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Syracuse Orangemen

The Syracuse Orangemen were 10-0 in 1959. They emerged victorious over the Texas Longhorns, 23 to 14, in the Cotton Bowl, and won their first National Championship.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Fri
1/1
vs
TEX TEX
W
23-14
Sat
12/5
@
UCLA UCLA
W
36-8
Sat
11/21
@
W
46-0
Sat
11/14
vs
COLG
W
71-0
Sat
11/7
@
PSU PSU
W
20-18

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

763

Sarette

Sarette

RUSH YDS

686

Davis

Davis

REC YDS

256

Skonieczki

Skonieczki

1959 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
10
390
4,515
738
6.1
3,136
578
5.4
1,379
160
8.6
Team Rank
1st
1st
2nd
1st
1st
3rd
4th
16th
54th
3rd
Opponent
10
59
962
2.0
193
302
0.6
769
184
4.2
Opponent Rank
36th
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
28th
91st
7th
Net
+331
+3,553
+738
+4.1
+2,943
+276
+4.8
+610
-24
+4.4
Net Rank
1st
1st
2nd
1st
1st
1st
1st
11th
77th
1st

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Pass Yards Leaders

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Ward

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3,476

McCord

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Dart

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Jeanty

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1,422

Hampton

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1,328

Johnson

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,282

Nash

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Fannin

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Sanders

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Rush TD Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

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Williams

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Dart

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Rourke

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Howard

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Green

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Powell-Ryland

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White

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CFB 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

45.0

Indiana

43.9

Boise State

43.6

Ole Miss

40.7

Tulane

40.5

SMU

39.9
Opp PPG Rankings
Ohio State

10.3

Army

10.3

Notre Dame

11.4

Texas

11.9

Ole Miss

12.9

Penn State

13.6
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

544.8

Ole Miss

538.3

North Texas

498.4

Boise State

492.2

New Mexico

484.5

Texas State

470.3
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

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UCF

262.8

Boise State

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258.2

Liberty

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UNLV

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Pass Yards Rankings
Miami

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Ole Miss

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Syracuse

350.7

San José State

343.7

North Texas

342.8

TCU

329.6
Sack Leaders
Ole Miss

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Boise State

42.0

South Carolina

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Pittsburgh

35.0

North Carolina

34.0

Colorado

33.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

Mountain West W L PCT
1
Boise State Boise State
9
1
.900
2
Colorado State Colorado State
7
3
.700
Big 12 W L PCT
1
BYU BYU
9
1
.900
2
Colorado Colorado
8
2
.800
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Marshall Marshall
7
3
.700
2
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
6
4
.600
Independent W L PCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
9
1
.900
2
UConn UConn
7
3
.700
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Ohio Ohio
8
3
.727
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
7
4
.636
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Oregon Oregon
11
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
9
1
.900
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
Miami Miami
9
1
.900
2
SMU SMU
9
1
.900
Southeastern W L PCT
1
Texas Texas
9
1
.900
2
Alabama Alabama
8
2
.800
American Athletic W L PCT
1
Army Army
9
0
1.000
2
Tulane Tulane
9
2
.818
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Washington State Washington State
8
2
.800
2
Oregon State Oregon State
4
6
.400
Conference USA W L PCT
1
Jacksonville State
7
3
.700
2
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
7
3
.700

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
11/20
NCST NCST
@
GT GT
29-30
Tue
11/19
OHIO OHIO
@
TOL TOL
24-7
Tue
11/19
BUFF BUFF
@
EMU EMU
37-20
Mon
11/18
NIU NIU
@
M-OH M-OH
9-20
Mon
11/18
WMU WMU
@
CMU CMU
14-16

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
11/30
USF USF
@
RICE RICE
2:00 PM
Sat
11/30
USM USM
@
TROY TROY
2:00 PM
Sat
11/30
CCAR CCAR
@
GAST GAST
2:00 PM
Sat
11/30
EMU EMU
@
WMU WMU
1:30 PM
Sat
11/30
HOU HOU
@
BYU BYU
1:00 PM