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

[12] [1]

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.
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