1939 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1939 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1939 record3–3–2
Head coach
CaptainDuffy Daugherty, William Hoffman[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Scranton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 1
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 2
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 2
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1939 college football season. The Orangemen were led by third-year head coach Ossie Solem and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. The team was co-captained by guard Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty, who would later become a Hall-of-Fame-inducted coach at Michigan State. The Daily Orange predicted before the season that Syracuse will beat all the team except Duke.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 29Clarkson
W 12–015,000
October 7at Cornell
L 6–1924,000
October 14Georgetown
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
T 13–1315,000
October 21at No. 13 Duke
L 6–3325,000
October 28Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
T 6–616,000
November 4Michigan State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 3–1416,000
November 18Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 7–028,000
November 30at Maryland
W 10–75,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. ^ "Syracuse Football Duke Daily Orange 1939". Star-Gazette. Elmira, New York. 11 May 1939. p. 29. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. ^ "1939 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
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