The 1990 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented
Syracuse University
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as an
independent
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during the
1990 NCAA Division I-A football season
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. Led by
Dick MacPherson
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in his tenth and final season as head coach, the Orangemen compiled a record of 7–4–2. Syracuse was invited to the
Aloha Bowl
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, where the Orangemen defeated
Arizona
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. The team played home games at the
Carrier Dome
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in
Syracuse, New York
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.
This season marked the end of two eras for Syracuse football. MacPherson left after ten season to become head coach for the
New England Patriots
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of the
National Football League
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. 1990 was also the final season that Syracuse competed as an independent. In 1991, the
Big East Conference
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, of which Syracuse was a founding member, began sponsoring football competition.
Schedule
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References
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Syracuse Orange football seasons
Aloha Bowl champion seasons
Syracuse Orangemen football
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