American college football season
1990 Syracuse Orangemen football |
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Aloha Bowl champion |
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Conference | Independent |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 21 |
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Record | 7–4–2 |
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Head coach | - Dick MacPherson (10th season)
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Offensive coordinator | George DeLeone (4th season) |
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Captain | John Flannery, Duane Kinnon, Gary McCummings, Rob Thomson[1] |
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Home stadium | Carrier Dome |
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The 1990 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Dick MacPherson in his tenth and final season as head coach, the Orangemen compiled a record of 7–4–2. Syracuse was invited ot the Aloha Bowl, where the Orangemen defeated Arizona. The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.
This season marked the end of two eras for Syracuse football. MacPherson left after ten season to become head coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. 1990 was also the final season that Syracuse competed as an independent. In 1991, the Big East Conference, of which Syracuse was a founding member, began sponsoring football competition.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 31 | 8:00 pm | vs. No. 9 USC | | Raycom | L 16–34 | 57,293 | |
September 8 | 7:30 pm | Temple | | | W 19–9 | 38,925 | |
September 15 | 7:30 pm | No. 19 Michigan State | | ESPN | T 23–23 | 49,822 | |
September 22 | 12:30 pm | No. 25 Pittsburgh | | JPS | T 20–20 | 47,996 | |
October 6 | 7:00 pm | at Vanderbilt | | | W 49–14 | 30,037 | [2] |
October 13 | 2:00 pm | at Penn State | | CBS | L 21–27 | 86,002 | |
October 20 | 12:00 pm | Rutgers | | JPS | W 42–0 | 49,521 | |
October 27 | 12:00 pm | at Army | | JPS | W 26–14 | 41,153 | |
November 3 | 12:00 pm | at Boston College | | JPS | W 35–6 | 32,213 | |
November 10 | 1:30 pm | Tulane | | | L 24–26 | 48,488 | [3] |
November 17 | 12:00 pm | at West Virginia | | JPS | W 31–7 | 44,669 | [4] |
November 24 | 7:30 pm | at No. 2 Miami (FL) | | ESPN | L 7–33 | 66,196 | |
December 25 | 3:30 pm | vs. Arizona | | ABC | W 28–0 | 32,217 | |
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Roster
1990 Syracuse Orangemen football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | P | 4 | Pat O'Neill | Fr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ 2017 Syracuse football media guide pg. 151
- ^ "Orangemen run roughshod over Vanderbilt, 49–14". Democrat and Chronicle. October 7, 1990. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Don't say Aloha just yet". Democrat and Chronicle. November 11, 1990. Retrieved February 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Orange will go bowling". Democrat and Chronicle. November 18, 1990. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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