1916 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainHarold White
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
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1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 2 – 2
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Carlisle   –   1 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 9 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1916 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by Bill Hollenback in his first and only season as head coach, the Orangemen compiled a record of 5–4.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30All-Syracuse
W 57–0
October 7Ohio
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 73–0[2]
October 14Franklin & Marshall
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 60–05,000
October 21Pittsburgh
L 0–3010,000–15,000[3][4][5]
October 28Michigan
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 13–14
November 4vs. Dartmouth
L 10–1512,000–13,000[6][7]
November 11Susquehanna
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 42–0
November 18Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 0–1516,000
November 25vs. Tufts
W 20–13[8]

References

  1. ^ "1916 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Syracuse Rips Up Ohio". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 8, 1916. p. 120. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Syracuse Thumped on Her Own Field By Blue and Gold". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. October 22, 1916. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Syracuse Eleven Badly Defeated". The Binghamton Press. October 23, 1916. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Davis, Ralph (December 1, 1916). "Pitt's Biggest Season". The Pittsburg Press. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "12,000 People See The Green Win From Syracuse". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 5, 1916. p. 38. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Dartmouth Bests Syracuse Burlies". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 5, 1916. p. 17. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ Sweeney, Lawrence J. (November 26, 1916). "Syracuse Beats Tufts, 20—13, In Thrilling Game". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 8. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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