Syracuse at Columbia
Thursday, November 26, 1925 Share
Syracuse beat Columbia 16–5. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 4–0–1.
Final
In the newspapers

Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 27, 1925, page 8
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Syracuse Takes 16 to 5 Victory From Columbia Team New York, Nov. 26.-(By The Assoc ;ciated Press)-Syracuse scored It’s fourth victory over Columbia. Is toab. at the Polo, Grounds today in the fifth annual contest between the two instibuttons. ID The Orange offensive. aided by a dry field, displayed strong potent game against the Morningside Heights aggregation, scoring two touchdewns and kicking field goal. i, Columbia. scored its FIVE points on field goal and Syracuse safety, -. Brilliant broken field running by Harlan Carr and Captain Foley and the excellent judgment displayed IN the use Of the air game. gave the Orange its two touchdowns’ Columbia, using deceptive air attack, threatened the Syracuse goal twice but was unable to muster the power to penetrate the line near the goal and kicked field goal on one occasion and lost the ball on downs on the otner. ~ The Syracuse team displayed both power and speed and this coupled with a versatile attack contributed largely to the downfall of the team which only two weeks ago lowered the Army eleven. The lineup: , Syracuse, 16--Archoska lie, Bayley 1t, Briggs lg, Friedman c, Levy re- Lee ,rt, Samson re, Cook yb. Carr lhb’ Foley rhb Barbuti fb. Columbia, 5-Wagner lie, Reynolds 1t, Shaw lg, Schmititsch c, Wiberg re, Aulick TT, Brady re, Pease OBJ. Sesit lib. Maeden rhb, Kirchmeyer fb. ~. Score by periods: Syracuse ........... u; = Columbia ...,S o e. 8 Syracuse scoring: Touchdowns, Bar butt, Carr; field goals. Carr; point TOT try after touchdown, Carr. Columbia scoring: Field goal. Mad den; Syracuse safety (Carr). Oficials: Referee. X. ]. O’Brien’ Tufts. umpire, David IT, Fultz. Brown; field judge. Pete pwyer. Niagara; head ,inesman, r. r. Miller, Pom state Time of periods. Is minutes.

New Britain herald, Connecticut, November 27, 1925, page 20 (results column)
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J. OF P. VICTOR OVER CORNELL IthaCanS’ Tumble Gives Them Single Tally Philadelphia. Nov. 27 Hp -- Pho L. of r. again triumphed over Cor nell in their annual struggle. The Penn grid warriors were lucky. but breaks are what count as much as anything else and they vanquished the Cornell boys 2 and 0 in yes- tcrday’s game. Pennsylvania big chance came when Cornell committed it’s only flunder. The Ithacans’ lone tumble of the game rolled the plgskin into the waiting arms of Rogers. Snatch ing up the ball, he raced 4b yards tor a touchdown and the Quakers won. to O, Colgate almost suffered its first defeat at the hands of battered Brown, but Eddie Tryon managed to pull his eleven together for a 14–14 tie. In doing so he retained his place at the. top Of the casts individual scorers with total of Ill points for the season. My final football game” said Eddie. T wouldn’t play profcs- sional football if they offered me s10, 900 a game” Columbia, uncertain through the season, yet high in hope as a re- suit of Its unexpected triumph over Army, trailed the footsteps ot other blue and white teams against Syracuse. In four previous meet ings with Orange teams Columbia had never been able to pack away the moleskins in mothballs with victory. So 1t was yesterday. Off-tackie smashes which wrecked the New York line gave Syracuse a clean cut triumph, 16–5. Pittsburgh, one of the most pow. erful teams Of the year, came up to expectations In overwhelming Penn State, 23 10 [, while West Virginia likewise retained its hlgh rating by a clean-cut triumph over Washington and Jefferson, 19–0’

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 27, 1925, page 1 (results column)
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AL M NJ EARS IN Annual Notre Dame-NebraSka Fray Goes to HuSkerS. CHICAGO, Nov. 81. Enemies under one fag’‘-the Army and Navy-clash Saturday at New York in a game that will bring the 1926 football season to a close. Virtually all the other teams were disbanded today after the Turkey day contests that finished the season . for everybody, but the service squads. Huskers Win, II TOT Nebraska’s Corn Huskers raised up on their launches at Lincoln Thursday, and sent Rockne’s Notre Dame team back to South Bend, nursing the injury of a II to defeat. In 1922 and again in 1928 the Corn Huskers ruined otherwise brilliant seasons for Notre Dame, by licking them against all the odds, In 1924, however, Notre Danes -Four Horse men” rode over Nebraska and com. pleted an indicated schedule TO win national championship. Thursday the Corn Huskers took advantage of Rockne’s “shock troops” scored two touchdowns in the first period. and then scored field goal against the N. d. regulars later on. Run to Form Most Of the other games on the Thanksgiving program ran true to form, Penna defeating Cornell, to 0. in the outstanding battle Of the East. Brown and Colgate. two evenly matched teams, fought to q 14-to-14 tie. Syracuse mauled Columbia, 16 to 5; Pittsburgh beat Penn State, 23 to 7; Marquette turned back Mercer, 30 TO 0; Tulane beat Centenary. IA to O.; Alabama swamped Georgia, % to 0, and out on the coast Washing. ton defeated Oregon Is to IA.
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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Syracuse–Columbia gameSyracuse leads 11–9–4 in 24 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.
| 1948 | Columbia 34, Syracuse 28 | |
| 1947 | Columbia 28, Syracuse 8 | |
| 1946 | Columbia 59, Syracuse 21 | |
| 1945 | Columbia 32, Syracuse 0 | |
| 1944 | Columbia 26, Syracuse 2 | |
| 1940 | Syracuse 3, Columbia 0 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. HobartSept. 25, 1926
- SeasonSyracuse in 1925
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Columbia
- Next gamevs. VermontSept. 25, 1926
- SeasonColumbia in 1925
- ProgramColumbia history and records

