1971 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1971 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by 23rd-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with a record of 5–5–1.

1971 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
1971 record	5–5–1
Head coach	Ben Schwartzwalder (23rd season)
Captain	Joe Ehrmann & Dan Yochum[1]
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium

1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Penn State			–					11	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Houston			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Notre Dame			–					8	–	2	–	0
Utah State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Florida State			–					8	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati			–					7	–	4	–	0
West Virginia			–					7	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	2	–	1
Air Force			–					6	–	4	–	0
Army			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina			–					6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss			–					6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State			–					5	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois			–					5	–	5	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	5	–	1
Dayton			–					5	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					4	–	7	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					4	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					3	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	8	–	0
Tulane			–					3	–	8	–	0
Xavier			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	Wisconsin	No. 15	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	T 20–20	31,602
September 25	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 6–12	27,529
October 2	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 7–0	31,989
October 9	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 21–13	20,100
October 16	No. 9 Penn State		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–31	41,382
October 23	Holy Cross		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 63–21	18,308
October 30	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 21–31	24,497
November 6	Boston College		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 3–10	21,978
November 13	at Navy		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 14–17	15,437
November 20	West Virginia		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 28–24	18,049
December 4	at Miami (FL)		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	W 14–0	17,224
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[2][1]

Roster

1971 Syracuse Orangemen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 36 Marty Januszkiewicz G 70 Dave Lapham T 71 Stan Walters T 12 Dan Yochum	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 76 Joe Ehrmann DB 12 Tom Myers DB 20 Ken Sawyer	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ben Schwartzwalder Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

First one-point safety

The first known occurrence of a one-point safety (conversion safety) was in a NCAA game on October 2, 1971, scored by Syracuse in the first quarter of a game at Indiana. On a point-after-touchdown kick, the ball was kicked almost straight up in the air. An Indiana player illegally batted the ball in the end zone (a spot foul defensive penalty). Syracuse won the game, 7-0.[3][4][5] The 1970 rulebook (Rule 8-5-3) stated, "If a scrimmage kick fails to cross the neutral zone, or crosses the neutral zone and is first touched by Team B, or is untouched and then rebounds into the end zone where it is recovered by Team A, it is a safety," and (8-5-4) "If the penalty for a foul committed when the ball is free leaves the ball behind a goal line, it is a safety if behind the offender's goal line."[6]

References

1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 149
2. "1971 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
3. Hammel, Bob (October 3, 1971). "Hungry crowd finds a 'Darling' in defense". The Bedford Daily-Times Mail. 6 (5). Bedford, Indiana. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com. Kicker George Bodine's effort was far short, and [Mike] Heizman, standing in front of the goal posts, reacted to the falling ball by swatting it away, mosquito-swatting style. Center Greg Aulk fell on the ball for Syracuse. ... 'It was just a reflex action,' Heizman said. 'I never even thought about the ball being live.'
4. "College Football Notes". The Vincennes Sun-Commercial. 41 (212). Vincennes, Indiana. October 6, 1971. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com. Syracuse was trying to kick the extra point after taking a 6-0 lead. The ball was kicked almost straight up in the air and was coming down obviously short of the crossbar when an Indiana player [illegally] batted the ball down in the end zone and Syracuse recovered.
5. Nissenson, Herschel (October 5, 1971). "Grambling TV rating 'low'". The Shreveport Journal. 77. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 10A – via Newspapers.com.
6. Nelson, David M. (1970). 1970 NCAA Official Football Rules. Phoenix, Arizona: College Athletics Publishing Service. p. 59.