Boston University at Syracuse

Saturday, October 5, 1957

Syracuse beat Boston University 27–⁠20. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 9–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayBoston University5–⁠3 in 1957
20
HomeSyracuse5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1957
27

FinalHigh 64°F, low 36°FAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Syracuse Nips Boston y, On Late Score, 27-20

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1957, page 1

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    Syracuse Nips Boston y, On Late Score, 27–⁠20 Aloise In the end zone. With q first on the vineyard line. Syracuse broke the 1920 knot when Zimmerman plowed over. Dick Lasse added the point from placement. Syracuse blew q l4-point bulge In the first half. The Orange scored first when Lou Mautino, reserve guard, intercepted q oBston pass and hob bled for the touchdown. Al Gerlick kicked the point. SYRIA cuse added q second score early in the second period with Conn carrying the last yard. Again Gerliek converted. A tumble midway in the Sec ond period set up Boston’s first score. The Terriers went &c yards in four plays. The extra point try by Dean failed. Boston univsrsity : 9 y g Ese Boston University scQrins-Touehdowns. Dean Csc, runls Camera (2J, pass from HID: NatQ q. pass frum HiIl. Conversions: sullivan 2. tho i5s. pass interespfionl: Conn 2 n. plungs;. 1-ioot plungeli thinner man q plunss). Conversions: Ger

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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 12–⁠3–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Syracuse 35, Boston University 7
1959Syracuse 46, Boston University 0
1958Syracuse 42, Boston University 0
1957Syracuse 27, Boston University 20
1956Syracuse 21, Boston University 7
1955Syracuse 27, Boston University 12

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