1945 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1945 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1945 college football season. The Orangemen were led by eighth-year head coach Ossie Solem and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Solem resigned as head coach following a disappointing 1–6 campaign.[2] The team's sole win came in the school's first-ever match-up with eventual-rival West Virginia.

1945 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1945 record1–6
Head coachOssie Solem (8th season)
CaptainAngelo Acocella[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Army      9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall      4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia      8 1 0
Temple      7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross      8 2 0
Tufts      4 1 0
No. 8 Penn      6 2 0
Yale      6 3 0
Massachusetts State      2 1 1
Harvard      5 3 0
Penn State      5 3 0
Cornell      5 4 0
Villanova      4 4 0
Boston College      3 4 0
Brown      3 4 1
Colgate      3 4 1
Princeton      2 3 2
NYU      3 4 0
Pittsburgh      3 7 0
Drexel      2 5 0
Dartmouth      1 6 1
Syracuse      1 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24CornellL 14–2622,000
September 28at TempleL 6–715,000
October 6at Columbia
L 0–328,000
October 12West Virginia
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 12–05,000
October 27Dartmouth
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–810,000
November 3at Penn StateL 0–26
November 17Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 6–720,000

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References

  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. "Solem Resigns As Syracuse U. Football Coach". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 11, 1945. p. 23.
  3. "1945 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.


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