American college football season
1971 Syracuse Orangemen football |
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Conference | Independent |
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Record | 5–5–1 |
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Head coach | - Ben Schwartzwalder (23rd season)
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Captain | Joe Ehrmann, Dan Yochum[1] |
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Home stadium | Archbold Stadium |
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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.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 18 | Wisconsin | No. 15 | | T 20–20 | 31,602 | |
September 25 | at Northwestern | | | L 6–12 | 27,529 | |
October 2 | at Indiana | | | W 7–0 | 31,989 | |
October 9 | at Maryland | | | W 21–13 | 20,100 | [2] |
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 | [3] |
October 30 | at Pittsburgh | | | L 21–31 | 24,497 | |
November 6 | Boston College | | - Archbold Stadium
- Syracuse, NY
| L 3–10 | 21,978 | |
November 13 | at Navy | | | L 14–17 | 15,437 | |
November 20 | West Virginia | | - Archbold Stadium
- Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
| W 28–24 | 18,049 | [4] |
December 4 | at Miami (FL) | | | W 14–0 | 17,224 | |
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1971 Syracuse Orangemen football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | C | 63 | Doug Auld | Sr | RB | 42 | Bob Barlette | So | QB | 26 | Tom Bilko | So | TE | 84 | Dave Boyer | Sr | RB | 14 | Jerry Conicello | So | RB | 86 | Jim Cummings | Jr | RB | 32 | Mike DiMarco | So | FB | 41 | Dennis Finnegan | Sr | RB | 18 | Brian Hambleton | So | WR | 80 | Chris Hoornbeck | Jr | RB | 36 | Marty Januszkiewicz | Jr | OT | 77 | Ray Jarosz | Sr | QB | 24 | D. T. King | So | G | 60 | Dave Lapham | So | RB | 46 | Ron Page | So | RB | 19 | John Rosella | Jr | QB | 15 | Frank Ruggiero | Sr | QB | 29 | Chuck Smyrl | So | G | 61 | Ross Sposato | Jr | TE | 87 | Rick Steiner | Jr | WR | 88 | Gary Sweat | So | OT | 71 | Stan Walters | Sr | QB | 23 | Bob Woodruff | Jr | RB | 16 | Greg Wysocki | Sr | OT | 74 | Dan Yochum | Sr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | LB | 33 | Ken Bohannon | Sr | LB | 55 | Charles Boniti | Jr | DT | 66 | Len Campolieto | Jr | DE | 81 | Bill Coghill | Sr | DT | 76 | Joe Ehrmann | Sr | LB | 50 | Howard Goodman | Sr | DB | 43 | Robin Griffin | Sr | LB | 38 | D. A. King | Jr | DE | 94 | Steve Joslin | Jr | DL | 68 | Ted Lachowicz | Sr | DB | 22 | Kevin Morrissey | So | DB | 12 | Tom Myers | Sr | LB | 58 | Walter Sapp | Jr | DB | 20 | Ken Sawyer | So | DT | 92 | Joe Zegien | So | DE | 97 | Bob Zimmerman | Sr | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 11 | Scott Robinson | Jr | | - Head coach
- 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 an 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.[6][7][8] 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."[9]
References
- ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 149
- ^ "Syracuse rally nips Maryland". St. Petersburg Times. October 10, 1971. Retrieved January 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Crowley, P.J. (October 24, 1971). "Syracuse Makes Holy Cross Wince, 63-21". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Orange nips Mountaineers". The Tampa Tribune. November 21, 1971. Retrieved January 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1971 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Hammel, Bob (October 3, 1971). "Hungry crowd finds a 'Darling' in defense". The Bedford Daily-Times Mail. Vol. 6, no. 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.'
- ^ "College Football Notes". The Vincennes Sun-Commercial. Vol. 41, no. 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.
- ^ Nissenson, Herschel (October 5, 1971). "Grambling TV rating 'low'". The Shreveport Journal. Vol. 77. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 10A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Nelson, David M. (1970). 1970 NCAA Official Football Rules. Phoenix, Arizona: College Athletics Publishing Service. p. 59.
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