1953 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1953 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
  • Ben Schwartzwalder (5th season)
CaptainGame captains[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Juniata   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1953 college football season. The Orangemen were led by fifth-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–3–1 record and were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Temple
W 42–020,000[2]
October 2Boston University
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
T 14–1418,000
October 10Fordham
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 20–1320,000[3]
October 17at Penn State
L 14–2021,500
October 24at No. 7 Illinois
L 13–2030,076
October 31at Holy Cross
W 21–015,000[4]
November 7at Cornell
W 26–012,000[5]
November 14Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 34–1837,000[6]
November 21at Villanova
L 13–1410,146
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 148.
  2. ^ "Syracuse Tramples Temple in Opening Test, 42 to 0". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. September 27, 1953. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Reddy, Bill (October 11, 1953). "S.U. Foils Fordham Comeback for 20-13 Win". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 1, 1953). "Syracuse Rips H.C., 21-0 on Stark's Run, Passes". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Syracuse Aerials Rout Cornell, 26-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 8, 1953. p. S1.
  6. ^ Warner, Dave (November 15, 1953). "Syracuse Whips Colgate, 34-18". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "1953 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2018.


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