1952 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1952 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1952 college football season.[2] The Orangemen were led by fourth-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

1952 Syracuse Orangemen football
Orange Bowl, L 6–61 vs. Alabama
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 14
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainRichard Beyer, Joe Szombathy[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rochester  800
Hofstra  810
No. 19 Princeton  810
Franklin & Marshall  710
Villanova  711
Holy Cross  820
Yale  720
Penn State  721
No. 14 Syracuse  730
Bucknell  630
Colgate  630
Pittsburgh  630
Carnegie Tech  430
Harvard  540
Boston University  541
Penn  432
Army  441
Boston College  441
Tufts  341
Drexel  340
Fordham  251
NYU  251
Columbia  261
Brown  270
Cornell  270
Dartmouth  270
Temple  271
Buffalo  170
Rankings from AP Poll

This was a historically successful season for the Orangemen, which included victories over rivals Penn State and Colgate. Syracuse lost only twice in the regular season: their season opener against the former college all-stars of the Bolling Air Force Base,[3] and to eventual national champions Michigan State. Syracuse finished the regular season with a record of 7–2 and were ranked 14th in the final AP Poll, their first ranked finish in school history.

The team was awarded its first Lambert Trophy, which signified them as champions of the East. They were invited to the 1953 Orange Bowl after Navy refused the bid.[4] This was the school's first ever bowl game, where they lost to Alabama in a lopsided 61–6 game.[5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Bolling FieldL 12–1318,000[3]
September 268:15 p.m.Boston University
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 34–2115,000[6][7]
October 3at TempleW 27–010,500[8]
October 11Cornell
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 26–623,000[9]
October 18at No. 1 Michigan StateL 7–4838,254[10]
October 25Holy Cross
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 20–1918,000[11]
November 8No. 15 Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 25–715,000
November 15ColgateNo. 13
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 20–1432,000[12]
November 22at FordhamNo. 15W 26–1310,000[13]
January 1vs. No. 9 AlabamaNo. 14L 6–6166,280[5]

[2][1]

References


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