1981 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1981 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Dick MacPherson and played their home games in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 4–6–1 record.

1981 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6–1
Head coach
CaptainIke Bogosian & Joe Morris[1]
Home stadiumCarrier Dome
(capacity: 50,000)
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Pittsburgh      11 1 0
No. 3 Penn State      10 2 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)      9 2 0
Southern Miss      9 2 1
No. 17 West Virginia      9 3 0
Colgate      7 3 0
Virginia Tech      7 4 0
Navy      7 4 1
Cincinnati      6 5 0
Florida State      6 5 0
Holy Cross      6 5 0
Tulane      6 5 0
UNLV      6 6 0
South Carolina      6 6 0
Temple      5 5 0
Boston College      5 6 0
East Carolina      5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana      5 6 0
Louisville      5 6 0
Notre Dame      5 6 0
Rutgers      5 6 0
William & Mary      5 6 0
Syracuse      4 6 1
Richmond      4 7 0
Army      3 7 1
North Texas State      2 9 0
Georgia Tech      1 10 0
Memphis State      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5RutgersL 27–2938,715
September 12at TempleL 19–3115,091
September 19at IllinoisL 14–1757,579
September 26Indiana
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
W 21–732,060
October 3at MarylandT 17–1732,000
October 17No. 2 Penn State
L 16–4150,037
October 24at No. 2 PittsburghL 10–2350,330
October 31Colgate
W 47–2440,309[2]
November 7at NavyL 23–3523,355
November 14Boston College
W 27–1735,623
November 21West Virginia
W 27–2433,117
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3][1]

Roster

1981 Syracuse Orange football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 47 Joe Morris Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1 Gary Anderson Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 150
  2. Davis, Ken (November 1, 1981). "Syracuse Outguns Colgate". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1B via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1981 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 24, 2018.


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