Colgate at Syracuse

Saturday, November 20, 1937

Colgate beat Syracuse 7–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 19–⁠9–⁠3.

AwayColgate3–⁠5 in 1937
7
HomeSyracuse5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1937
0

FinalHigh 34°F, low 31°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 34,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: COLGATE AT LAST WINS BIG VICTORY Jaeger Is Brilliant Star in 7-to-0 Triumph Over Syracuse in Snow.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1937, page 27

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    COLGATE AT LAST WINS BIG VICTORY Jaeger Is Brilliant Star in 7-to-0 Triumph Over Syracuse in Snow. oy tAc ASSOCiaIeQ PTeSS. - YRACUSE. N. Y, Nov. 20.-One bold bid for victory midway in the second period carried Col ~ gates Red Raiders to a 7-to-0 triumph today over Syracuse and their first major triumph of the season. A crowd of $4,000 sat in Archbold Stadium and watched the Maroon eleven come fighting back after q string Of defeats to outplay and out fight the Orangemen in the midst OF swirling snowstorm. Whit Jaeger, injured early in the season, came back with a magnificent display of ball-carrying to spark the winning drive Until he led the Ma room offensive the visitors had been penned up in their own territory and there was every indication that the 13-year-old hoodoo held by Colgate over Syracuse was dead at last. Go 70 Yards on Six Plays. RUT Jaeger changed all that. Start ing on their own 80, the Raiders charged 10 yards on six plays for q touchdown. Jaeger on q delayed buck went up to the AZ. On reverse he swept wide around his own left end and dashed down the sidelines over the goal line. The Colgate stands went wild, and were wilder when the play was called back. for Jaeger went out of bounds on the %. Wally Davids varied the attack by whipping pass to Jaeger on the 7. where he was knocked out of bounds. Two savage smashes by Ed Lalor put the ball on the and set up the

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL ga IA{3SW{5 is re

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 22, 1937, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL ga IA{3SW{5 is re The following are final scores of principal football games played last afternoon: Oregon 0; Washington A. Washington State 7; oregon State 0. California 10; Stanford 0. Montana 0; Idaho 6. Loyola 10; Baylor 81. Kansas z; Arizona 9. Texas Tech. Z; Centenary 2. Southern Methodist 26; UCLA 10. Harvard 10; Yale g. Dartmouth 81; Columbia o. Pittsburgh %; Penn State 7. Holy Cross o; Carnegie Tech 0, tie. Colgate 7; Syracuse 0. Fordham 6; st. Mary’s O. Princeton 26; Navy 6. Minnesota 10; Wisconsin 6. Notre Dame 7; Northwestern 0. Texas Christian Z; Rice 0. Illinois 81; Chicago 0, Duke TO- North Carolina State T.. Purdue 10; Indiana T. SUNDAY GAMES Gonzaga 3; Portland University 3.

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 56% to win. Colgate won as Elo’s underdog.

Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 30 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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