Syracuse vs. TCU
Tuesday, January 1, 1957, Cotton Bowl Share
No. 14 TCU beat No. 8 Syracuse 28–27. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalTV: NBCAttendance 61,500Referee: C.W. Davis (SWC; split crew: SWC, Independent)
MVPs Jim Brown (Syracuse RB); Norman Hamilton (TCU T)Wikipedia
On the newsreel
- COTTON BOWLDallas, TCU upsets Syracuse, 28-27, despite a fantastic show by the Oranges' one-man gang, Jimmy Brown
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Photos from the game
The Matchday programme available at the Cotton Bowl ClassicPhoto: Susan Natalie Freeman, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Syracuse 56% to win. TCU pulled the upset.
The series
Every Syracuse–TCU gameTCU leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateSept. 28, 1957
- SeasonSyracuse in 1956
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
TCU
- Next gamevs. KansasSept. 21, 1957
- SeasonTCU in 1956
- ProgramTCU history and records