1948 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1948 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–8
Head coach
CaptainRobert Schiffner[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Army     8 0 1
Penn State     7 1 1
Buffalo     6 1 1
Villanova     8 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Boston College     5 2 2
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 3 1
CCNY     3 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Colgate     3 6 0
Fordham     3 6 0
NYU     3 6 0
Temple     2 6 1
Duquesne     2 7 0
Carnegie Tech     1 7 0
Hofstra     0 6 2
Bucknell     1 8 0
Syracuse     1 8 0
Drexel     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. The Orangemen were led by second-year head coach Reaves Baysinger and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. After a dismal 1–8 season, Baysinger was fired.[2]

Syracuse was ranked at No. 129 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]

  1. ^ 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. ^ "Syracuse Releases Coaching Staff in Bid for Better Football Record: Baysinger Dropped By Athletic Board". New York Times. March 2, 1949. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.