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Syracuse Football Team History


Syracuse Orangemen
Syracuse University
 Syracuse, NY
Founded: 1870
Stadium: Carrier Dome
Capacity: 50,000
Colors: Orange
Coach: T.A. Dwight Tad Jones
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1889  <-- 1908 <- 1909 -> 1910 --> 2024
1909 Season Highlights
 T.A. Dwight Tad Jones enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Syracuse.
 
1909 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 25  vs. Hamilton  20   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 2  @ Yale  0   15   L       
 Sat., Oct. 9  vs. Rochester  17   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 16  vs. Carlisle  11   14   L    @ New York, NY   
 Sat., Oct. 23  vs. Niagara  39   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 30  @ Michigan  0   44   L       
 Sat., Nov. 6  vs. Tufts  5   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 13  vs. Colgate  5   6   L       
 Sat., Nov. 20  vs. Illinois  8   17   L       
 Thu., Nov. 25  @ Fordham  5   5   T       
 
1909 Season Totals
  Record4-5 -1
  Points Scored110
  Scoring Average11.0
  Points Allowed101
  Defense Average10.1
  Opponents Record11-3
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record4-3
  Away Record0-2 -1
1909 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1909 Independent- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
New Mexico 4-211777   C.L. McBirnie
Connecticut 3-5104191   S.F.G. McLean
Michigan State 8-123317   Chester L. Brewer
Arkansas 7-018418   Hugo F. Bezdek
Kansas State 7-232011   Mike F. Ahearn
Notre Dame 7-0-123614   Frank C. Shorty Longman
Texas A&M 7-0-113014   N.A. Merriam
Washington 7-02146   Gilmour Gloomy Gil Dobie
Western Michigan 7-01948   William H. Bill Spaulding
Florida 6-1-111734   G.E. Pyle
Louisiana State 6-318860   John W. Mayhew
Michigan 6-111634   Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
Oklahoma 6-4203107   Bennie Owen
Pittsburgh 6-2-19426   Joseph H. Thompson
Baylor 5-311241   Enoch J. Mills
Louisiana 5-2-120060   C.J. McNaspy
Oklahoma State 5-35016   Paul J. Davis
Penn State 5-0-216611   William M. Bill Hollenback
Texas Christian 5-2-19533   J.R. Langley
Akron 4-45469   Clarence Weed
Central Michigan 4-36358   Harry W. Helmer
Cincinnati 4-3-16974   Robert Burch
Louisiana Tech 4-113623   Percy S. Prince
Navy 4-3-19942   Lt. Frank D. Berrien
Oregon State 4-2-15444   Sol S. Metzger
Syracuse 4-5-1110101   T.A. Dwight Tad Jones
Texas 4-3-110550   Dexter W. Draper
Washington State 4-115917   William S. Willis Keinholz
West Virginia 4-3-211881   Dr. Charles Augustus Lueder
Arizona 3-17123   H.B. Galbraith
Army 3-25732   Harry M. Nelly
Boston College 3-4-17142   Charles McCarthy
Marshall 3-2-110795   Boyd B. Chambers
Miami Ohio 3-49683   Harold Iddings
Oregon 3-26929   Robert W. Forbes
Rutgers 3-5-16274   Herman Pritchard
Southern California 3-1-213313   Dean B. Cromwell
Hawaii 2-21639   Austin Jones
Maryland 2-519101   William Lang/Edward Larkin
Northern Illinois 2-674171   Nelson A. Kellogg
Ohio 2-4-226106   Robert Woods
South Carolina 2-636128   Christie Benet
Tulsa 2-12333   Unknown
Wake Forest 2-41145   A.T. Myers
New Mexico State 1-3-11991   J.H. Squires
Troy 1-0-260   V.P. McKinley
Jacksonville State 0-2049   F.A. Harwood
Stanford 0-000   No Team
Temple 0-4-1099   William J. Schatz

1909 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1909 All Independent Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The most points scored in a college football Bowl game is 66, scored by Nebraska against Northwestern in the 2000 Alamo Bowl.