Colgate at Syracuse
Saturday, November 15, 1947 Share
Syracuse beat Colgate 7–0. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 23–13–4.
FinalHigh 34°F, low 24°FAttendance 36,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, November 16, 1947, page 44
Read the text
Cards Defeat Sho men; G w Nosed Outby Wayne Sun Long Syracuse Run Tops Colgate, 20 SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. 15.-A deceptive play and recovery of q tumble gave Syracuse University a thrill-packed TO triumph over Colgate today in the 48th contest Of a traditional rivalry dating ,back to 1891. A crowd of 5000 witnessed the contest, which roared to a mighty climax In the fourth period, when Syracuse Halfback Walter (Slivers) Slovenski raced 65 yards for the winning touchdown. Alex Paul converted the extra point from placement.
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)
Colgate 54% to win. Syracuse won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Colgate–Syracuse gameSyracuse leads 32–25–4 in 61 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.
| 2025 | Syracuse 66, Colgate 24 | |
| 2023 | Syracuse 65, Colgate 0 | |
| 2016 | Syracuse 33, Colgate 7 | |
| 2010 | Syracuse 42, Colgate 7 | |
| 1987 | Syracuse 52, Colgate 6 | |
| 1982 | Syracuse 49, Colgate 15 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat Boston UniversityNov. 29, 1947
- SeasonColgate in 1947
- ProgramColgate history and records
Syracuse
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 22, 1947
- SeasonSyracuse in 1947
- ProgramSyracuse history and records