The 1963 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented
Syracuse University in the
1963 NCAA University Division football season. The offense scored 255 points while the defense allowed 101 points. Led by head coach
Ben Schwartzwalder, the team won eight games. Despite their 8–2 record, they were not invited to a
bowl game. Syracuse played in their eighth and final game at
Yankee Stadium, on
Thanksgiving Day, with the Orangemen defeating
Notre Dame, 14–7. This was a rematch following the teams' controversial
1961 game won by Notre Dame, 17–15.