Syracuse at Columbia

Thursday, November 28, 1929

Syracuse beat Columbia 6–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 7–⁠1–⁠1.

AwaySyracuse6–⁠3 in 1929
6
HomeColumbia4–⁠5 in 1929
0

FinalAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Pop Warner Is Mentioned Stanford Coach Linked With Columbia Post.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 29, 1929, page 26

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    Pop Warner Is Mentioned Stanford Coach Linked With Columbia Post. BIZ United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Names c many prominent football coaches among them that of Glenn S. Pop Warner of Stanford university. were linked today with Columbia uni versity following the resignation of Charles F. Crowley. Crowley, head coach at Columbia since 1925, resigned Thursday after his teams 6 to 0 defeat at the hands of Syracuse. Columbia lost five out of nine games this season, bowling to Dartmouth, Cornell, Colgate, Pennsylvania and Syracuse. Warner, who was here today for the Army–Notre Dame football game Saturday, refused to discuss the situation.

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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 11–⁠9–⁠4 in 24 meetings, counting the 15 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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