1991 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1991 Syracuse Orangemen football
Hall of Fame Bowl champion
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 11
Record10–2 (5–0 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge DeLeone (5th as OC, 7th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorKevin Coyle (1st season)
CaptainAndrew Dees, Mark McDonald, Tim Sandquist & Greg Walker[1]
Home stadiumCarrier Dome
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Syracuse 5 0 0 10 2 0
No. 1 Miami (FL) 2 0 0 12 0 0
Virginia Tech 1 0 0 5 6 0
Pittsburgh 3 2 0 6 5 0
West Virginia 3 4 0 6 5 0
Rutgers 2 3 0 6 5 0
Boston College 2 4 0 4 7 0
Temple 0 5 0 2 9 0
  • The Big East did not crown an official champion until 1993 when full league play began.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1991 Division I-A college football season. The Orangemen finished the season 10–2, winning the 1992 Hall of Fame Bowl.

Two new eras began for Syracuse football. It was the first season as head coach for Paul Pasqualoni, who was promoted from assistant after Dick MacPherson, who had led the Orangemen for the previous 11 seasons, left to take the head coaching job at the New England Patriots. More important in the long term, this was the first season in which the Big East Conference sponsored football—although the conference would not establish a full round-robin schedule in the sport until the 1993 season.