Syracuse vs. New York University

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 13, 1940, page 1

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  Syracuse 47–⁠13 NEW YORK, Oct. IL. -R- A speedy, spirited Syracuse Eleven ploughed up New York university’s valiant Violets Al to 10 today to rebound successfully from ! a S weeks shellacking by Northwest ern before a small crowd of 5000. Tommy Names started the Orange on its way by racing the opening kick off back 80 yards and buck ing over a touchdown from the vineyard line. In the second period a 41-yard pass from Leo Canale to Charles (Red) McPhail added a second touchdown to Syracuse total. 2

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1940, page 30 (results column)

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  banner into the South and East, respectively, without much luck. T. C. U. fell before North Carolina’s dazzling play, 21–⁠14, as the Tar Heels scored all their points in one great second-period surge. Southern Methodist, picked by some to battle Texas A. and M. for the Southwest Conference crown, was lucky to escape with a TT draw against Pitts Panthers. Cornell, unbeaten year ago and with a veteran squad back, looked little short of colossal In a $50 rout of Army, worst defeat in the Cadets history. Penn, touted as a powerhouse, looked the part in a 50–⁠7 defeat of Yale, a licking unprecedented in Eli football history. Away to fast start when Jim Noble dashed 81 yards to touch down, Fordham’s Rams gave Tulane its third successive defeat, 20–⁠7, and moved into the front rank of Eastern powers along with Boston College, 1920 conqueror of Temple, and Navy, which spotted Princeton a touch down and then rolled over the Tigers, 1876. Columbia’s well-trained Lions bowled over Dartmouth, 20–⁠6; Syracuse rebounded from the Northwestern rout to shellack New York University, 47–⁠13: Penn State nosed out West Virginia, 17–⁠13; Colgate won from Brown. 20–⁠3, and Holy Cross stopped Carnegie Tech, 1870. The Wake Forest boom Ut.

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Syracuse leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.