Colgate at Syracuse
Saturday, November 16, 1935 Share
Colgate beat Syracuse 27–0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 17–9–3.
FinalHigh 40°F, low 35°FAttendance 32,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 17, 1935, page 33
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North Carolina Toppled Duke 27O Cards Oepoler Green 7ero 2 Colgate, Three Times Beaten, Gains Solace in Shattering Syracuse’s Win Streak, 27.O George Vadas Of Rochester, put the ball within striking distance of Syracuse’s goal line. Irwin once again went over and Chesebro kicked the point. A FTER that, even with reserves do ing most Of the work for Colgate, the outcome never was in doubt. Syracuse tried valiantly to gain, both through the air and on the ground, but the furious and stubborn Maroon held its ground. The final touchdown came early in the final period on a half dozen plays from Syracuse’s 35. A 20-yard forward. Kern to Billings, put the ball on the 6-yard mark, from where Whitney Jaeger Of Westfield, N. j., substitute halfback. went over for the score. Chesebro kicked his third point.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 18, 1935, page 5 (results column)
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GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: College of Puget Sound 12; Con- zaga 50 College of Pacific 0; California 39. Oregon State 13; Idaho 0. Montana 0; Stanford g. Oregon 6; University of Portland 0. Louisiana State IS; Georgia o. Washington State 10; Southern California 20 Iowas6; Purdue 12. Indiana 24; Chicago 0. Wisconsin 13; Northwestern 32. Georgia Tech T; Alabama 38. Texas Christian 28; University of Texas 0. Kentucky 13; Tulane 20. Vanderbilt 13; Tennessee T. Texas A & M 10; Rice IT. Southern Methodist IT; Arkansas 6. Michigan State 27; Loyola O. Cornell 6; Dartmouth fl. Fordham 45; Muhlenberg 0. Minnesota 40; Michigan 0. Nebraska 0; Pittsburgh 6. Lehigh 0; Princeton 27. Notre Dame 6; Army 6. Ohio 6; Illinois 0. Temple 26; Marquette 6. Colgate 27; Syracuse 0. Yale 55; Lafayette 0. Harvard fl; New Hampshire o. Special Delivery t. Doug.as Dali.
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 57% to win. Colgate won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Colgate–Syracuse gameSyracuse leads 32–25–4 in 61 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.
| 2025 | Syracuse 66, Colgate 24 | |
| 2023 | Syracuse 65, Colgate 0 | |
| 2016 | Syracuse 33, Colgate 7 | |
| 2010 | Syracuse 42, Colgate 7 | |
| 1987 | Syracuse 52, Colgate 6 | |
| 1982 | Syracuse 49, Colgate 15 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat RutgersNov. 22, 1935
- SeasonColgate in 1935
- ProgramColgate history and records
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. MarylandNov. 28, 1935
- SeasonSyracuse in 1935
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

