Syracuse at Columbia

Thursday, November 24, 1927

Columbia beat Syracuse 14–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 5–⁠1–⁠1.

AwaySyracuse5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1927
7
HomeColumbia5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1927
14

FinalAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Seward daily gateway's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    Seward daily gateway, November 25, 1927, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Washington, ‘; Oregon, 0. Whitman, 31; Willamette, T. Denver University, 48; Colorado University, 0. Brown, 0; Colgate, 0. Pittsburg, 30; Penn State, 0. Pennsylvania, 35; Cornell, 0, Columbia, 14; Syracuse, 7. Johns Hopkins, IA; Maryland, 13. Missouri, 20; Oklahoma, ‘. Georgia, 20; Alabama, 6. Nebraska, 27; New York University, IS. Florida, 20; Washington Lee, 2.

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. Columbia won as Elo’s underdog.

Syracuse leads 11–⁠9–⁠4 in 24 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.

Recent meetings
1948Columbia 34, Syracuse 28
1947Columbia 28, Syracuse 8
1946Columbia 59, Syracuse 21
1945Columbia 32, Syracuse 0
1944Columbia 26, Syracuse 2
1940Syracuse 3, Columbia 0

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