1951 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1951 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1951 college football season. The Orangemen were led by third-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–4 record and were not invited to a bowl game.

1951 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record5–4
Head coachBen Schwartzwalder (3rd season)
CaptainEd Dobrowolski & John Donati[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Princeton      9 0 0
Northeastern      6 0 1
No. 19 Holy Cross      8 2 0
Carnegie Tech      6 2 0
Cornell      6 3 0
No. 16 Boston University      6 4 0
Temple      6 4 0
Columbia      5 3 0
Villanova      5 3 0
Fordham      5 4 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 4 0
Penn      5 4 0
Penn State      5 4 0
Syracuse      5 4 0
Colgate      4 5 0
Dartmouth      4 5 0
Drexel      3 4 0
Harvard      3 5 1
Boston College      3 6 0
Yale      2 5 2
Pittsburgh      3 7 0
Army      2 7 0
Brown      2 7 0
NYU      1 7 0
Tufts      0 7 2
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 21Temple
W 19–017,000
September 29at No. 20 CornellL 14–2125,000
October 6Lafayette
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 46–013,000
October 13No. 7 Illinois
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 20–4127,000
October 20at DartmouthL 0–1411,000
October 27Fordham
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 33–2015,000
November 10at Penn StateL 13–3215,000
November 17Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 9–034,000
November 24at Boston UniversityW 26–1910,148
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[3][1]

References

  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 148.
  2. "Syracuse Grid Team Tests Terriers at Fenway Park". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, MA. November 23, 1951. p. 15.
  3. "1951 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.


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