Western Reserve at Syracuse

Saturday, November 7, 1931

Syracuse beat Western Reserve 33–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayWestern Reserve0–⁠4 in 1931
0
HomeSyracuse7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1931
33

FinalHigh 41°F, low 28°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WALKOVER FOR SYRACUSE Scores 33-to-0 Win, While Western Reserve Never Threatens.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 8, 1931, page 1

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    WALKOVER FOR SYRACUSE Scores 33-to-0 Win, While Western Reserve Never Threatens. SYRACUSE, N. Y, November Z R)- Syracuse University defeated Western Reserve, SO to 0. here today in foot ball game witnessed by 1900 At no time did the invaders threaten. It was the most colorless matching OF foot ball seen in Archbold Stadium this year. There were no spectacular runs, no long passes, no surprises. western Reserve fought every inch of the way, but Syracuse found the way to make holes almost at will, any where 1t chose.

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 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Syracuse 13, Western Reserve 0
1937Syracuse 27, Western Reserve 6
1931Syracuse 33, Western Reserve 0
1913Syracuse 36, Western Reserve 0

Around this game

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