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Syracuse Orangemen football

Syracuse Orange football
2016 Syracuse Orange football team
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First season 1889
Athletic director John Wildhack
Head coach Dino Babers
1st year, 4–8 (.333)
Stadium Carrier Dome
Year built 1980
Seating capacity 49,262
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Syracuse, New York
Conference ACC (2013–present)
Division Atlantic (2013–present)
All-time record 697–503–49 (.578)
Bowl record 15–9–1 (.620)
Claimed nat'l titles 1 (1959)
Conference titles 5 (1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2012)
Heisman winners 1 (Ernie Davis)
Consensus All-Americans 12
Colors Orange
    
Fight song Down The Field
Mascot Otto the Orange
Marching band Syracuse University Marching Band
Rivals Boston College Eagles
West Virginia Mountaineers
Pittsburgh Panthers
Penn State Nittany Lions
Website Cuse.com

The Syracuse Orange football program is a college football team that represents Syracuse University. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I conference that is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has one national championship, which was earned for play in the 1959 season. The Orange are coached by Dino Babers, who was hired on December 5, 2015 to succeed Scott Shafer. Home games are played at the Carrier Dome, located on the school's campus in Syracuse.

Syracuse played its first football game on November 23, 1889, and achieved its first success in the 1890s and 1900s. With the construction of "state-of-the-art" Archbold Stadium in 1907, Syracuse rose to national prominence under College Football Hall of Fame coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill. The 1915 squad garnered a Rose Bowl invitation that the school declined, having already played on the West Coast that season.

The 1920s saw continued success with teams featuring star end Vic Hanson, one of only two individuals who are members (Amos Alonzo Stagg being the other) of both the Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame, and who later coached the team. For 70 years, from 1891 to 1961, Colgate University was the school's biggest rival, with Colgate holding the edge, 31–26–5.


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