Jump to content

1950 Syracuse Orangemen football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1950 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
CaptainGame captains[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
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
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 in 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

[edit]
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23RutgersW 42–1216,481[2]
September 29at TempleL 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 CrossW 34–2718,000[5]
October 281:30 p.m.at Boston UniversityW 13–78,591[6][7]
November 4at LafayetteW 34–08,000[8]
November 10at John CarrollL 16–2116,724[9]
November 18Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 14–1938,000[10]
December 2at FordhamL 6–1313,832[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[12][1]

References

[edit]
  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.