Colgate at Syracuse

Saturday, November 12, 1927

Colgate and Syracuse tied 13–⁠13. It was their 21st meeting; after it, the series stood even at 9–⁠9–⁠3.

AwayColgate4–⁠2–⁠3 in 1927
13
HomeSyracuse5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1927
13

FinalAttendance 32,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: GAME COLGATE TEAM TIES WITH SYRACUSE

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 13, 1927, page 85

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    GAME COLGATE TEAM TIES WITH SYRACUSE SYRACUSE. n. Y. November IL P).-Two daring teams of opportunists matching thrill for thrill. Syracuse and Colgate battled to a 13 TO 13 tie in a wild, spectacular foot ball game before 10000 persons at Achbold Stadium today. Making the breaks and pouncing upon them. A heads-up colgate eleven with furionslv hargiug line n.ocked two punts AMI cashed them for touch. downs. Syracuse scored the same number by an Enerciny aerial attack and a headlon, run back Ct a punt by e!usive jonah Goldman. Each team made 1ne OF the extra points from placement, missing the other, and these old time rivals for supremacy in upstnte New York were tied for the second time in as many years. Evea rs last year it was constant ly fighting Colgate team which came from behind to save fhe day. when all looked dark except to the dauntess men Of the Maroon.

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 65% to win.

Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Syracuse 66, Colgate 24
2023Syracuse 65, Colgate 0
2016Syracuse 33, Colgate 7
2010Syracuse 42, Colgate 7
1987Syracuse 52, Colgate 6
1982Syracuse 49, Colgate 15

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