Combined Record

[SWC75]

SU football and basketball are the two sports that put this burg on the national map. Lacrosse doesn’t do that. The Crunch and the Chiefs don’t do that. I tend to look at the combined SU football and basketball seasons as one long season from September, (or August) to March, (or April), during which our teams try to make the sports world realize that “the Cuse is in the House”. Our combined record at this point this year is 21 wins and 21 losses, (3-9 + 18-12). The NC State game will determine if this is a winning year or not. Our last losing year was 2007-08 when G-Rob went 2-10 and a similarly banged-up basketball team went 21-14, losing in the NIT. Before that you have to go back to our last losing season, in basketball, 1968-69. Out best year ever was 1988-89 when our two teams were 40-10, +30. The worst was 1961-62, when they were 10-25, -15. That’s also the worst winning percentage, (or the bets losing percentage?) 28.6%. The best winning percentage was 1925-26, 27-2, (93.1%).

I realize that this is skewed toward basketball as there are more games and that basketball wasn’t really a big time sport until the 60’s or the 70’s, but here is the total record since the basketball program began in 1900-01. I’ll ignore football ties. The negative years are underlined.

1900-01 football 7-2, basketball 2-2, total 9-4 net result = +5
1901-02 7-1 + 3-3 = 10-4 +6
1902-03 6-2 + 1-8 = 7-10 -3
1903-04 5-4 + 11-8 = 16-12 +4
1904-05 6-3 + 14-7 = 20-10 +10
1905-06 8-3 + 9-3 = 17-6 +11
1906-07 6-3 + 4-3 = 10-6 +4
1907-08 5-3 + 10-3 = 15-6 +9
1908-09 6-3 + 7-8 = 13-11 +2
1909-10 4-5 + 3-11 = 7-16 -9

1910-11 5-4 + 6-11 = 11-15 = -4
1911-12 5-3 + 11-3 = 16-6 = +10
1912-13 4-5 + 8-3 = 12-8 +4
1913-14 6-4 + 12-0 = 18-4 +14
1914-15 5-3 + 10-1 = 15-4 +11
1915-16 9-12 + 9-3 = 18-4 +14
1916-17 5-4 + 13-3 = 17-7 +10
1917-18 8-1 + 16-1 = 24-2 +22
1918-19 5-1 + 13-3 = 18-4 +14
1919-20 8-3 + 15-3 = 23-6 +17

1920-21 6-2 + 12-9 = 18-11 +7
1921-22 7-2 + 16-8 = 23-10 +13
1922-23 6-1 + 8-12 = 14-13 +1
1923-24 8-1 + 8-10 = 16-11 +5
1924-25 8-2 + 15-2 = 23-4 +19
1925-26 8-1 + 19-1 = 27-2 +25
1926-27 7-2 + 15-4 = 22-6 +16
1927-28 5-3 + 10-6 = 15-9 +6
1928-29 4-4 + 11-4 = 15-8 +7
1929-30 6-3 + 18-2 = 24-5 +19

1930-31 5-2 + 16-4 = 21-6 +15
1931-32 7-1 + 13-8 = 20-9 +11
1932-33 4-4 + 14-2 = 18-6 +12
1933-34 4-4 + 15-2 = 19-6 +13
1934-35 6-2 + 15-2 = 21-4 +17
1935-36 6-1 + 12-5 = 18-6 +12
1936-37 1-7 + 13-4 = 14-11 +3
1937-38 5-2 + 14-5 = 19-7 +12
1938-39 5-3 + 15-4 = 20-7 +13
1939-40 3-3 + 10-8 = 13-11 +2

1940-41 3-4 + 14-5 = 17-9 +8
1941-42 5-2 + 15-6 = 20-8 +12
1942-43 6-3 + 8-10 = 14-13 +1
1943-44 (no teams)
1944-45 2-4 + 7-12 = 9-16 -7
1945-46 1-6 + 23-4 = 24-10 +14
1946-47 4-5 + 19-6 = 23-11 +12
1947-48 3-6 + 11-13 = 14-19 -5
1948-49 1-8 + 18-7 = 19-15 +4
1949-50 4-5 + 18-9 = 22-14 +8

1950-51 5-5 + 19-9 = 24-14 +10
1951-52 5-4 + 14-6 = 19-10 +9
1952-53 7-3 + 7-11 = 14-14 0
1953-54 5-3 + 10-9 = 15-12 +3
1954-55 4-4 + 10-11 = 14-15 -1
1955-56 5-3 + 14-8 = 19-11 +8
1956-57 7-2 + 18-7 = 25-9 +16
1957-58 5-3 + 11-10 = 16-13 +3
1958-59 8-2 + 14-9 = 22-11 +11
1959-60 11-0 + 13-8 = 24-8 +16

1960-61 7-2 + 4-19 = 11-21 -10
1961-62 8-3 + 2-22 = 10-25 -15
1962-63 5-5 + 8-13 = 15-18 -3
1963-64 8-2 + 17-8 = 25-10 +15
1964-65 7-4 + 13-10 20-14 +6
1965-66 7-3 + 22-6 = 29-9 +20
1966-67 8-3 + 20-6 = 28-9 +11
1967-68 8-2 + 11-14 = 19-16 +3
1968-69 6-4 + 9-16 = 15-20 -5
1969-70 5-5 + 12-12 = 17-17 0 (the one year both teams were exactly at .500)

