1950 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1950 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
CaptainGame captains[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
Gannon   –   6 – 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
  –   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 23Rutgers
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 14Penn 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 18Colgate
  • 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. ^ a b 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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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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