1946 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1946 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1946 college football season. The Orangemen were led by head coach Clarence "Biggie" Munn, in his first and only year with the team. Munn left to take the head coaching position at Michigan State, where he would later win several national titles. The Orangemen compiled a record of 4–5 under Munn.

1946 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record4–5
Head coachClarence "Biggie" Munn (1st season)
CaptainRichard Whitesell[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1946 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Army      9 0 1
Muhlenberg      9 1 0
Yale      7 1 1
Buffalo      7 2 0
Harvard      7 2 0
Massachusetts State      6 2 0
No. 13 Penn      6 2 0
Penn State      6 2 0
Boston College      6 3 0
Columbia      6 3 0
NYU      5 3 0
Cornell      5 3 1
Villanova      6 4 0
Colgate      4 4 0
Syracuse      4 5 0
Drexel      3 4 0
Franklin & Marshall      3 4 0
Brown      3 5 1
Pittsburgh      3 5 1
Princeton      3 5 0
Temple      2 4 2
Dartmouth      3 6 0
Tufts      1 6 0
Carnegie Tech      0 6 0
Fordham      0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28Boston UniversityW 41–632,000
October 5at DartmouthL 14–2010,000
October 12Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 0–910,000
October 19at Holy CrossW 21–1220,000
October 26at West VirginiaL 0–1318,000
November 2Temple
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 28–712,000
November 9at CornellW 14–730,000
November 16Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 7–2535,000
November 23at Columbia
L 21–5925,000

Sources:[2][1]

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References

  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. "1946 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.


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