Syracuse at Cornell
Wednesday, September 27, 1899 Share
Cornell beat Syracuse 17–0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 10–0.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, September 28, 1899, page 1
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CORNELL DEFEATS SYRACUSE. Score 17 to O--Ithacans show They Need n Deal of Conching. Ithaca, N. Y. Sept. 27.-At Percy field to-day Cornell defeated the football team of Syracuse university by a score of + to o. The Syracuse men proved themselves no match for the Comedians, while the latter showed lack of train ing. Walbrdge and, Starbuck of Cor nell and Derr of Syracuse made the lar gest gains for their respective teams Syracuse was unable to make any inn pression on Cornelrs line and at no time during the game was Syracuse long in CornelFs territory. The game demonstrated that Cornell will require great deal of coaching to make any kind of a showing against the larger colleges.

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], September 28, 1899, page 10
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CORNELL DEFEATS SYRACUSE AT ITHACA Ithaca. y. Y. Sept 27.-At Percy Field to-day Cornell defeated the football team Of Syracuse University by a score Of Il to O. Syracuse proved herself no match for the Comedians. while the latter showed lack Of training. Walbridge and Starbuck of Cornell. and Dorr. OF Syracuse. made the largest gains for their respective teams. SYRIA cuse was unable 10 make any impression Cor nels line. and at no time during the game were the Syracuse men long in Cornells territory. The game demonstrated that Cornell will require a deal OF coaching to make any kind Of showing against the larger colleges
The San Francisco call, California, September 28, 1899
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Syracuse Loses to Cornell. ITHACA. N. Y, Sept. N.-At Percy Field to-day Cornell defeated the football team of Syracuse University by a score of II to 0. Cornell will require much coaching to make any kind Of showing against the larger colleges.
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)
Cornell 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Syracuse–Cornell gameCornell leads 23–11 in 34 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.
| 1958 | Syracuse 55, Cornell 0 | |
| 1957 | Syracuse 34, Cornell 0 | |
| 1954 | Cornell 14, Syracuse 6 | |
| 1953 | Syracuse 26, Cornell 0 | |
| 1952 | Syracuse 26, Cornell 6 | |
| 1951 | Cornell 21, Syracuse 14 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. Syracuse A.C.Oct. 7, 1899
- SeasonSyracuse in 1899
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. HamiltonSept. 30, 1899
- SeasonCornell in 1899
- ProgramCornell history and records

