Syracuse at Princeton

Wednesday, October 17, 1900

Princeton beat Syracuse 43–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 1–⁠0.

AwaySyracuse7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1900
0
HomePrinceton8–⁠3 in 1900
43

FinalHigh 54°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The The evening times's story: ROLLED UP q BIG SCORE. Princeton Defeats Syracuse Uniyer sity on Osborne Field.

    The evening times, October 18, 1900, page 2

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    ROLLED UP q BIG SCORE. Princeton Defeats Syracuse Uniyer sity on Osborne Field. PRINCETON. n. J., Oct. 1S.-The Prince ton eleven met the football team from Syracuse University for the first time in the history Of athletics here on Osborne Field yesterday afternoon and buried it bemeath score of 43 10 0. Princeton out weighed their opponents man for man but the defence of Princeton was GER tainly strong, for Syracuse was unable to make any material gain, except on the frequent fumbling of Prineeton’s backs defect which must be remedied before Saturday if the Tigers expect to beat Lafayette.

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)

Princeton 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 5–⁠0–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1915Princeton 3, Syracuse 0
1914Princeton 12, Syracuse 7
1913Princeton 13, Syracuse 0
1912Princeton 62, Syracuse 0
1908Syracuse 0, Princeton 0
1900Princeton 43, Syracuse 0

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