1942 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1942 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainRichard Weber[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1944 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Boston College   –   8 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boston University   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 3
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 6 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Manhattan   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1942 college football season. The Orangemen were led by sixth-year head coach Ossie Solem.

Syracuse was ranked at No. 72 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

The team played its home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Clarkson
W 58–610,000
October 3Boston University
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 25–010,000
October 9Western Reserve
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 13–08,000[3]
October 17at Holy Cross
W 19–010,000
October 24CornellNo. 20
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 12–715,000[4]
October 31North Carolina Pre-FlightNo. 15
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–910,000
November 7at Penn State
L 13–1811,000
November 14Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 0–1425,000
November 21at Rutgers
W 12–75,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

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See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP—2015т—————

References

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  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Rozelt, Ed (October 14, 1942). "Breaks of the Game". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, New York. p. 12. Retrieved November 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 25, 1942). "Syracuse Aerials Down Cornell, 12-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ "1942 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2018.


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