#14 Syracuse Orangemen

The Syracuse Orangemen were 7-3 in 1961. They emerged victorious over the Miami Hurricanes, 15 to 14, in the Liberty Bowl on December 16, 1961.

Scores & Schedules

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DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 12/16	vs	MIA	W 15-14
Sat 11/25	@	BC	W 28-13
Sat 11/18	@	ND	L 15-17
Sat 11/11	vs	COLG	W 51-8
Sat 11/4	vs	PITT	W 28-9

Team Leaders

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PASS YDS

813

Sarette

RUSH YDS

823

Davis

REC YDS

321

Mackey

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1961 Stats

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	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	253	3,225	622	5.2	2,082	469	4.4	1,143	153	7.5
Team Rank		10th	12th	44th	10th	21st	37th	13th	26th	54th	15th
Opponent	10	117	2,410		4.1	1,374	399	3.4	1,036	186	5.6
Opponent Rank		69th	41st		50th	34th	20th	47th	80th	94th	41st
Net		+136	+815	+622	+1.1	+708	+70	+1.0	+107	-33	+1.9
Net Rank		15th	18th	44th	16th	22nd	25th	25th	41st	84th	17th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

989

Jennings

930

Kohl

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

397

Burgess

375

Carter

Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

419

Duff

400

Smith

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Jackson

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

59.0

58.5

54.0

53.5

52.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

5.5

6.5

7.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

586.0

569.0

560.5

544.7

542.5

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

314.0

298.5

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

396.5

368.7

364.7

358.0

340.7

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	3	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	1	.667
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
13	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	2	.333
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	2	1	.667

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Utah State	0	3	.000
8	Washington State	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	2	.333
4	Ball State	1	2	.333
5	Buffalo	1	2	.333
6	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
7	Kent State	1	2	.333
8	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	2	1	.667
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	1	.667
4	Virginia	2	0	1.000
5	California	2	1	.667
6	Duke	3	0	1.000
7	North Carolina	2	1	.667
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Boston College	2	1	.667
10	Clemson	2	1	.667
11	Louisville	2	1	.667
12	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	2	.333
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	2	.333
9	Tulane	1	2	.333
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	3	0	1.000
3	Iowa	3	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	3	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Oregon	2	1	.667
12	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
13	Illinois	2	1	.667
14	Minnesota	2	1	.667
15	Ohio State	2	1	.667
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
2	BYU	2	0	1.000
3	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
4	Colorado	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Baylor	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Kansas	1	2	.333
12	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
13	TCU	1	1	.500
14	UCF	1	1	.500
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	2	1	.667
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333