1945 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1945 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6
Head coach
CaptainAngelo Acocella[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army     9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia     8 1 0
Temple     7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross     8 2 0
Tufts     4 1 0
No. 8 Penn     6 2 0
Yale     6 3 0
Massachusetts State     2 1 1
Harvard     5 3 0
Penn State     5 3 0
Cornell     5 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Boston College     3 4 0
Brown     3 4 1
Colgate     3 4 1
Princeton     2 3 2
NYU     3 4 0
Pittsburgh     3 7 0
Bucknell     2 5 0
Drexel     2 5 0
Dartmouth     1 6 1
Syracuse     1 6 0
Boston University     0 5 0
CCNY     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1945 college football season. The Orangemen were led by eighth-year head coach Ossie Solem and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Solem resigned as head coach following a disappointing 1–6 campaign.[2] The team's sole win came in the school's first-ever match-up with eventual-rival West Virginia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24CornellL 14–2622,000
September 28at TempleL 6–715,000
October 6at ColumbiaL 0–328,000
October 12West Virginia
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 12–05,000
October 27Dartmouth
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–810,000
November 3at Penn StateL 0–26
November 17Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 6–720,000

[3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. ^ "Solem Resigns As Syracuse U. Football Coach". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 11, 1945. p. 23.
  3. ^ "1945 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.