1954 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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.

1954 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1954 record4–4
Head coach
CaptainGame captains[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1954 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25VillanovaW 28–625,000
October 2No. 10 Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 0–1318,000
October 16at Boston University
L 19–4120,500
October 23at IllinoisL 6–3441,820
October 30Holy Cross
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 25–2020,000
November 6at CornellL 6–1425,000[3]
November 13Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 31–1237,000
November 20at FordhamW 20–710,423
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[4][1]

Roster

  • HB Jim Brown, Soph

References

  1. 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. "Cornell Pranksters' Fake Paper Fools Syracuse". The Salt Lake Tribune. UP. 6 November 1954. p. 18. Retrieved 5 December 2020 via Newspapers.com .
  4. "1954 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2018.


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