| Syracuse Orange football | |||
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| First season | 1889 | ||
| Head coach | Fran Brown | ||
| 1st year, 0–0 (.000) | |||
| Home stadium | JMA Wireless Dome | ||
| Year built | 1980 | ||
| Stadium capacity | 49,250 | ||
| Stadium surface | FieldTurf[1] | ||
| Location | Syracuse, New York, U.S. | ||
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) | ||
| Past conferences | Big East (1991–2012) Independent (1889–1990) | ||
| All-time history | |||
| All-time record | 743–577–49 [2] (.561) | ||
| Postseason bowl record | 16–11–1 (.589) | ||
| Claimed national titles | 1 (1959) | ||
| Conference titles | 5 (1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2012) | ||
| Rivalries | Pittsburgh Panthers (rivalry) West Virginia Mountaineers (rivalry) Penn State Nittany Lions (rivalry) Colgate Raiders (rivalry) | ||
| Heisman winners | Ernie Davis – 1961 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 20[3] | ||
| Current uniform | |||
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| Colors | Orange and Navy
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| Fight song | Down the Field | ||
| Mascot | Otto the Orange | ||
| Marching band | Syracuse University Marching Band | ||
| Website | Cuse football | ||
The Syracuse Orange football team represents Syracuse University located in Syracuse, New York. Prior to the 2004 season, Syracuse was known as the Orangemen.
The Orange are a member of the NCAA FBS Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse. The Orange are currently coached by Fran Brown. Syracuse is the only Division I FBS school in New York to compete in one of the Power Five conferences.
The Orange play their home games in the JMA Wireless Dome, referred to as the JMA Dome on the university's campus in Syracuse, New York.[4] The stadium is also known as "The Loud House."
Formed in 1889, the program has amassed over 740 wins and has achieved one consensus national championship in 1959, defeating the Texas Longhorns in that season's Cotton Bowl. Syracuse has had 2 undefeated seasons, 5 conference championships since 1991, and has produced a Heisman Trophy winner, over 60 first team All-Americans, 18 Academic All-Americans and over 240 NFL players.[5] Syracuse has had 18 members inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, 2nd-most in the ACC, including former players Ernie Davis, Tim Green, Don McPherson, Art Monk and former coaches Vic Hanson, Ben Schwartzwalder, and Dick MacPherson.[6] The Orange boast 8 inductees in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame, tied for the 4th-most of any school, including Jim Brown, Marvin Harrison, Larry Csonka, and Floyd Little.[7]
The Orange have 28 bowl appearances, 10 of which are among the New Year's Six Bowls. Syracuse has finished in the Final Top 25 rankings 21 times in the national polls, and finished in either the AP or Coaches Polls a combined 35 times since 1952. Syracuse has appeared in over 200 AP Polls including 7 weeks at AP number one.
Uniforms[]
Syracuse University adopted orange color as its official color in 1890. The color was selected after a vote by students, alumni, faculty, and trustees, who noted it was a strong, bright color not claimed by any other school. Syracuse University was the first school to adopt only one primary color. It was chosen to "represent the golden apples of Hesperia, as well as the story of the sunrise and hope for a golden future."[8]
The first uniforms of the Orange were classic white sweaters and dark pants. Syracuse football wore these from 1889 to 1919. Orange color was first worn in the 1920s. A blue number was stitched on the back of orange jerseys, and the dark pants were replaced with Khaki moleskin. Blue began to be generally recognized as a secondary color of Syracuse.[9]
During its glory years beginning with the first bowl game appearance in 1952, Syracuse football used to wear white jerseys and orange pants at home at Archbold stadium. From 1952 to 1966, coach Ben Schwartzwalder, with his military background and always looking for an edge, thought white jerseys made his players look bigger, faster and stronger. During his first three seasons (1949–51) and in 1958, he also experimented with an all orange look to camouflage the football.[10] Blue jerseys were rarely seen during that era as Syracuse wore them only three times.
