Rutgers at Syracuse

• 

  The sun, New York [N.Y.], December 1, 1918, page 19

  Read the text

  SYRACUSE WINS OVER RUTGERS orange Linemen Turn Blocked Kicks and tumble Into TOuchdowns. VICTORY MARGIN, 81 TO o Alexander, Usher and Schwarzor Cross Scarlet Line-O’Neil’s Men 0utrushed. VICTORY MARGIN, 81 TO o “Ds Bill” Horr. just as wide OF shoulder. broad OF beam and ruddy Of ,s,e as he was in the days when he ~as -,ouxhing up the gridiron for Syracuse and winning weight throwing title for the Irish American A. c., was asked who he thought would win before the Rutgs-s-syracuse game at the Polo Grounds Yesterday. Well” oplned the former Orange grid ron star 81 know Syracuse will not lose unless through some freak play. We may not whip them. but they certainly will not lick US. Rutgers hasn’t any running attack. When they cease smash ,-S the line their open play consists solely Of forward passes. That attack is made to order for the style of de- ,snsive football Buck O’Neil has develacuse ‘somethin’ and Rutgers nofhin..’ think our line will decide the issue” IIorr proved himself good prosgnosti- Gator. Syracuse won, 81 to 0. The yaunted attack of the Scarlet broke on the Syracuse line like waves on a rocky shore Syracuse. inside its own 25 yard lae held like the Rock of Gibraltar against the Scarlet s;nashes. Forward rasses were the only strategic means Rutgers had Of opening up the Syracuse defence and the Orange easily solved re aerial tatack Not only did syracuse stay tho Rut- -erS attack. but turned it TO its own advantage. two blocked kicks and cap ,ured tumble resulting in three touch downs which with the following goals gave Syracuse 81 points.

• 

  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], December 1, 1918, page 17

  Read the text

  SYRACUSE IS TRIUMPHANT OVER RUTGERS II TO o NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-SweepIng away tho menace OF the scarlet scourEe.” Syracuse football eleven smothered Rutgers at the Polo Grounds here by q score OF 81 TO o. The upstate eleven won the contest with q brace OF touohdowns In the first quarter. and during tho re- TnaInder OF the contest played large Iy a defensive game. though they managed to put over a touchdown In the third quarter which set aside all danger of Rutgers turning defeat into victory with a beIated rally. Alexander, left guard OF the SYRIA cuss eleven, put heart into his team In the first period when he blocked and recovered the ball when Rutgsrs made q Quarterback kick and raced seVenty-five yards for n touchdown. Usher of Syracuse duplicated AleIander’s feat At blocking p kick and recovering the ball later in the first period, He squirmsd through broken field for thirty yards and crossed the scarlet goal, Again Askisy”s buhtsd planted the bail between the parts tor the extra point, In the third quarter Rutgers made q desperate attempt TO turn tho tide, Kelly darling around end foe = thirty yard run and BFsnsh hitting the line for two gains Of ten yards, But Rutgers lost the bail at this stage and the battle shifted back and forth across the Fnid-heid until SYRIA euse manouyersd the ball to Rutgers limo when Usher, right tackle, slipped through the scarlet defense for Touchdown and, Aekiey planted another goal from touch dawn

• 

  Evening star, December 1, 1918, page 25

  Read the text

  UP RUTGERS TEAM All Three TouchdoWns Result From Blocked Kicks or Fum- bIes at Critical Points. NEW YORK, November 30.-The Syracuse University foot ball team defeated the Rutgers College eleven at the Polo Grounds here this afternoon by score of 21 to 0. all three touch downs resulting from blocked kicks or fumbles. Neither team was able to gain consistently during any period of the game, but the evenness with which the Syracuse players followed the ball enabled them to take instant advantage Of breaks in the play. Syracuse scored two touchdowns in the opening period. the first coming after considerable play between the 20-yard lines. With the ball in Rutgers possession on the Syracuse 30 yard line, an on-side kick was at tempted. but Usher broke through and blocked the ball. which was caught by Alexander, who ran seventy yards for a touchdown. Ack1ey kicked an easy goal. Soon afterward Rutgers punt was blocked on her own 15-yard line, and Usher. making a flying catch of the ball, scored. Ackley again kicked a goal. In the third period bad pass from center caused a tumble, and again Usher gathered the ball on Rutgers 20-yard line, going over for a touchdown, unopposed. Ackley converted the goal, completing the scoring. The upstate team played better bination at all stages Of the contest, the tackling and charging Of the line being accurate and fast. The 1jpe-un and summary.

• 

  Perth Amboy evening news, New Jersey, December 2, 1918, page 1

  Read the text

  Syracuse Defeats Rutgers on Three MlspIays Il to 0 Three lucky touchdowns, two on blocked kicks and n on a tumble, gave Buck” O’Neill’s heavy SYRIA cuse eleven q p to 0 victory over the Rutgers team at the Polo Grounds Saturday afternoon. 1t was the-upstate ~eleven’s second victory in three days.. The Rutgers team was all out of luck while tickle fortune smiled upon the visitors. The members of Scarlet team outrushed Syracuse in all four periods, but were unable to score. The Orange team took advantage of every opportunity offered them The up-staters paid particular attenton to Robson, and, as the result the big negro end did not figure prominently in the game. Every time Robson got the ball at least two players were on top of him. 1t was quite a disastrous afternoon for Sanford’s players. On ground gaining they should have won, but did not. To add to their trouble: Baker. the speedy quarterback sprained his right ankle early in the third quarter and had to be carried off the field.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Officially, Syracuse leads 29–⁠13–⁠1; as played, 30–⁠13–⁠1 in 44 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.