1948 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1948 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1948 college football season. The Orangemen were led by second-year head coach Reaves Baysinger and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. After a dismal 1–8 season, Baysinger was fired.[2]

1948 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1948 record1–8
Head coach
CaptainRobert Schiffner[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Army      8 0 1
No. 19 Cornell      8 1 0
Penn State      7 1 1
Buffalo      6 1 1
Villanova      8 2 1
Brown      7 2 0
Dartmouth      6 2 0
Boston College      5 2 2
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Penn      5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 3 1
Harvard      4 4 0
Princeton      4 4 0
Columbia      4 5 0
Yale      4 5 0
Tufts      3 4 1
Colgate      3 6 0
Fordham      3 6 0
NYU      3 6 0
Temple      2 6 1
Duquesne      2 7 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0
Hofstra      0 6 2
Bucknell      1 8 0
Syracuse      1 8 0
Drexel      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28NiagaraW 13–925,000
October 2at Holy CrossL 7–3315,000
October 8No. 10 Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 14–3414,000
October 16No. 13 Cornell
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 7–3433,000
October 23at No. 10 NorthwesternL 0–4835,000
October 30at Boston UniversityL 7–127,000
November 6at TempleL 0–208,000
November 13Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 13–2036,232
November 20at ColumbiaL 28–3420,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[3][1]

References

  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. "Syracuse Releases Coaching Staff in Bid for Better Football Record: Baysinger Dropped By Athletic Board". New York Times. March 2, 1949. p. 34.
  3. "1948 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.


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