1953 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26TempleW 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 StateL 14–2021,500
October 24at No. 7 IllinoisL 13–2030,076
October 31at Holy CrossW 21–015,000[4]
November 7at CornellW 26–012,000[5]
November 14Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 34–1837,000[6]
November 21at VillanovaL 13–1410,146
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. 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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