1948 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1948 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–8
Head coach
CaptainRobert Schiffner
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1948 Eastern major college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Army     8 0 1
Penn State     7 1 1
Villanova     8 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Boston College     5 2 2
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Holy Cross     5 5 0
Colgate     3 6 0
Fordham     3 6 0
NYU     3 6 0
Temple     2 6 1
Duquesne     2 7 0
Syracuse     1 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.