Amherst at Syracuse
Saturday, October 26, 1901 Share
Syracuse beat Amherst 28–17. It was their second meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 31°FAttendance 5,000
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York, October 27, 1901, page 5
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Amherst–Syracuse gameSyracuse leads 3–0 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1902 | Syracuse 15, Amherst 0 | |
| 1901 | Syracuse 28, Amherst 17 | |
| 1900 | Syracuse 5, Amherst 0 |
Around this game
Amherst
- Next gameat Union (NY)Nov. 2, 1901
- SeasonAmherst in 1901
- ProgramAmherst history and records
Syracuse
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 9, 1901
- SeasonSyracuse in 1901
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
