1948 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1948 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–8
Head coach
CaptainRobert Schiffner
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Army    8 0 1
Penn State    7 1 1
Buffalo    6 1 1
Villanova    8 2 1
Boston University    6 2 0
Boston College    5 2 2
Pittsburgh    6 3 0
Franklin & Marshall    5 3 1
CCNY    3 4 1
Tufts    3 4 1
Colgate    3 6 0
Fordham    3 6 0
NYU    3 6 0
Temple    2 6 1
Duquesne    2 7 0
Carnegie Tech    1 7 0
Hofstra    0 6 2
Bucknell    1 8 0
Syracuse    1 8 0
Drexel    0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. The Orangemen were led by second-year head coach Reaves Baysinger and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. After a dismal 1–8 season, Baysinger was fired.

Syracuse was ranked at No. 129 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.