1971 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1971 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1971 record5–5–1
Head coach
  • Ben Schwartzwalder (23rd season)
CaptainJoe Ehrmann, Dan Yochum[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Penn State   –   11 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Houston   –   9 – 3 – 0
No. 13 Notre Dame   –   8 – 2 – 0
Utah State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Florida State   –   8 – 4 – 0
Cincinnati   –   7 – 4 – 0
West Virginia   –   7 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 2 – 1
Air Force   –   6 – 4 – 0
Army   –   6 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 4 – 1
South Carolina   –   6 – 5 – 0
Southern Miss   –   6 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   6 – 6 – 0
New Mexico State   –   5 – 5 – 1
Northern Illinois   –   5 – 5 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 1
Dayton   –   5 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   4 – 7 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 7 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   4 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   3 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 8 – 0
Tulane   –   3 – 8 – 0
Marshall   –   2 – 8 – 0
Xavier   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by 23rd-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with a record of 5–5–1.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18WisconsinNo. 15
T 20–2031,602
September 25at Northwestern
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 6–1227,529
October 2at Indiana
W 7–031,989
October 9at Maryland
W 21–1320,100
October 16No. 9 Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 0–3141,382
October 23Holy Cross
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 63–2118,308[2]
October 30at Pittsburgh
L 21–3124,497
November 6Boston College
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 3–1021,978
November 13at Navy
L 14–1715,437
November 20West Virginia
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 28–2418,049
December 4at Miami (FL)
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 14–017,224
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3][1]

Roster[]

1971 Syracuse Orangemen football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 36 Marty Januszkiewicz
G 70 Dave Lapham
T 71 Stan Walters
T 12 Dan Yochum
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 76 Joe Ehrmann
DB 12 Tom Myers
DB 20 Ken Sawyer
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • Ben Schwartzwalder
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

First one-point safety[]

The first known occurrence of a one-point safety (conversion safety) was in an NCAA game on October 2, 1971, scored by Syracuse in the first quarter of a game at Indiana. On a point-after-touchdown kick, the ball was kicked almost straight up in the air. An Indiana player illegally batted the ball in the end zone (a spot foul defensive penalty). Syracuse won the game, 7-0.[4][5][6] The 1970 rulebook (Rule 8-5-3) stated, "If a scrimmage kick fails to cross the neutral zone, or crosses the neutral zone and is first touched by Team B, or is untouched and then rebounds into the end zone where it is recovered by Team A, it is a safety," and (8-5-4) "If the penalty for a foul committed when the ball is free leaves the ball behind a goal line, it is a safety if behind the offender's goal line."[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 149
  2. ^ Crowley, P.J. (October 24, 1971). "Syracuse Makes Holy Cross Wince, 63-21". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1971 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  4. ^ Hammel, Bob (October 3, 1971). "Hungry crowd finds a 'Darling' in defense". The Bedford Daily-Times Mail. Vol. 6, no. 5. Bedford, Indiana. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com. Kicker George Bodine's effort was far short, and [Mike] Heizman, standing in front of the goal posts, reacted to the falling ball by swatting it away, mosquito-swatting style. Center Greg Aulk fell on the ball for Syracuse. ... 'It was just a reflex action,' Heizman said. 'I never even thought about the ball being live.'
  5. ^ "College Football Notes". The Vincennes Sun-Commercial. Vol. 41, no. 212. Vincennes, Indiana. October 6, 1971. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com. Syracuse was trying to kick the extra point after taking a 6-0 lead. The ball was kicked almost straight up in the air and was coming down obviously short of the crossbar when an Indiana player [illegally] batted the ball down in the end zone and Syracuse recovered.
  6. ^ Nissenson, Herschel (October 5, 1971). "Grambling TV rating 'low'". The Shreveport Journal. Vol. 77. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 10A – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Nelson, David M. (1970). 1970 NCAA Official Football Rules. Phoenix, Arizona: College Athletics Publishing Service. p. 59.
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