1905 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1905 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1905 college football season. The head coach was Charles P. Hutchins, coaching his second season with the Orangemen. Despite the name, Syracuse Orangemen wore blue and gold uniforms. This has caused confusion among new fans, and many fans believe a change in uniform color is in order. However, the blue and gold uniform was worn before the name. Originally, the Syracuse Orangemen were called The Syracuse Blueboys. During one of their games, students from the university poured orange paint onto the field during halftime. The students were reprimanded, but the paint stayed on the field. The prank became well-known by university students, and they nicknamed their team as the Syracuse Orangeboys. Unable to shake the nickname from their records, The Syracuse Blueboys changed their name to Syracuse Orangemen.[1]

1905 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
1905 record	8–3
Head coach	Charles P. Hutchins (2nd season)
Captain	David Tucker
Home stadium	none

1905 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	1	–	2
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	7	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	4	–	2
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	Alfred	Syracuse, NY	W 52–0	1,500
September 27	Hobart	Syracuse, NY	W 24–0	1,200
September 30	Rochester	Syracuse, NY	W 16–0
October 7	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–16
October 14	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	W 27–0
October 21	Colgate	Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 11–5	8,000
October 28	Lehigh	Syracuse, NY	W 17–0	3,000
November 4	at Brown	Providence, RI	L 0–27
November 11	at Holy Cross	Syracuse, NY	W 16–4
November 18	RPI	Syracuse, NY	W 62–0
November 25	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–17

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References

1. "1905 Syracuse Orangemen Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
2. "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 8, 2017.