The switch to blue and orange combination at home came in 1967. Since then, it was blue jersey and orange pants at home until the first three Frank Maloney seasons (1974–76) when the newly assigned coach wanted to move away from the Schwartzwalder era with orange jerseys and unusually designed white helmets, before bringing blue jerseys and orange helmets back for essentially the next 28 seasons. Syracuse started wearing white jerseys and orange jerseys (and pants) at home again in the 2000s. Three colors (orange, white and blue) have been used in several combinations throughout the years.
Image gallery[]
Affiliations[]
- 2013-present - Atlantic Coast Conference
- 1991-2012 - Big East Conference
- 1889-1990 - NCAA 1-A independent
Seasons[]
2020s[]
| Season | Coach | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fran Brown | 10-3 |
| 2023 | Dino Babers; Nunzio Campanile | 6-7 |
| 2022 | Dino Babers | 7-6 |
| 2021 | Dino Babers | 5-7 |
| 2020 | Dino Babers | 1-10 |
2010s[]
| Season | Coach | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dino Babers | 5-7 |
| 2018 | Dino Babers | 10-3 |
| 2017 | Dino Babers | 4-8 |
| 2016 | Dino Babers | 4-8 |
| 2015 | Scott Shafer | 4-8 |
| 2014 | Scott Shafer | 3-9 |
| 2013 | Scott Shafer | 7-6 |
| 2012 | Doug Marrone | 8-5 |
| 2011 | Doug Marrone | 5-7 |
| 2010 | Doug Marrone | 8-5 |
2000s[]
| Season | Coach | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Doug Marrone | 4-8 |
| 2008 | Greg Robinson | 3-9 |
| 2007 | Greg Robinson | 2-10 |
| 2006 | Greg Robinson | 4-8 |
| 2005 | Greg Robinson | 1-10 |
| 2004 | Paul Pasqualoni | 6-6 |
| 2003 | Paul Pasqualoni | 6-6 |
| 2002 | Paul Pasqualoni | 4-8 |
| 2001 | Paul Pasqualoni | 10-3 |
| 2000 | Paul Pasqualoni | 6-5 |
1990s[]
| Season | Coach | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Paul Pasqualoni | 7-5 |
| 1998 | Paul Pasqualoni | 8-4 |
| 1997 | Paul Pasqualoni | 9-4 |
| 1996 | Paul Pasqualoni | 9-3 |
| 1995 | Paul Pasqualoni | 9-3 |
| 1994 | Paul Pasqualoni | 7-4 |
| 1993 | Paul Pasqualoni | 6-4-1 |
| 1992 | Paul Pasqualoni | 10-2 |
| 1991 | Paul Pasqualoni | 10-2 |
| 1990 | Dick MacPherson | 7-4-2 |
Notable Alumni[]
- Ernie Davis - 1961 Heisman Trophy winner
- Donovan McNabb - former QB: Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ History of the Carrier Dome (September 29, 2008).
- ↑ NCAA Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/history?utf8=✓&org_id=688&sport_code=MFB&commit=Search
- ↑ SYRACUSE ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS (September 20, 2018).
- ↑ Syracuse University, JMA Wireless Announce Naming Rights Partnership, Usher in the JMA Wireless Dome Era | Syracuse University News (in en-US) (2022-05-19).
- ↑ Syracuse Football History (in en-US). Retrieved on 2018-11-29.
- ↑ Inductees - Football Players & Coaches - College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2018-11-29.
- ↑ Hall of Famers by College - Hall of Famers | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site (in en). Retrieved on 2018-11-29.
- ↑ Colors - Syracuse University (in en-US). Retrieved on 2018-12-08.
- ↑ Ranking the 12 best Syracuse football uniforms through the years (in en-US) (9 January 2017). Retrieved on 2018-12-08.
- ↑ Bierman, Brad (2015-06-16). Orange Watch: Syracuse football uniforms had long, colorful history before Nike (in en-US). Retrieved on 2018-12-08.
