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1949 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainJames Fiacco
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons← 19481950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 5 – 2
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1949 college football season. This was Syracuse's first season under head coach Ben Schwartzwalder, who would eventually coach at the school for 25 years and become Syracuse's all-time winningest coach. The Orangemen finished the season with a record of 4–5.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Boston UniversityL 21–3325,000
October 1Lafayette
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 20–1322,000
October 7Temple
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 14–2720,000
October 15at RutgersW 21–912,000
October 22at FordhamL 21–4718,615
October 29at Penn StateL 21–3318,600
November 5at No. 7 CornellL 7–3333,000
November 12Holy Cross
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 47–1315,000
November 19Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 35–736,232
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. Fox, John (October 2, 1949). "Syracuse's Gridders Topple Lafayette, 20-13". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 5D – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Reddy, Bill (October 8, 1949). "Temple Romps over Syracuse, 27 to 14, Before 20,000 Fans". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Burns, Joe (October 16, 1949). "Bernie Custis Leads Syracuse to 21-9 Victory over Rutgers". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Burr, Harold C. (October 23, 1949). "Fordham Mauls Syracuse, 47-21". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Reddy, Bill (November 6, 1949). "Cornell Drubs Syracuse, 33-7, for Seventh Win". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Reddy, Bill (November 13, 1949). "Custis Paces Orangemen to Third Victory". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Cushing, Elliot (November 20, 1949). "Orange Overpowers Raiders with Ground Drive, 35-7, Before Crowd of 36,232". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "1949 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
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