1941 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1941 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1941 record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainThomas Kinney[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 15 Penn   –   7 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   5 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel Tech   –   4 – 2 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 2
Colgate   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   3 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   3 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Princeton   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   1 – 7 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Syracuse Orangemen football team was an American football team that represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ossie Solem, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 190 to 86.[2] The team played its home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

Guard Dick Weber was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Clarkson
W 39–017,000[4][5]
October 4at Cornell
L 0–618,000[6]
October 11Holy Cross
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 6–016,000[7][5]
October 18at NYU
W 31–010,000[8]
October 25Rutgers
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 49–710,000[9]
November 1at Wisconsin
W 27–2019,000[10]
November 8at Penn StateNo. 18
L 19–3416,000[11]
November 15Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
T 19–1934,000[12]

References[]

  1. ^ 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. ^ "1941 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ Wilbur W. O'Brien (September 27, 1941). "Syracuse Bowls Over Clarkson, 39-0: Tech Offers Slight Test in First Game". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ a b "Syracuse Bans Tomato Tossing". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. AP. 17 October 1941. p. 28. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "Cornell Ekes Out 6-0 Win Over Syracuse". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Orange Nips Holy Cross In 6-0 Clash". Democrat and Chronicle. October 12, 1941. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. ^ Joe Trimble (October 19, 1941). "Syracuse Rips Violets, 31-0". New York Daily News – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. ^ "Syracuse Sinks Rutgers by 49 to 7 Count". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 26, 1941. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. ^ Henry J. McCormick (November 2, 1941). "Syracuse Razzle-Dazzles Badgers, 27-20". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. ^ Fred Byrod (November 9, 1941). "Penn State Sinks Syracuse, 34-19". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. ^ "Syracuse, Colgate Tie 19-19, on Morris' Run". New York Daily News. November 16, 1941. p. 101 – via Newspaper.com open access.
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