, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 22, 1950). "Holy Cross Bows to Syracuse, 34-27". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 45 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Roberts, Ernie (October 28, 1950). "Syracuse Rated 7 Points Better at Fenway". The Boston Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 6. Retrieved June 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. Kelley, Joe (October 29, 1950). "Orange Nips Boston U. With Early Tds, 13-7". Star-Gazette . Elmira, New York. p. 26. Retrieved June 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  8. "Orange Slams Inept Lafayette to Win, 34 to 0". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. November 5, 1950. p. 4D via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Carroll Surprises Syracuse". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 11, 1950. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Fox, John W. (November 19, 1950). "Colgate Repels Syracuse, 19-14". The Sunday Press . Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D via Newspapers.com.
  11. McCulley, Jim (December 3, 1950). "Rams Nip Orange, 13-6, in Finale; Hyatt Stars". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 118 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "1950 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.