1941 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1941 Syracuse Orangemen football team was an American football team that represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ossie Solem, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 190 to 86.

1941 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
  • Ossie Solem (5th season)
CaptainThomas Kinney
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1941 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duquesne    8 0 0
Thiel    7 0 0
Saint Francis (PA)    6 0 1
No. 6 Fordham    8 1 0
Rochester    6 1 0
Trinity (CT)    6 1 0
Wagner    5 1 0
Franklin & Marshall    5 1 1
Penn State    7 2 0
Temple    7 2 0
Coast Guard    6 2 0
Norwich    6 2 0
Hofstra    5 2 0
Boston College    7 3 0
Syracuse    5 2 1
Bucknell    6 3 0
Drexel    4 2 1
Boston University    5 3 0
La Salle    5 3 0
Tufts    5 3 0
Army    5 3 1
CCNY    4 4 0
Villanova    4 4 0
Manhattan    4 4 1
Holy Cross    4 4 2
Colgate    3 3 2
Providence    3 3 2
Buffalo    3 4 1
Massachusetts State    3 4 1
Pittsburgh    3 6 0
Vermont    2 6 0
NYU    2 7 0
Carnegie Tech    1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Guard Dick Weber was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.

Syracuse was ranked at No. 34 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.

The team played its home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

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