Colgate at Syracuse

Saturday, November 16, 1929

Colgate beat Syracuse 21–⁠0. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 11–⁠9–⁠3.

AwayColgate8–⁠1 in 1929
21
HomeSyracuse6–⁠3 in 1929
0

FinalHigh 52°F, low 32°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: RARE WH|TEWASH COVERS SYRACUSE Colgate Shuts Out Old Rival First Time in Is Years by 21-0.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1929, page 1

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    RARE WH|TEWASH COVERS SYRACUSE Colgate Shuts Out Old Rival First Time in Is Years by 21–⁠0. by the ASSOCIATED Press. = YRACUSE, N. Y, November 16.- Colgate’s mighty men of the grid iron marched to q 21–⁠0 victory ~ over Syracuse today. shutting out their. old rivals for the first time in Is years. Playing the typical Colgate brand of foot ball-making the breaks and pouncing upon them-Colgate scored a touch down in the first period and one each IN the second and fourth despite a stub born Orange defense. The Syracuse attack lacked teeth throughout and the proteges of Coach Lew Andreas were unable to make a solitary first down until the final period. Tommy Dowler a whirlinR, elusive derviSh OK back, bounced through the Syracuse tacklers for two of the three touchdoWns, once on a forward pass and once on a sweeping end run. Big red-headed Harry Haines, veteran tackle, bobbed up out of the oblivion that usually obscures the linemen to gather In partly blocked forward pass and lumber over for the other score. Mike Stramiello’s sharp-shooting toe added all three Of the extra points from place ment. Thirty-five thousand fans constitute ing one of the biggest crowds that ever watched game at Archbold Stadium saw Colgate come and conquer H..

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 18, 1929, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Santa Clara IS; Stanford ‘. Oregon 16; Oregon State 0. California ‘; Washington 0. Notre Dame IS; Southern Cali fornia 12. Washington State 13; Montana O. Gonzaga 20; Idaho IA. St. Mary 24; University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles 0. Tennessee 13; Vanderbilt 0. Indiana 19; Northwestern fl. Drake 2; Iowa State O. Alabama IA; Georgia Tech 0. Harvard 12; Holy Cross 6. Colgate 21; Syracuse 0. Michigan T; Minnesota 6. Illinois 20; Chicago G. Purdue T; Iowa 0. Utah A; Wyoming 0. Nebraska IS; Oklahoma 13. Yale 13; Princeton 0, Army 89; Dickinson ‘. Pittsburgh 34 Carnegie 13. New York University IA; Missouri 0. Dartmouth IS; Cornell A. Georgetown O; West Virginia 0. Pennsylvania 20 Columbia 0.

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)

Colgate 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 38 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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