Syracuse Orange football
2026 Syracuse Orange football team
First season	1889; 137 years ago (1889)
Athletic director	John Wildhack
General manager	Thomas Caporale
Head coach	Fran Brown 3rd season, 13–12 (.520)
Location	Syracuse, New York
Stadium	JMA Wireless Dome (capacity: 42,784)
NCAA division	Division I FBS
Conference	ACC
Colors	Orange[1]
All-time record	756–589–49 [2] (.560)
Bowl record	17–11–1 (.603)
National championships
Claimed	1959
Conference championships
Big East: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2012
Heisman winners	Ernie Davis – 1961
Consensus All-Americans	20[3]
Rivalries	Boston College (rivalry) Pittsburgh (rivalry) Penn State (rivalry) UConn (rivalry) West Virginia (rivalry) Rutgers (rivalry) Colgate (rivalry)
Uniforms
Fight song	Down the Field
Mascot	Otto the Orange
Marching band	Syracuse University Marching Band
Outfitter	Nike
Website	Cuse football

The Syracuse Orange football team represents Syracuse University in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Syracuse is the only Division I FBS school in New York to compete in one of the Power Four conferences.

The Orange play their home games in the JMA Wireless Dome, referred to as the JMA Dome on the university's campus in Syracuse, New York.^[4] The stadium is also known as "The Loud House."

Formed in 1889, the program has amassed over 740 wins and has achieved one consensus national championship in 1959, defeating the Texas Longhorns in that season's Cotton Bowl. Syracuse has had 2 undefeated seasons, 5 conference championships since 1991, and has produced a Heisman Trophy winner, over 60 first team All-Americans, 18 Academic All-Americans and over 240 NFL players.^[5] Syracuse has had 20 members inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, 2nd-most in the ACC, including former players Ernie Davis, Tim Green, Don McPherson, Art Monk and former coaches Vic Hanson, Ben Schwartzwalder, and Dick MacPherson.^[6] The Orange boast 8 inductees in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame, tied for the 4th-most of any school, including Jim Brown, Marvin Harrison, Larry Csonka, and Floyd Little.^[7]

The Orange have 29 bowl appearances, 10 of which are among the New Year's Six Bowls. Syracuse has finished in the Final Top 25 rankings 21 times in the national polls, and finished in either the AP or Coaches Polls a combined 35 times since 1952. Syracuse has appeared in over 200 AP Polls including 7 weeks at AP number one.