Colgate at Syracuse

Saturday, November 17, 1934

Colgate beat Syracuse 13–⁠2. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 16–⁠9–⁠3.

AwayColgate7–⁠1 in 1934
13
HomeSyracuse6–⁠2 in 1934
2

FinalHigh 63°F, low 48°FAttendance 34,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Foot Ball Results

    Evening star, November 18, 1934, page 1 (results column)

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    Foot Ball Results Only two major foot ball elevens Minnesota and Alabama-remanned undefeated and united yesterday as the smoke cleared over the national foot ball battle field. The Gophers easily defeated Chicago, IS to 7, while the Crimson Wave rolled over Georgia Tech, 40 to O. The heretofore unmarried records of Princeton, Navy and Syracuse were ruined as Yale. using only II players, scored surprising up set over the Tigers, to O; Pitts burgh overpowered the Middies, 81 to Z, and Colgate overcame the Orange, 13 to 2. The impressive victories by Pitt and Colgate kept them in the unofficial running for a possible Rose Bowl assignment. Illinois became the fourth previously undefeated and united eleven to bow in a series of star tling upsets and scores. Wis consin eked out a 7-to-3 victory over Bob Zuppke’s crew. Southern California stole the Pacific Coast Conference show with an amazing 33-to-0 conquest of oregon, while Stanford, odds-on choice to win the conference title and represent the West in the Rose Bowl, downed the Olympic Club of San Fran cisco, 40 to 0. Catholic University and George Washington were the only local teams to triumph. The Cards routed South Dakota at Griffith Stadium, 81 to o, while the Colo malls outpointed West Virginia, 10 to z. Maryland bowed to Indiana, II to IA; Gallaudet lost to Ran dolph-Macon, 18 to 6. and Howard dropped a 7-to-6 decision to the North Carolina Colored A. and T.

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 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 33 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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