West Virginia at Syracuse
Saturday, October 24, 1959 Share
No. 6 Syracuse beat West Virginia 44–0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 5–2.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 53°F, 0.45 in. of rainAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1959, page 1
Read the text
Army’s Caldwell Picked on Weekly AII-Eust Squad NEW YORK. Oct. ~ tAP).- Army. Dartmouth, Princeton and Juniata are represented in the backfleld of the weekly ALI East football team based or performances last Saturday. Joe Caldwell Of Army is the quarterback whose eight COM pleted passes in IA attempts against Colorado State set q new Cadet record Of “a for the season. Halfback Jake Crouthamel OF Dartmouth and Hugh Scott OF Princeton between them gained a total Of 235 yards on muddy fields. The Dartmouth star gained 1872 yards against Harward. Scott made l03 against Cornell and scored two touch downs. Fullback Bill Berrier of Juniata scored two touchdowns kicked three extra points, and rushed for lot yards in his teams victory over Western Maryland. Sophomore Of the week as selected in the polls of press box observers Is Syracuse’s Ernie Davis, who gained al yards in nine plays and scored two touchdowns as the Orange trampled West Virginia, 44–0. The team: Ends-Bobb Simms, Rutgers, and John Seksinsky, Penn. Tackles-Dave Thompson, Tufts. and George Thompson, Union. Center-Dave Bishop, Connecticut. Quarterback – Joe Caldwell, Army. Halfbacks-Jake Crouthamel Dartmouth, and Hugh Scott, Princeton. Fullback-Bill Berrier, Jun iata.
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.
On the newsreel
- SYRACUSE BLASTS WEST VIRGINIAIn Syracuse, the unbeaten Orange devastates the Mountaineers of West Virginia, with a slashing, variety filled, powerhouse attack, that runs up forty-four-nothing shutout.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Syracuse 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every West Virginia–Syracuse gameSyracuse leads 34–27 in 61 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.
| 2018 | Syracuse 34, West Virginia 18 | Camping World Bowl |
| 2012 | Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14 | Pinstripe Bowl |
| 2011 | Syracuse 49, West Virginia 23 | |
| 2010 | Syracuse 19, West Virginia 14 | |
| 2009 | West Virginia 34, Syracuse 13 | |
| 2008 | West Virginia 17, Syracuse 6 |
Around this game
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. Penn StateOct. 31, 1959
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1959
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
Syracuse
- Next gameat PittsburghOct. 31, 1959
- SeasonSyracuse in 1959
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

