1990 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season . This season marked the end of two eras for Syracuse football . First , it was Dick MacPherson 's final year as head coach . He would leave to coach the 1991 New England Patriots . Second , it was the final season for Syracuse football as an independent . Starting with the 1991 season , the Big East Conference , of which Syracuse was a founding member , began sponsoring football competition
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1990 Syracuse Orangemen football team