Johns Hopkins at Syracuse
Saturday, October 9, 1920 Share
Syracuse beat Johns Hopkins 45–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 1–0.
Final
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, October 10, 1920, page 21
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Johns Hopkins Beaten By Syracuse, As to o SYRACUSE, n. Y, Oct. 9.-Syracuse defeated Johns Hopkins As. to in the Archbold Stadium this afternoon, but did not have as easy time doing it as the score would indicate. The Mary land boys held the heavy Orange aggre- CATION to one touchdown in the first half and at the same time made their downs twice against coach MeGhan’s men by line bucks and end runs. In the second half the visitors weakened and Meehan using fresh backfield men, broke through the defense and romped across for several more touchdowns. The Imam:
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Syracuse 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Johns Hopkins–Syracuse gameSyracuse leads 5–0 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1929 | Syracuse 85, Johns Hopkins 6 | |
| 1928 | Syracuse 58, Johns Hopkins 0 | |
| 1927 | Syracuse 21, Johns Hopkins 6 | |
| 1926 | Syracuse 31, Johns Hopkins 0 | |
| 1920 | Syracuse 45, Johns Hopkins 0 |
Around this game
Johns Hopkins
- Next gamevs. VirginiaOct. 16, 1920
- SeasonJohns Hopkins in 1920
- ProgramJohns Hopkins history and records
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. PittsburghOct. 16, 1920
- SeasonSyracuse in 1920
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
