1950 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1950 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–5
Head coach	Ben Schwartzwalder (2nd season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium

1950 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Franklin & Marshall			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
St. Lawrence			–					8	–	0	–	0
Thiel			–					7	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Army			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston University			–					3	–	5	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	6	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	5	–	1
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					1	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	9	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1950 college football season. The Orangemen were led by second-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–5 record and were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Rutgers	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 42–12	16,000
September 29	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–7	12,000
October 7	No. 16 Cornell	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 7–26	30,000
October 14	Penn State	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 27–7	17,500
October 21	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 34–27	18,000
October 28	at Boston University	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 13–7	8,591
November 4	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 34–0	9,000
November 10	at John Carroll	Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, OH	L 16–21	16,724
November 18	Colgate	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 14–19	38,000
December 2	at Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 6–13	13,832
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

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