1952 Syracuse Orangemen football team
| 1952 Syracuse Orangemen football | |
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Orange Bowl, L 6–61 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 14 |
| 1952 record | 7–3 |
| Head coach | Ben Schwartzwalder (4th season) |
| Captain | Richard Beyer & Joe Szombathy[1] |
| Home stadium | Archbold Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Michigan State | – | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | – | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Notre Dame | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Syracuse | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drexel | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1952 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1952 college football season.[2] The Orangemen were led by fourth-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.
This was a historically successful season for the Orangemen, which included victories over rivals Penn State and Colgate. Syracuse lost only twice in the regular season: their season opener against the former college all-stars of the Bolling Air Force Base,[3] and to eventual national champions Michigan State. Syracuse finished the regular season with a record of 7–2 and were ranked 14th in the final AP Poll, their first ranked finish in school history. The team was awarded its first Lambert Trophy, which signified them as champions of the East. They were invited to the 1953 Orange Bowl, the school's first ever bowl game, where they lost to Alabama.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 20 | Bolling Field | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY | L 12–13 | 18,000 | |||||
| September 27 | Boston University | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 34–21 | 15,000 | |||||
| October 3 | at Temple | Temple Stadium • Philadelphia, PA | W 27–0 | 10,500 | |||||
| October 11 | Cornell | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 26–6 | 23,000 | |||||
| October 18 | at No. 1 Michigan State | Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, MI | L 7–48 | 32,254 | |||||
| October 25 | Holy Cross | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 20–19 | 18,000 | |||||
| November 8 | No. 15 Penn State | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY (Rivalry) | W 25–7 | 15,000 | |||||
| November 15 | Colgate | No. 13 | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY (Rivalry) | W 20–14 | 32,000 | ||||
| November 22 | at Fordham | No. 15 | Triborough Stadium • New York, NY | W 26–13 | 10,000 | ||||
| January 1 | vs. No. 9 Alabama | No. 14 | Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) | L 6–61 | 66,280 | ||||
| #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- 1 2 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 148
- 1 2 "1952 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Fliers Down Syracuse: Ex-College Stars Help Bolling Eleven Triump, 13-12". New York Times. September 21, 1952. p. S5.