1915 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1915 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill, the Orangemen compiled a record of 9–1–2.[1]

1915 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1–2
Head coach
CaptainTam Rose
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1915 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cornell   –  9 –0 –0
Pittsburgh   –  8 –0 –0
Columbia   –  5 –0 –0
Harvard   –  8 –1 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  7 –1 –0
Rutgers   –  7 –1 –0
Villanova   –  6 –1 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  8 –1 –1
Colgate   –  5 –1 –0
Syracuse   –  9 –1 –2
Dartmouth   –  7 –1 –1
Tufts   –  5 –1 –2
Penn State   –  7 –2 –0
Lafayette   –  8 –3 –0
Princeton   –  6 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  6 –2 –0
Temple   –  3 –1 –1
Geneva   –  6 –3 –0
Wesleyan   –  6 –3 –0
Allegheny   –  5 –3 –0
Swarthmore   –  5 –3 –0
Army   –  5 –3 –1
Lehigh   –  6 –4 –0
Holy Cross   –  3 –2 –2
Brown   –  5 –4 –1
Fordham   –  4 –4 –0
NYU   –  4 –4 –1
Middlebury   –  3 –4 –2
Muhlenberg   –  4 –5 –0
Yale   –  4 –5 –0
Boston College   –  3 –4 –0
Penn   –  3 –5 –2
WPI   –  3 –5 –1
Buffalo   –  3 –5 –0
Carlisle   –  3 –6 –2
Rhode Island State   –  3 –5 –0
New Hampshire   –  3 –6 –1
Gettysburg   –  3 –6 –0
Rochester   –  3 –6 –0
Bucknell   –  2 –6 –3
Vermont   –  1 –4 –2
Williams   –  1 –7 –0

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25All-Syracuse
W 43–0
October 2Bucknell
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 6–0
October 9at Princeton
L 0–35,000
October 16Rochester
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 82–05,000
October 23at Brown
W 6–0
October 30Michigan
W 14–7[2]
November 6Mount Union
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 73–0
November 13Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 38–025,000[3]
November 20Dartmouth
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
T 0–0
November 25at Montana
T 6–6[4][5]
December 1vs. Oregon Agricultural
W 28–08,000–10,000[6]
December 6at OccidentalLos Angeles, CAW 35–05,000[7][8][9]

References
  1. "1915 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results".
  2. E.A. Batchelor (October 31, 1915). "Syracuse Eleven Too Powerful for Yost's Aggregation". Detroit Free Press. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Syracuse Spoils Colgate's Record: 25,000 Persons See Victors Smother Undefeated Team, 38 to 0". The New York Times. November 14, 1915. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Montana ties Syracuse in hard contest at Missoula". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 26, 1915. p. 8.
  5. "Even break for Montana eleven". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 26, 1915. p. 20.
  6. "Syracuse Is 28-0 Victor Over O. A. C." The Oregon Journal. Portland, Oregon. December 1, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. Williams, Harry A. (December 7, 1915). "Syracuse Defeats Occidental Team, 35 To 0". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 21. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. Williams, Harry A. (December 7, 1915). "Syracuse Too Strong (continued)". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 21. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "Detailed Account Of Occidental's Defeat By Syracuse Football Team". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 7, 1915. p. 23. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.


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