Amherst at Syracuse

Saturday, October 26, 1901

Syracuse beat Amherst 28–⁠17. It was their second meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayAmherst4–⁠6–⁠2 in 1901
17
HomeSyracuse7–⁠2 in 1901
28

FinalHigh 68°F, low 31°FAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: saw the game. The lineup: Chicago Pennsylvania. SYRACUSE DRUBs AMHERST. SCORE OF THE vICToRs Is IS AGAINST THEIR OPPONENTS Il

    New-York tribune, New York, October 27, 1901, page 5

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    saw the game. The lineup: Chicago Pennsylvania. SYRACUSE DRUBs AMHERST. SCORE OF THE vICToRs Is IS AGAINST THEIR OPPONENTS Il Syracuse y Y Oct. 26-Syracuse defeated Am herst to-day by the Of % TO Il. The feature OF the first half a sixty-yard run by Brown through the entire Amherst team for touchdown The Amherst line held well in this half but the pace seemed 10 be too fast for them. and in the second half the local smashed through for long gains. scoring four touchdowns Morris Of Syracuse. carried off the honors of the day punt The linenp.

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)

Syracuse 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1902Syracuse 15, Amherst 0
1901Syracuse 28, Amherst 17
1900Syracuse 5, Amherst 0

Around this game

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