1970-71 6-4 + 19-7 = 25-11 +14
1971-72 5-5- + 22-6 = 27-11 +16
1972-73 5-6 + 24-5 = 29-11 +18
1973-74 2-9 + 19-7 = 21-16 +5
1974-75 2-9 + 23-9 = 25-18 +7
1975-76 6-5 + 20-8 = 26-13 +13
1976-77 3-8 + 26-4 = 29-12 +17
1977-78 6-5 + 22-6 = 28-11 +17
1978-79 3-8 + 26-4 = 29-12 +17
1979-80 7-5 +26-4 = 33-9 +24

1980-81 5-6 + 22-12 = 27-18 +9
1981-82 4-6 + 16-13 = 20-19 +1
1982-83 2-9 + 21-10 = 23-19 +4
1983-84 6-5 + 23-9 = 29-14 +15
1984-85 6-5 + 22-9 = 28-14 +14
1985-86 7-5 + 26-6 = 33-11 +22
1986-87 5-6 + 31-7 = 36-13 +23
1987-88 11-0 + 26-9 = 37-9 +28
1988-89 10-2 + 30-8 = 40-10 +30
1989-90 8-4 + 26-7 = 33-11 +22

1990-91 7-4 + 26-6 = 33-16 +17
1991-92 10-2 + 22-10 = 32-12 +20
1992-93 10-2 + 20-9 = 30-11 +19
1993-94 6-4 + 23-7 = 29-11 +18
1994-95 7-4 + 20-10 = 27-14 +13
1995-96 9-3 + 29-9 = 38-12 = +26
1996-97 9-3 + 19-13 = 28-16 +12
1997-98 9-4 + 26-9 = 35-13 +22
1998-99 8-4 + 21-12 = 29-16 +3
1999-00 7-5 + 26-6 = 33-11 +22

2000-01 6-5 + 25-9 = 31-14 +17
2001-02 10-3 + 23-13 = 33-16 +17
2002-03 4-8 + 30-5 = 34-13 +21
2003-04 6-6 + 23-8 = 29-14 +15
2004-05 6-6 + 27-7 = 33-13 +20
2005-06 1-10 + 23-12 = 24-22 +2
2006-07 4-8 + 24-11 = 28-19 +9
2007-08 2-10 + 21-14 = 23-24 -1
2008-09 3-9 + 28-10 = 31-19 +12
2009-10 4-8 + 30-5 = 34-13 +21

2010-11 8-5 + 27-8 = 35-13 +22
2011-12 5-7 + 34-3 = 39-10 +29
2012-13 8-5 + 30-10 = 38-15 +23
2013-14 7-6 + 28-6 = 35-12 +23
2014-15 3-9 + 18-12 = 21-21 0 Pending the NC State game

To be a Syracuse fan is to go home happy- most of the time. But not so much this year.

 

[CuseCrew08]

"Our last losing year was 2007-08 when G-Rob went 2-10 and a similarly banged basketball team went 21-14, losing in the NIT."

My senior year, fantastic time to be a fan...


Edit: Also, I remember as a kid my dad told me Syracuse has the best Football/Basketball record in the country, I am assuming this was during the 90's. Can you use your magic powers to verify or debunk this?

 

[CUSU]

SU football and basketball are the two sports that put this burg on the national map. Lacrosse doesn’t do that. The Crunch and the Chiefs don’t do that. I tend to look at the combined SU football and basketball seasons as one long season from September, (or August) to March, (or April), during which our teams try to make the sports world realize that “the Cuse is in the House”. Our combined record at this point this year is 21 wins and 21 losses, (3-9 + 18-12). The NC State game will determine if this is a winning year or not. Our last losing year was 2007-08 when G-Rob went 2-10 and a similarly banged-up basketball team went 21-14, losing in the NIT. Before that you have to go back to our last losing season, in basketball, 1968-69. Out best year ever was 1988-89 when our two teams were 40-10, +30. The worst was 1961-62, when they were 10-25, -15. That’s also the worst winning percentage, (or the bets losing percentage?) 28.6%. The best winning percentage was 1925-26, 27-2, (93.1%).

I realize that this is skewed toward basketball as there are more games and that basketball wasn’t really a big time sport until the 60’s or the 70’s, but here is the total record since the basketball program began in 1900-01. I’ll ignore football ties. The negative years are underlined.

1900-01 football 7-2, basketball 2-2, total 9-4 net result = +5
1901-02 7-1 + 3-3 = 10-4 +6
1902-03 6-2 + 1-8 = 7-10 -3
1903-04 5-4 + 11-8 = 16-12 +4
1904-05 6-3 + 14-7 = 20-10 +10
1905-06 8-3 + 9-3 = 17-6 +11
1906-07 6-3 + 4-3 = 10-6 +4
1907-08 5-3 + 10-3 = 15-6 +9
1908-09 6-3 + 7-8 = 13-11 +2
1909-10 4-5 + 3-11 = 7-16 -9

Would be interesting to see this data with football and basketball normalized then against other P5 schools.

 

[Halfmooncuse]

Right now sad to say both SU Football and Basketball are relatively the same rank versus other FB and BB Division one teams. Relatively. But it is easier to elevate BB as you only need a handful of elite players but FB well thats another story. Without a top QB no chance in FB but then you need protection players that can get open and catch and defense. The latter require many more players and with injuries even more.

 

[SWC75]

Would be interesting to see this data with football and basketball normalized then against other P5 schools.

It would but I don't have the time for that right now.

I think we'd come out pretty good. Not that many schools have a history equal to ours in both sports.

 

[cuse309]

You have a lot of free time, and thank you. Interesting read.