Syracuse at Nebraska

Thursday, November 27, 1919

Nebraska beat Syracuse 3–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwaySyracuse8–⁠3 in 1919
0
HomeNebraska3–⁠3–⁠2 in 1919
3

FinalHigh 15°F, low 8°F, 0.91 in. of snow, 2.01 in. on the groundAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The New Britain herald's story: SYLVANIA'S MACHINE DOWNS CORNELL "A TO 0 IN ANNUAL BATTLE Quakers Outpay Rivals in Every Department of Game Penn. State Swamps Pittsburgh Eleven Nebraska Beats Syracuse.

    New Britain herald, November 28, 1919, page 18

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    SYLVANIA’S MACHINE DOWNS CORNELL “A TO 0 IN ANNUAL BATTLE Quakers Outpay Rivals in Every Department of Game Penn. State Swamps Pittsburgh Eleven Nebraska Beats Syracuse. J fooA Sefore 25,00O on-lookers. Yer 3Iatffity. power, rhythm and polish kefN developed to high degree in |hehIplay of the blue jerseyed hoss IS. It stamped across the soggy, fithered turf for three touchdowns, 2nd Seith tho help of a field goal, piled P a score of 24 to 0 on the hapless onbsaation which in other days was anazA the Big Red team. Wth Pennsylvania’s superiority in |very department of the game de- ehntng att the start and Cornell un- OiH tds become a scoring menace for ENA ono deeting minute, the game *e1EA early resolved itself into q duel etNee emS the QIlakers’ attack and the Aacanse defense, From the open hg minute of play it became apparent h&t it was question of only how far hM Pennsylvania scoring machine &8Id beeper,nitted to carry it’s oper- Hlms. rrha.t it was kept down to A o9n4S speaks volumes for the fighting pfKM of the combination coached by &edy’‘ Rush S&nnellq has had many a more eff b&t1rS and,tpowerful eleven than that linn it -sapt out on the field yes 8Etier.s many a more resourceful 1NDinationy But never was a Cor dl# team rnlnre stubborn in its de- kination to keep the enemy from 8oaI Iine,s or imbued with a spirit aas&lean conbativeness which ex- idl that shown by its standard ae$eFs this day. .... a-~ ‘.’. AN CorneATs Great Stands. / 8snnsylvania. attained it’s hoped for &Iw to the full measure, but for Cor S even with it’s head bowed under 6weight of twenty-four points, there &T glory in defeat Twice the Itha- K8 held the Red and Blue for downs saa their yard line. Once on ssss2s foot. mark. in first period, and, eAn Ion the I foot mark, in the sec IN duarter, Pennsylvania hurled it’s 3&Astrength at what had been called FfwIshin Red Line. WSvice the Quakers rolled right up 9fyMhat appeared to be certain touch TMhs, but twice they were thrown s3k without being able to attain fNi3, objectives. Again in the third yAkbd Pennsylvania smashed it’s way M Nlle 1 syard line. Again Cornell sfg1ft back with a spirit that has Vsbrne tradition on the shores of A4SeA Cayuga.E and after three terrific xfNes into the Cornell midst Penn aisania still was that one yard away sss&lf the goal line. On the fourth gE3nipt Pennsylvania deviated from lgftActics it had used in the assaults Nich were stopped in the previous #lAr ters and sent Light around left ga for a touchdown vThose three stands on it’s own goal sae stamped the Cornell eleven as an z2regation worthy of a better fate Aaia “a rout, and as the game hastened sHafd it’s finish even Pennsylvania earts were hoping that the fighters 1tSri1, Cayuga would salvage at least ne3 score out of the wreckage of the ennsylvania (2D. Cornell lo). Hopper ........ tio1l Left end Fftzel ............... knauss 2 Left tackle thomas ...........,.. H. Strauss A# Left guard Wray ....... Horrell @ Center eylon .....-......... P. Miller Right guard title .....-... sutton Right tackle Miller Finn Right end tell ..,.-..- .i.....-. ShlVer1ck Quarterback Straus ...:.. Carry Left halfback frunnSr ScnuIel Right halfback IghC Mayel Fullback Score by Periods: ornell ...... o 0 o O. Substitutions: Pennsylvania, Harvey or Light, Graves for H. Miller. Ligh pr Harvey, H. Miller for Graves raynard for Titzel, A. Wray for Ney 3 bn, McNichol for Light, Rex Wray fo1 bel1, Braun for J. Straus, R. Mile pr Hopper, O’Gorman for Maynard Ellis for Brunner Peters for R. Mil er; Cornell, Throwbridge for Horrell foag for Sutton, Mackenzie for Carry wilson for Hoff, Pendleton for H trauss, Dodge for Hoag, Craig fo huler, McLain for F. Miller, Lechle or Mayer, Livingston for Mackenzie ouchdowns, Hopper, Light, IT. Mil a br; goals from touchdown, Brunne field goal, Brunner; Referee harles $. McCarty, Germantowl cademy; umpire, Winner Crowel warthmore; field judge, Robert Max 7ell, SWarthmore; l1nesman, Car farshall, Harvard; time of periods minutes. Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 2S.-For tn rst time since 1912 the Pitt Panthe vas forced to bow to the proWess c he Blue and White of Penn Statt coached by Hugo Bezdik, who yestel x lay showed that he knew just a much about offensive and defensiv ootball as the great Glenn Wafne Yesterdays score was 20 to 0, and til 5 ietory of the Center county boys wa ecisive, clean cut and left not tn

