1988 Syracuse Orangemen football
Hall of Fame Bowl champion
Hall of Fame Bowl, W 23–10 vs. LSU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 13
Record10–2
Head coach
CaptainDaryl Johnston & Markus Paul[1]
Home stadiumCarrier Dome
(Capacity: 50,000)
1988 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame      12 0 0
No. 2 Miami (FL)      11 1 0
No. 3 Florida State      11 1 0
No. 5 West Virginia      11 1 0
Southern Miss      10 2 0
No. 13 Syracuse      10 2 0
Army      9 3 0
Louisville      8 3 0
South Carolina      8 4 0
Northern Illinois      7 4 0
Pittsburgh      6 5 0
Memphis State      6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana      6 5 0
Rutgers      5 6 0
Akron      5 6 0
Penn State      5 6 0
Tulane      5 6 0
Temple      4 7 0
Tulsa      4 7 0
Boston College      3 8 0
Cincinnati      3 8 0
East Carolina      3 8 0
Navy      3 8 0
Virginia Tech      3 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season.[2] The Orangemen were led by eighth-year head coach Dick MacPherson and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. They were invited to the 1989 Hall of Fame Bowl, where they defeated LSU.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3TempleW 31–2141,727
September 10at Ohio StateL 9–2689,768
September 24Virginia Tech
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
W 35–041,118
October 1Maryland
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
W 20–945,197
October 8Rutgers
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
W 34–2048,798
October 15at Penn StateW 24–1085,916
October 22at East CarolinaNo. 19W 38–1416,450[3]
November 5NavyNo. 16
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
W 49–2149,784
November 12at Boston CollegeNo. 15W 45–2032,000
November 19at No. 4 West VirginiaNo. 14L 9–3165,127
December 3PittsburghNo. 18
W 24–749,860
January 2vs. No. 16 LSUNo. 17W 23–1051,112[4]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide pg. 150
  2. "1988 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  3. "Orange avoid letdown, roll over East Carolina, 38–14". Star-Gazette. October 23, 1988. Retrieved March 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Syracuse gains fame in win over LSU". Courier-Post. January 3, 1989. Retrieved November 11, 2023 via Newspapers.com.


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