Georgetown at Syracuse

Saturday, November 6, 1926

Georgetown beat Syracuse 13–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Georgetown led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayGeorgetown1–⁠2–⁠1 in 1926
13
HomeSyracuse7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1926
7

FinalHigh 54°F, low 33°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

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    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 7, 1926, page 83

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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 71% to win. Georgetown pulled the upset.

Georgetown leads 2–⁠1–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1940Georgetown 28, Syracuse 6
1939Georgetown 13, Syracuse 13
1927Syracuse 19, Georgetown 6
1926Georgetown 13, Syracuse 7

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