McGill at Syracuse

Saturday, November 11, 1922

Syracuse beat McGill 32–⁠0. It was their second meeting; Syracuse leads the series 2–⁠0.

AwayMcGill0–⁠1 in 1922
0
HomeSyracuse6–⁠1–⁠2 in 1922
32

FinalHigh 62°F, low 44°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The South Bend news-times's story: SYRACUSE DOWNS CANADIAN ELEVEN American Football Triumphs Over Rugby, as McGill Loses, 30 to O.

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 12, 1922, page 1

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    SYRACUSE DOWNS CANADIAN ELEVEN American Football Triumphs Over Rugby, as McGill Loses, 30 to O. SYRACUSE, y. Y, Nov. 11-(By A. P)-American football proved its superiority over Canadian rugby here this afternoon, Syracuse uni versity winning its second annual international gridiron contest against McGill, 81 TO 0. Although it was understood that American rules would govern the game, the officials were very lenient and al lowed Montreal players great free dom in their use of the lateral for ward pass. Passes of that nature, some times progressing through the hands of seven different McGn players on a wide flank dash, furnished a unique spectacular element to the struggle and although most of them were technically Illegal, ali were allowed. Syracuse mixing all of the Of fensive threats known TO American football overwhelmed the Canadian team, scoring in the first four min utes OF play. Keen tacklins by McGnl players kept their defeat from becoming a rout. McGill at times showed flashes OF a strong defensive, once, in the shadow of its own goal posts. tax ing the ball from Syracuse on downs.

  • The The Bennington evening banner's story: Saturdays Football.

    The Bennington evening banner, Bennington, Vt., November 13, 1922, page 1 (results column)

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    Saturdays Football. Princeton 10. Harvard 3. Army 0. Notre Dame 0. Yale As, Maryland 3. Cornell %. Dartmouth 0. Columbia IT. Middlebury G. Syracuse 32. McGill. 0. Pittsburgh 7, Pennsylvania 6. Lafayette 33, Rutgers 6. Penn State 10, Carnegie Tech 0. Vermont 81, Norwich 0. Fordham 6, Colby G.. n. Y. U. Z, c. c. NY. 0. Navy So, st. Xavier 0. Amherst Al, Trinity 0. Williams %, Wesleyan Z. Massachusetts Aggies u. Steyens0 Washington and Jefferson 80, Wab. Ish 6. Brown q, Bates IL. Boston University Z. Providence O.. boston College 33, Baylor .. Rensselaer, So, Worcester Poly 0. Colgate 40, Rochester 0. Buffalo 13. Hobart IS. Maine IA, New Hampshire 7. Bowdoin 13. Tufts IL. Clarkson rs, st. Lawrence 0.

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1922Syracuse 32, McGill 0
1921Syracuse 13, McGill 0

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