1992 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1992 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Orangemen were led by second-year head coach Paul Pasqualoni and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season 10–2 with a victory in the 1993 Fiesta Bowl over Colorado. Ranked 6th in the final AP Poll, the team was awarded the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, signifying them as champions of the East. As of 2020, this is the last time the Orangemen won the award, and also the school's last top-10 ranked finish.
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Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy Fiesta Bowl champion | |
Fiesta Bowl, W 26–22 vs. Colorado | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| 1992 record | 10–2 (6–1 Big East) |
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| Captain | David Walker, Glen Young[1] |
| Home stadium | Carrier Dome (Capacity: 50,000) |
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| No. 3 Miami (FL) | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Syracuse | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Boston College | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 7:00 pm | at East Carolina* | No. 10 | W 42–21 | 36,500 | ||
| September 12 | 3:30 pm | Texas* | No. 9 | ABC | W 31–21 | 49,238 | |
| September 19 | 6:30 pm | No. 21 Ohio State* | No. 8 |
| ESPN | L 12–35 | 49,629 |
| October 3 | 4:00 pm | at Louisville* | No. 17 | W 15–9 | 37,323 | ||
| October 10 | 12:00 pm | Rutgers | No. 15 |
| BEN | W 50–28 | 49,194 |
| October 17 | 12:00 pm | at No. 24 West Virginia | No. 14 | CBS | W 20–17 | 52,627 | |
| October 24 | 12:00 pm | at Temple | No. 12 | W 38–7 | 11,221 | ||
| October 31 | 12:00 pm | Pittsburgh | No. 12 |
| BEN | W 41–10 | 48,837 |
| November 7 | 12:00 pm | Virginia Tech | No. 10 |
| BEN | W 28–9 | 49,196 |
| November 14 | 3:30 pm | at No. 17 Boston College | No. 10 | ABC | W 27–10 | 33,298 | |
| November 21 | 3:30 pm | No. 1 Miami (FL) | No. 8 |
| ABC | L 10–16 | 49,857 |
| January 1 | 3:30 pm | vs. No. 10 Colorado* | No. 6 | NBC | W 26–22 | 70,224 | |
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Roster
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References
- 2017 Syracuse football media guide pg. 151
- DeLassus, David. "Syracuse Yearly Results: 1990–1994". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
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