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American college football season
1955 Syracuse Orangemen football |
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Conference | Independent |
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1955 record | 5–3 |
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Head coach | |
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Captain | Game captains[1] |
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Home stadium | Archbold Stadium |
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The 1955 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1955 college football season. The Orangemen were led by seventh-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 record and were not invited to a bowl game.
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | No. 7 Pittsburgh | | | L 12–22 | 16,000 | |
October 8 | Boston University | | - Archbold Stadium
- Syracuse, NY
| W 27–12 | 15,000 | |
October 15 | at No. 18 Army | | | W 13–0 | 12,500 | |
October 22 | No. 2 Maryland | | - Archbold Stadium
- Syracuse, NY
| L 13–34 | 32,500 | |
October 29 | at No. 13 Holy Cross | | | W 49–9 | 24,000 | [2] |
November 5 | at Penn State | No. 18 | | L 20–21 | 30,434 | |
November 12 | Colgate | | - Archbold Stadium
- Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
| W 26–19 | 39,500 | [3] |
November 19 | at No. 13 West Virginia | | | W 20–13 | 22,000 | |
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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