Maryland at Syracuse

Saturday, October 3, 1959

No. 20 Syracuse beat Maryland 29–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 5–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayMaryland5–⁠5 in 1959
0
Home20Syracuse11–⁠0 in 1959
29

FinalHigh 79°F, low 47°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Orange Kills Terp Attack In 900 Win.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1959, page 41

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    Orange Kills Terp Attack In 900 Win. star Stan Writer SYRACUSE, Oct. 3-Marylands football team was humil. lated by Syracuse in full view Of 10000 people this warm, sunny afternoon. gaining only one yard for every Syracuse point in a 29–⁠0 defeat. The 20 yards gained by Maryland’s inept offense was

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 19–⁠16–⁠2 in 37 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Maryland 63, Syracuse 20
2014Maryland 34, Syracuse 20
2013Syracuse 20, Maryland 3
1994Syracuse 21, Maryland 16
1991Syracuse 31, Maryland 17
1988Syracuse 20, Maryland 9

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