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: Nebraska Wins From Syracuse; Score ; to 0

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 28, 1919, page 1

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    Nebraska Wins From Syracuse; Score ; to 0 LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 2s-n a hard-fought football contest played during a rather heavy downfall Of snow the University Of Nebraska gridiron squad defeated the University Of Syracuse here this afternoon by a score Of 3 to 0. Victory for Nebraska came in the second period when Capt. Dobson, playing the last game of his football career with Nebraska, booted a drop kick for the only score Of the game. Cold weather and snow handicap ped play. Both teams were about evenly matched so far as total gains in yards were concerned. Punting was resorted to a great deal. while most attempts to gain ground by the air route were failures. In the first per iod, however, Brown Of Syracuse made thirty yards on a forward pass from Achey. the visitors quarter back. Nebra ska recovered the ball immediately by intercepting another pass.

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: DROP KICK IN SNoWSToRM BEATS SYRACUSE 8 TO 0

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 28, 1919, page 3

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    DROP KICK IN SNoWSToRM BEATS SYRACUSE 8 TO 0 Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 37.-In a hard fought football contest played during q rather heavy downfall of snow the University of Nebraska gridiron squad defeated the University of Syracuse here this afternoon by a score of 3 to 0. Victory came to Nebraska in the second period when Captain Dobson playing the last game of his foot ball career with Nebraska, booted a drop kick for the only score of the game. Cold weather and snow handicapped play. Both teams were about evenly matched So far as total gains in yards were concerned. Punting was resort cd to a great deal. while most at tempts to gain ground by the air route were failures,

  • The Arizona republican's story: FIELD GOAL GIVES NEBRASKA VICTORY OVER SYRACUSE U.

    Arizona republican, November 28, 1919, page 10

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    FIELD GOAL GIVES NEBRASKA VICTORY OVER SYRACUSE U. LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 27-In a hard fought football contest played during a rather heavy downfall Of snow, the University of Nebraska gridiron squad defeated the University of Syracuse here this afternoon by a score of 3 to 0. Victory for Nebraska came in the second period when Captain Dobson playing the last game of his football career with Nebraska booted a drop kick for the only score of the game.

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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Syracuse 61% to win. Nebraska won as Elo’s underdog.

Syracuse leads 7–⁠5 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1984Syracuse 17, Nebraska 9
1983Nebraska 63, Syracuse 7
1961Syracuse 28, Nebraska 6
1958Syracuse 38, Nebraska 0
1957Syracuse 26, Nebraska 9
1929Nebraska 13, Syracuse 6

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