1986 Syracuse Orangemen football team

	1986 Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Syracuse Orangemen football
	1986 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
1986 record	5–6
Head coach	Dick MacPherson (6th season)
Captain	Pete Ewald, Jim Leible & Tim Pidgeon
Home stadium	Carrier Dome ; (Capacity: 50,000)
	Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Dick MacPherson and played their home games in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished with a 5–6 record and did not qualify for a bowl game.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	Mississippi State	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	L 17–24	34,216
September 13	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 28–33	38,822
September 20	Virginia Tech	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	L 17–26	33,400
September 27	Rutgers	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	L 10–16	33,577
October 4	Missouri	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	W 41–9	41,035
October 18	at No. 6 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (Rivalry)	L 3–42	85,512
October 25	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 27–24	19,422
November 1	Pittsburgh	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (Rivalry)	W 24–20	34,114
November 8	Navy	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	W 31–22	36,796
November 15	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (Rivalry)	L 9–27	32,000
November 22	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Rivalry)	W 34–23	40,106
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

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1986 Syracuse Orange football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
T	`68`	Bennett, TomTom Bennett	1.0 !Fr
TE	`87`	Davis, PatPat Davis	3.0 !So
RB	`36`	Drummond, RobertRobert Drummond	3.0 !So
TE	`89`	Dougherty, TerryTerry Dougherty	1.0 !Fr
G	`56`	Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	7.0 !Sr
T	`69`	Garrity, ShawnShawn Garrity	7.0 !Sr
G	`64`	Jenkins, KenKen Jenkins	7.0 !Sr
RB	`32`	Johnston, DarylDaryl Johnston	3.0 !So
TE	`84`	Kelly, PatPat Kelly	5.0 !Jr
C	`77`	Leible, JimJim Leible	7.0 !Sr
QB	`9`	McPherson, DonDon McPherson	5.0 !Jr
RB	`43`	Nelson, LenLen Nelson	3.0 !So
WR	`18`	Pennyfeather, WilliamWilliam Pennyfeather	1.0 !Fr
QB	`5`	Philcox, ToddTodd Philcox	3.0 !So
WR	`16`	Schwedes, ScottScott Schwedes	7.0 !Sr
T	`76`	Stoeppel, CraigCraig Stoeppel	3.0 !So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`85`	Dominic, JohnJohn Dominic	5.0 !Jr
DL	`71`	Dove, WesWes Dove	7.0 !Sr
DT	`94`	Frase, PaulPaul Frase	5.0 !Jr
NG	`93`	Gregory, TedTed Gregory	5.0 !Jr
DB	`24`	Ingram, ChrisChris Ingram	3.0 !So
DB	`28`	Mangram, JeffJeff Mangram	3.0 !So
DB	`10`	Paul, MarkusMarkus Paul	3.0 !So
LB	`54`	Pidgeon, TimTim Pidgeon	7.0 !Sr
LB	`99`	Remo, RogerRoger Remo	7.0 !Sr
DB	`21`	Sheedy, JimJim Sheedy	7.0 !Sr
DL	`91`	Stuhlweissenburg, ClausClaus Stuhlweissenburg	5.0 !Jr
LB	`52`	Ward, DerekDerek Ward	5.0 !Jr
LB	`90`	Wooden, TerryTerry Wooden	1.0 !Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`4`	Fox, JimJim Fox	5.0 !Jr

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1986 Division I-A independents football records
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Miami (FL)		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Virginia Tech		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
No. 19 Boston College		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Tulsa		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		–		7	–	4	–	1
Army		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		3	–	6	–	2
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Wichita State		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll