1891 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1891 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–7
Head coach	William Galbraith (1st season)
Captain	William Fanton
Home stadium	Star Park

1891 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	8	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

The 1891 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1891 college football season. The head coach was William Galbraith, coaching his first season with the Orangemen.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	at Cornell	Syracuse, NY	L 0–68
October 17	Cornell	Syracuse, NY	L 6–12	800
October 22	Syracuse Athletic Association	Syracuse, NY	W 22–0
October 24	St. John's Military Academy	Syracuse, NY	L 0–4	800
October 30	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	L 4–22
November 7	at Colgate	Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 16–22
November 11	at Union (NY)	Schenectady, NY	L 0–75
November 12	Syracuse Athletic Association	Syracuse, NY	L 0–28
November 21	Rochester	Syracuse, NY	W 18–6
November 26	Syracuse Athletic Association	Syracuse, NY	W 22–10	1,000
	St. John's Military Academy	Syracuse, NY	W 22–4