1942 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1942
Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainRichard Weber[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Boston College   –   8 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech
   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boston University   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 3
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 6 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Manhattan   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1942 college football season. The Orangemen were led by sixth-year head coach Ossie Solem.

Syracuse was ranked at No. 72 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

The team played its home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25
Clarkson
W 58–610,000
October 3Boston University
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 25–010,000
October 9Western Reserve
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 13–08,000[3]
October 17at Holy Cross
W 19–010,000
October 24CornellNo. 20
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 12–715,000[4]
October 31
North Carolina Pre-Flight
No. 15
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–910,000
November 7at
University Park, PA (rivalry
)		L 13–1811,000
November 14Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 0–1425,000
November 21at Rutgers
W 12–75,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
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References

  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
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  4. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 25, 1942). "Syracuse Aerials Down Cornell, 12-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ "1942 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2018.


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