1953 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
  • Ben Schwartzwalder (5th season)
CaptainGame captains[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1953 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Juniata   –  7 –0 –0
No. 14 Army   –  7 –1 –1
Harvard   –  6 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  5 –2 –0
Hofstra   –  6 –3 –0
Penn State   –  6 –3 –0
Yale   –  5 –2 –2
Carnegie Tech   –  5 –3 –0
Boston College   –  5 –3 –1
Boston University   –  5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –  5 –3 –1
Princeton   –  5 –4 –0
Tufts   –  4 –3 –0
Cornell   –  4 –3 –2
Holy Cross   –  5 –5 –0
Temple   –  4 –4 –1
Colgate   –  3 –4 –2
Columbia   –  4 –5 –0
Fordham   –  4 –5 –0
Villanova   –  4 –6 –0
Drexel   –  2 –3 –1
Brown   –  3 –5 –1
Penn   –  3 –5 –1
Pittsburgh   –  3 –5 –1
Dartmouth   –  2 –7 –0
Buffalo   –  1 –5 –1
Bucknell   –  1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1953 college football season. The Orangemen were led by fifth-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–3–1 record and were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Temple
W 42–020,000[2]
October 2Boston University
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
T 14–1418,000
October 10Fordham
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 20–1320,000[3]
October 17at Penn State
L 14–2021,500
October 24at No. 7 Illinois
L 13–2030,076
October 31at Holy Cross
W 21–015,000[4]
November 7at Cornell
W 26–012,000[5]
November 14Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 34–1837,000[6]
November 21at Villanova
L 13–1410,146
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. 1 2 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 148.
  2. ↑ "Syracuse Tramples Temple in Opening Test, 42 to 0". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. September 27, 1953. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Reddy, Bill (October 11, 1953). "S.U. Foils Fordham Comeback for 20-13 Win". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Roberts, Ernie (November 1, 1953). "Syracuse Rips H.C., 21-0 on Stark's Run, Passes". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Syracuse Aerials Rout Cornell, 26-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 8, 1953. p. S1.
  6. ↑ Warner, Dave (November 15, 1953). "Syracuse Whips Colgate, 34-18". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "1953 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2018.


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