Syracuse at Columbia

Saturday, November 23, 1946

Columbia beat Syracuse 59–⁠21. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 11–⁠7–⁠4.

AwaySyracuse4–⁠5 in 1946
21
HomeColumbia6–⁠3 in 1946
59

FinalAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: 5 , }ElsA ii| g16 B & 1 28e SSG Ya8 ! SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 25, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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    5 , }ElsA ii| g16 B & 1 28e SSG Ya8 ! SCORES Here are the final scores of lead ing football games played over the weekend: UCLA 13; use G. Oregon State IS; Oregon 0. Washington 21; Montana O. Stanford 25; California G. Delaware 20; Muhlenberg 12 Western Maryland 46; Mount St Marys T. Pittsburgh IA; Penn State T. Ohio University 25; Xavier 6. Dayton %; Marshall T. Penn Military 6; Albright 0. Georgetown 1; Hanover 2. Virginia 2l; West Virginia 0. Georgia 48; Chattanooga 27. Oklahoma 27; Nebraska 6. Oklahoma Aggie 59; Drake ‘. New Mexico IA; Kansas State ‘ Montana State 45; Colorado M. 2 Dennison 31; Wittenberg o. Mount Union 19; Kenyon l2. Oberlin 23; Wooster 0. Wichita IS; Toledo 2. Yale 27; Harvard IA. Lehigh o; Lafayette 13 Alabama ‘; Boston College 13. Dartmouth 20; Princeton 13. N Carolina State 37 Florida 6. Bucknell 0; Rutgers 25. Holy Cross 12; Temple T. Georgetown 19; NYU 12. Maryland IA; Michigan State 26. Syracuse 21; Columbia 59. Duke T; North Carolina P. Michigan 58; Ohio Sc te 6. Illinois 20; Northwestern 0. Furman ‘; Georgia Tech Al. Indiana 34; Purdue 20. Baylor 0; s. Methodist 35. Citadel 21; Davidson l3. Johns Hopkins o; University o1 Buffalo 16. Minnesota 6; Wisconsin 0. West Virginia O; Virginia 2l. Clemson 21; Auburn 13 Texas Christian 0; Rice l3 Mississippi s. 20; Mississippi 0. Notre Dame 4l; Tulane 0. Tennessee T; Kentucky 0.

  • The Evening star's story: Week Ends College Grid Stors

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1946, page 21 (results column)

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    Week Ends College Grid Stors Southern Cal, 1895, In first minute OF fourth quarter, adding extra point. Louis Kusserow, Columbia Led Lions in 59–⁠21 defeat Of Syracuse with three touchdowns. Char Justice, North Carolina Spearheaded tar heels air and ground attack In 22–⁠7 win over Duke. Shorty McWilliams, Mississippi State.-Threw one touchdown pass after returning opening kickoff As yards and scored another in victory over Mississippi, 900. Herman Herring, Rutgers. Col lected 13 points in Rutgers ESQ ronp over Bucknell.

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)

Columbia 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 11–⁠9–⁠4 in 24 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1948Columbia 34, Syracuse 28
1947Columbia 28, Syracuse 8
1946Columbia 59, Syracuse 21
1945Columbia 32, Syracuse 0
1944Columbia 26, Syracuse 2
1940Syracuse 3, Columbia 0

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