Maryland at Syracuse

Saturday, October 24, 1936

Maryland beat Syracuse 20–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 2–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayMaryland6–⁠5 in 1936
20
HomeSyracuse1–⁠7 in 1936
0

FinalHigh 54°F, low 39°F, 0.32 in. of rainAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 26, 1936, page 1

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    The TerpS are winning, there is no doubt about that. And while turning the trick they are show ing the football coordination that goes only with teams in that class. OF course, there’s Bill Guckeyson, a budding candidate for ALL American if ever there was one. Then, Bills backfield teammates, Coleman Headley, Jim Meade, Charlie Ellinger, Johnny Gormley and “Pappy” DAILY. Group Goes Well Against Syracuse Saturday the entire group performed in just the manner coach Frank Dobson might desire. GuckeySon guided the team towards each of its touchdowns while the others bal. anced the thing with their efforts on each Of the Terp marches. Maryland won, 20 to 0. The teams line was supposed to be the one weak link when the season started. This was largely because of the graduations of many aces from the 1885 roster. But in the past two games at least, there’s been nothing wrong with the forward wall. All have performed like they should, Walton, o newcomer at center, Surgent, at guard and Kirkland, at tackle, particularly standing out. Then Blair Smith and Vic Will

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)

Maryland 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 19–⁠16–⁠2 in 37 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Maryland 63, Syracuse 20
2014Maryland 34, Syracuse 20
2013Syracuse 20, Maryland 3
1994Syracuse 21, Maryland 16
1991Syracuse 31, Maryland 17
1988Syracuse 20, Maryland 9

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