1954 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1954 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainGame captains[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hobart     8 0 0
Juniata     8 0 0
Pennsylvania Military     7 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
Carnegie Tech     7 0 1
Boston College     8 1 0
Boston University     7 2 0
Hofstra     7 2 0
No. 20 Penn State     7 2 0
Tufts     6 2 0
Brown     6 2 1
Drexel     5 2 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Colgate     5 2 2
Princeton     5 3 1
Yale     5 3 1
Cornell     5 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Syracuse     4 4 0
Pittsburgh     4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 0
Temple     3 5 0
Dartmouth     3 6 0
Holy Cross     3 7 0
Buffalo     2 7 0
Fordham     1 7 1
Columbia     1 8 0
Villanova     1 9 0
Penn     0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1954 college football season. The Orangemen were led by sixth-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 4–4 record and were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25VillanovaW 28–625,000
October 2No. 10 Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 0–1318,000
October 16at Boston UniversityL 19–4120,500[2]
October 23at IllinoisL 6–3441,820
October 30Holy Cross
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 25–2020,000[3]
November 6at CornellL 6–1425,000[4][5]
November 13Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 31–1237,000[6]
November 20at FordhamW 20–710,423[7]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 148.
  2. ^ Nason, Jerry (October 17, 1954). "B.U., B.C. Win; Harvard Defeated: Terriers Wallop Syracuse, 41-19". Daily Boston Globe. p. 58.
  3. ^ Reddy, Bill (October 31, 1954). "Syracuse Rallies to Whip Holy Cross, 25-20". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cornell Pranksters' Fake Paper Fools Syracuse". The Salt Lake Tribune. UP. November 6, 1954. p. 18. Retrieved December 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 7, 1954). "Cornell Defeats Syracuse, 14 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Fox, John W. (November 14, 1954). "Syracuse Rally Upsets Colgate, 31-12". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Reddy, Bill (November 21, 1954). "Syracuse U. Whips Fordham in Finale, 20 to 7". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "1954 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2018.