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1970 Syracuse

6–⁠4, coached by Ben Schwartzwalder.

Schedule and results

Syracuse in 1970, game by game: lost at No. 15 Houston 15–42; lost vs. Kansas 14–31; lost at Illinois 0–27; won vs. Maryland 23–7; won at Penn State 24–7; won vs. Navy 23–8; won vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh 43–13; won at Army 31–29; lost at West Virginia 19–28; won vs. Miami 56–16+40−27Lost 15–42 at No. 15 Houston-27No. 15 HoustonLost 14–31 vs. Kansas-17KansasLost 0–27 at Illinois-27IllinoisWon 23–7 vs. Maryland+16MarylandWon 24–7 at Penn State+17Penn StateWon 23–8 vs. Navy+15NavyWon 43–13 vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh+30No. 15 PittsburghWon 31–29 at Army+2ArmyLost 19–28 at West Virginia-9West VirginiaWon 56–16 vs. Miami+40Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19at15HoustonL 15–⁠4224%
Sep 26vsKansasL 14–⁠3167%
Oct 3atIllinoisL 0–⁠2762%
Oct 10vsMarylandW 23–⁠768%
Oct 17atPenn StateW 24–⁠717%
Oct 24vsNavyW 23–⁠876%
Oct 31vs15PittsburghW 43–⁠1359%
Nov 7atArmyW 31–⁠2959%
Nov 14atWest VirginiaL 19–⁠2835%
Nov 21vsMiamiW 56–⁠1676%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 56–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1970.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
248–⁠208
Coach
Ben Schwartzwalder
Elo
1539 +22 this season
SP+ rating
0.5 No. 66 of 117; offense No. 49, defense No. 84
SRS
3.7 No. 52 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captains
Paul Paolisso, Raymond White and Randolph Zur

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 5Ray White LBSan Diego Chargers