1954 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainGame captains[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1954 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hobart    8 0 0
Juniata    8 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

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

[8][1]

Roster

References

  1. 1 2 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.


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