Fordham at Syracuse

Saturday, October 27, 1951

Syracuse beat Fordham 33–⁠20. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Fordham led the series 2–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayFordham5–⁠4 in 1951
20
HomeSyracuse5–⁠4 in 1951
33

FinalHigh 58°F, low 32°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Syracuse Substitute | Beats Fordham, 1870

    Evening star, October 28, 1951, page 41

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    Syracuse Substitute | Beats Fordham, 1870 SYRACUSE, N. Y. Oct. 81 Avatus Stone, converted safety man. playing his first offensive role, passed. ran and master minded Syracuse to a 33-to-2( football victory over Fordham today. The 185-pound junior, moved to the quarterback position only this week, threw three touchdown passes and turned in several long runs to help produce another score. A substitute Fordham quarter back, Gene Callahan. turned ir an almost equally good perform iance by throwing two touchdown passes in the final quarter to til the score at 1920. But Syracuse came back in the final minutes to match the Rams two tallies and clinch the game

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)

Fordham 56% to win. Syracuse won as Elo’s underdog.

Syracuse leads 4–⁠2–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1954Syracuse 20, Fordham 7
1953Syracuse 20, Fordham 13
1952Syracuse 26, Fordham 13
1951Syracuse 33, Fordham 20
1950Fordham 13, Syracuse 6
1949Fordham 47, Syracuse 21

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