1955 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1955 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1955 Syracuse Orangemen football
1955 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
1955 record	5–3
Head coach	Ben Schwartzwalder (7th season);
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium
	Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

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.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	No. 7 Pittsburgh		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 12–22	16,000
October 8	Boston University		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 27–12	15,000
October 15	at No. 18 Army		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	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		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 49–9	24,000	^[2]
November 5	at Penn State	No. 18	New Beaver Field University Park, PA (rivalry)	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		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 20–13	22,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ ^a ^b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 148.
^ Hoobing, Bob (October 30, 1955). "Syracuse Crushes Crusaders". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
^ Natanson, Leroy (November 13, 1955). "Record 39,500 Fans See SU Nip Colgate". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1955 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

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1955 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Drexel		–		8	–	0	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	1	–	1
Princeton		–		7	–	2	–	0
Yale		–		7	–	2	–	0
Tufts		–		5	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		5	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Army		–		6	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Pittsburgh		–		7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross		–		6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		5	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		4	–	4	–	1
Harvard		–		3	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth		–		3	–	6	–	0
Hofstra		–		3	–	6	–	0
Bucknell		–		2	–	6	–	1
Boston University		–		2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		2	–	6	–	0
Brown		–		2	–	7	–	0
Columbia		–		1	–	8	–	0
Villanova		–		1	–	9	–	0
Temple		–		0	–	8	–	0
Penn		–		0	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll