1951 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1951 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record5–4
Head coach
CaptainEd Dobrowolski, John Donati[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Boston University   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 5 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1951 college football season. The Orangemen were led by third-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–4 record and were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Temple
W 19–017,000[2]
September 29at No. 20 Cornell
L 14–2125,000[3]
October 6Lafayette
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 46–013,000[4]
October 13No. 7 Illinois
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 20–4127,000
October 20at Dartmouth
L 0–1411,000[5]
October 27Fordham
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 33–2015,000[6]
November 10at Penn State
L 13–3215,000
November 17Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 9–034,000[7]
November 24at Boston University
W 26–1910,148[8]
  • 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. ^ Reddy, Bill (September 22, 1951). "Orange Shatters Temple Football Jinx by 19-0 Score". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Slattery, Jack (October 7, 1951). "12,000 See Cornell Rout Colgate, 41-18". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Syracuse Crushes Lafayette". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. October 7, 1951. p. 5D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 21, 1951). "Dartmouth Jolts Syracuse by 14-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Johnson, Robert E. (10 November 1951). "Syracuse's Negro Star Wins Coveted Award". The Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. ^ Warner, Dave (November 18, 1951). "Orange Outbattles Colgate on Muddy Field, 9-0". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Syracuse Grid Team Tests Terriers at Fenway Park". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, MA. November 23, 1951. pp. 4, 15.
  9. ^ "1951 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
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