1951 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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. The team was ranked at No. 65 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

1951 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainEd Dobrowolski, John Donati[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell     9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton     9 0 0
Susquehanna     6 0 0
Trenton State     6 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
Geneva     2 5 0
Army     2 7 0
Brown     2 7 0
NYU     1 7 0
Tufts     0 7 2
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21TempleW 19–017,000[3]
September 29at No. 20 CornellL 14–2125,000[4]
October 6Lafayette
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 46–013,000[5]
October 13No. 7 Illinois
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 20–4127,000
October 20at DartmouthL 0–1411,000[6]
October 27Fordham
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 33–2015,000[7]
November 10at Penn StateL 13–3215,000
November 17Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 9–034,000[8]
November 24at Boston UniversityW 26–1910,148[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 148.
  2. ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Slattery, Jack (October 7, 1951). "12,000 See Cornell Rout Colgate, 41-18". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Syracuse Crushes Lafayette". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. October 7, 1951. p. 5D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 21, 1951). "Dartmouth Jolts Syracuse by 14-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Johnson, Robert E. (November 10, 1951). "Syracuse's Negro Star Wins Coveted Award". The Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved December 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ Warner, Dave (November 18, 1951). "Orange Outbattles Colgate on Muddy Field, 9-0". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Syracuse Grid Team Tests Terriers at Fenway Park". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, MA. November 23, 1951. pp. 4, 15.
  10. ^ "1951 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.