1947 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1947 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	3–6
Head coach	Reaves Baysinger (1st season)
Captain	Laurence Ellis
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium
Seasons

1947 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Penn			–					7	–	0	–	1
Muhlenberg			–					9	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Columbia			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					5	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					4	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Harvard			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0

The 1947 Syracuse Orangemen football team was an American football team that represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Reaves Baysinger, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by at total of 167 to 77. Laurence Ellis was the team captain. The team played its home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	[[{{{school}}}|Niagara]]	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 14–7	25,000
October 4	Dartmouth	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 7–28	18,000
October 11	Temple	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 28–12	20,000
October 18	at No. 9 Penn State	New Beaver Field University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 0–40	20,000
October 25	Holy Cross	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 0–26	20,000
November 1	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 7–14	10,000
November 8	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–12	27,000
November 15	Colgate	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 7–0	36,000
November 22	at No. 19 Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 8–28	22,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game