The Syracuse Orange football team surprised everyone with a 10-win season. And while those can be commonplace for some programs, doing so at Syracuse does help a team inhabit a special place in Syracuse history.
Winning 10 games in 2018 marked just the seventh time it’s ever happened for the Orange, obviously putting them in elite company. But where does this season rank compared to the rest of those? An attempt to put numbers in front of things:
1. 1959: 11-0 (National Champions, won Cotton Bowl)
Duh.