1955 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1955 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1955 college football season. The Orangemen were led by seventh-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–3 record and were not invited to a bowl game.

1955 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1955 record5–3
Head coachBen Schwartzwalder (8th season)
CaptainGame captains[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1955 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Drexel      8 0 0
Carnegie Tech      5 1 1
Princeton      7 2 0
Yale      7 2 0
Tufts      5 2 0
Boston College      5 2 1
No. 20 Army      6 3 0
Colgate      6 3 0
No. 11 Pittsburgh      7 4 0
Holy Cross      6 4 0
Syracuse      5 3 0
Cornell      5 4 0
Penn State      5 4 0
Buffalo      4 4 1
Boston University      2 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      2 6 0
Brown      2 7 0
Columbia      1 8 0
Villanova      1 9 0
Temple      0 8 0
Penn      0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 24No. 7 PittsburghL 12–2216,000
October 8Boston University
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 27–1215,000
October 15at No. 18 ArmyW 13–012,500
October 22No. 2 Maryland
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 13–3432,500
October 29at No. 13 Holy CrossW 49–924,000
November 5at Penn StateNo. 18L 20–2130,434
November 12Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 26–1939,500
November 19at No. 13 West VirginiaW 20–1322,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[2][1]

Roster

  • HB Jim Brown, Jr.

References

  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 148.
  2. "1955 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2018.


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