Cornell at Syracuse
Saturday, October 11, 1952 Share
Syracuse beat Cornell 26–6. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 22–8.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 30°FAttendance 23,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1952, page 68
Read the text
Long Scoring Dashes Set Pace as Syracuse Thumps Cornell, 26–6 SYRACUSE. N. Y. Oct. IL Ray Perkins touchdown dashes of 73 and 78 yards set the pace for a humping 1855 Syracuse football triumph over Cornell today in Archbold Stadium. His running mate at left helfback, Bob Leberman. also scored twice-one on a 54-yard romp and another from the six-yard line. A crowd estimated at $4,000 saw Syracuse post it’s eighth victory over Cornell in a series dating back to 1891. The Orange punched out $40 yards rushing to the Big Reds 1876, but. fell short on pass ing by 81 to 120 yards. 1t was Cornell’s third straight loss this season. Cliggott Scores for Cornell. Dick Cliggott went across with Cornell’s only touchdown on 35yard pass from Tony D’Agostino. Jim Van Buren’s try for the extra point was blocked by Neil Brenreman.
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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Cornell–Syracuse gameCornell leads 23–11 in 34 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1958 | Syracuse 55, Cornell 0 | |
| 1957 | Syracuse 34, Cornell 0 | |
| 1954 | Cornell 14, Syracuse 6 | |
| 1953 | Syracuse 26, Cornell 0 | |
| 1952 | Syracuse 26, Cornell 6 | |
| 1951 | Cornell 21, Syracuse 14 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gameat YaleOct. 18, 1952
- SeasonCornell in 1952
- ProgramCornell history and records
Syracuse
- Next gameat Michigan StateOct. 18, 1952
- SeasonSyracuse in 1952
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

