1938 Syracuse Orangemen football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1938
| team = Syracuse Orangemen
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 5–3
| head_coach = Ossie Solem
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = James Bruett[http://cuse.com/documents/2017/7/12/2017_Football_Media_Guide.pdf 2017 Syracuse football media guide]. pg. 146.
| stadium = Archbold Stadium
}}
{{1938 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1938 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1938 college football season. The Orangemen were led by second-year head coach Ossie Solem and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse beat Colgate on November 5 at Archbold Stadium, the first in the Colgate–Syracuse football rivalry since 1924.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1938
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|September 30|Friday}}
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1938|team=Clarkson Golden Knights|title=Clarkson}}
| site_stadium = Archbold Stadium
| site_cityst = Syracuse, NY
| score = 27–0
| attend = 15,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = w
| opponent = Maryland
| site_stadium = Archbold Stadium
| site_cityst = Syracuse, NY
| score = 53–0
| attend = 12,000
|source = {{cite news |last1=Vasudevan |first1=Anish |title='AS EVER, SINGH': Wilmeth Sidat-Singh was Syracuse's 1st Black star athlete |url=https://dailyorange.com/2022/10/wilmeth-sidat-singh-was-syracuse-first-black-star-athlete/ |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=The Daily Orange |date=23 October 2022}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = w
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Archbold Stadium
| site_cityst = Syracuse, NY
| score = 19–17
| attend = 25,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 10
| opponent = Michigan State
| site_stadium = Macklin Field
| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI
| score = 12–19
| attend = 18,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Penn State
| site_stadium = New Beaver Field
| site_cityst = University Park, PA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 6–33
| attend = 10,659
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = w
| opponent = Colgate
| site_stadium = Archbold Stadium
| site_cityst = Syracuse, NY
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–0
| attend = 35,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Syracuse Daily Orange Has a Record Edition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64222880/ |newspaper=Elizabethtown Chronicle |date=December 23, 1938 |location=Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania |page=2 |access-date=November 29, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = l
| opponent = Duke
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Archbold Stadium
| site_cityst = Syracuse, NY
| score = 0–21
| attend = 27,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Baker Field
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 13–12
| attend = 20,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Syracuse Tops Columbia, 13-12; Kick Checks Lions |first=Arthur J. |last=Daley |date=November 20, 1938 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
}}
}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/syracuse/1938-schedule.html |title=1938 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results |work=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=May 1, 2018}}
References
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