1915 Syracuse Orangemen football team

American college football season

1915 Syracuse Orangemen football

Conference| Independent
Record| 9–1–2
Head coach|

* Frank "Buck" O'Neill (5th season)

Captain| Tam Rose
Home stadium| Archbold Stadium

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 1
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 2
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 2
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Allegheny |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 2
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Middlebury |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Muhlenberg |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 2
WPI |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 2
Rhode Island State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Gettysburg |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Rochester |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 3
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 2
Williams |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0

The 1915 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill, the Orangemen compiled a record of 9–1–2.[1]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 25| All-Syracuse|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY

| W 43–0| |
October 2| Bucknell|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY

| W 6–0| |
October 9| at Princeton|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| L 0–3| 5,000|
October 16| Rochester|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY

| W 82–0| 5,000|
October 23| at Brown|

* Andrews Field
* Providence, RI

| W 6–0| |
October 30| Michigan|

* Ferry Field
* Ann Arbor, MI

| W 14–7| | [2]
November 6| Mount Union|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY

| W 73–0| |
November 13| Colgate|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY (rivalry)

| W 38–0| 25,000| [3]
November 20| Dartmouth|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY

| T 0–0| |
November 25| at Montana|

* Dornblaser Field
* Missoula, MT

| T 6–6| | [4][5]
December 1| vs. Oregon Agricultural|

* Multnomah Field
* Portland, OR

| W 28–0| 8,000–10,000| [6]
December 6| at Occidental| Los Angeles, CA| W 35–0| 5,000| [7][8][9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1915 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results".
2. ^ E.A. Batchelor (October 31, 1915). "Syracuse Eleven Too Powerful for Yost's Aggregation". Detroit Free Press. p. 17 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Syracuse Spoils Colgate's Record: 25,000 Persons See Victors Smother Undefeated Team, 38 to 0". The New York Times. November 14, 1915. p. Sports 3 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Montana ties Syracuse in hard contest at Missoula". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 26, 1915. p. 8.
5. ^ "Even break for Montana eleven". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 26, 1915. p. 20.
6. ^ "Syracuse Is 28-0 Victor Over O. A. C." The Oregon Journal. Portland, Oregon. December 1, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved June 6, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ Williams, Harry A. (December 7, 1915). "Syracuse Defeats Occidental Team, 35 To 0". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 21. Retrieved June 6, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ Williams, Harry A. (December 7, 1915). "Syracuse Too Strong (continued)". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 21. Retrieved June 6, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
9. ^ "Detailed Account Of Occidental's Defeat By Syracuse Football Team". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 7, 1915. p. 23. Retrieved June 6, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .

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