William & Mary at Syracuse

Saturday, October 6, 1923

Syracuse beat William & Mary 61–⁠3. It was their first meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWilliam & Mary7–⁠3 in 1923
3
HomeSyracuse8–⁠1 in 1923
61

FinalHigh 48°F, low 37°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: ENSLEY DEFEATS SYRACUSE BEATS DISQUE BY I9 TO 6 WILLIAM & MARY

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 7, 1923, page 13

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    ENSLEY DEFEATS SYRACUSE BEATS DISQUE BY I9 TO 6 WILLIAM & MARY SYRACUSE. N. r.. Oct. e.-syra- cuse established what is believed to be a record for long runs in the first quarter of its 61 to 3 victory over William and Mary here this afternoon. Bowman. Syracuse half back, talk ,nr +he opaning kickoft on his goal line. sprinted 100 yards to a touch down. Less than five minutes later Foley. g sub, rushed into the back field, took a kickoff or his two yard line and ran the eS yards to touchdown, Speed accounted for practically all of the touchjowns.

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1968Syracuse 31, William & Mary 0
1928Syracuse 32, William & Mary 0
1927Syracuse 18, William & Mary 0
1926Syracuse 35, William & Mary 0
1925Syracuse 33, William & Mary 0
1924Syracuse 24, William & Mary 7

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