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1991 Syracuse Orangemen football
Hall of Fame Bowl champion
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 11
1991 record10–2 (5–0 Big East)
Head coachPaul Pasqualoni (1st season)
CaptainAndrew Dees, Mark McDonald, Tim Sandquist & Greg Walker[1]
Home stadiumCarrier Dome
(Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Big East football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Miami § 2 0 0     12 0 0
#11 Syracuse § 5 0 0     10 2 0
Virginia Tech § 1 0 0     5 6 0
Pittsburgh 3 2 0     6 5 0
West Virginia 3 4 0     6 5 0
Rutgers 2 3 0     6 5 0
Boston College 2 4 0     4 7 0
Temple 0 5 0     2 9 0
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1991 Division I-A college football season. The Orangemen finished the season 10–2, winning the 1992 Hall of Fame Bowl.

Two new eras began for Syracuse football. It was the first season as head coach for Paul Pasqualoni, who was promoted from assistant after Dick MacPherson, who had led the Orangemen for the previous 11 seasons, left to take the head coaching job at the New England Patriots. More important in the long term, this was the first season in which the Big East Conference sponsored football—although the conference would not establish a full round-robin schedule in the sport until the 1993 season.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 712:00 PMVanderbilt*No. 24BENW 37–1035,541
September 147:00 PMat Maryland*No. 22W 31–1741,310
September 213:30 PMNo. 5 Florida*daggerNo. 17
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
ABCW 38–2149,823
September 288:00 PMat Tulane*No. 10W 24–019,729
October 53:30 PMat No. 1 Florida State*No. 10ABCL 14–4661,231
October 121:30 PMEast Carolina*No. 15
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
L 20–2337,767
October 191:30 PMat No. 20 PittsburghNo. 24W 31–2742,707
October 2612:00 PMat RutgersNo. 21BENW 21–730,162
November 21:30 PMTempleNo. 18
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
W 27–646,819
November 1612:00 PMBoston CollegeNo. 17
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
BENW 38–1645,453
November 234:00 PMWest VirginiaNo. 16
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
ESPNW 16–1045,263
January 11:00 PMvs. Ohio State*No. 16NBCW 24–1757,789

1991 team players in the NFL[]

Player Round Pick Position Club
George Rooks 10 265 Back New York Giants

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References[]

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