Syracuse at UCLA

Saturday, December 5, 1959

No. 1 Syracuse beat No. 17 UCLA 36–⁠8. It was their first meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 1–⁠0.

Away1Syracuse11–⁠0 in 1959
36
Home17UCLA5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1959
8

FinalHigh 80°F, low 47°FAttendance 46,436

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SPORTS ROUNDUP Maryland, Colts And Syracuse Come THROUGH

    Evening star, December 6, 1959, page 1

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    SPORTS ROUNDUP Maryland, Colts And Syracuse Come THROUGH The University of Maryland’s football team beat North Caro-. lima State yesterday, 1928, as Quarterback Dale Betty threw three touchdown passes and scored one himself to give the TerpS a SIS season. In the big collegiate game OF the day, unbeaten Syracuse the Nations No. l team, rolled up a big early lead to defeat UCLA, 36–⁠8. On the pro front. Quarter back John Unitas of Baltimore connected on three touchdown passes, for a record 20 thi: season, and scored another himself as the Colts trimmed San Francisco, 34–⁠14. 1t gave the Colts a one-game lead ir the National Football League: Western Division, with one game left to play. Cross Channel was an easy repeat winner in the Pimlicc Cup race at Pimlico, but the big news there was $261.8 80 fol So win mutual paid on RoyaI Rob, winner of the third race “Details in Sports Section)

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 6–⁠2 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1968Syracuse 20, UCLA 7
1967Syracuse 32, UCLA 14
1966UCLA 31, Syracuse 12
1965UCLA 24, Syracuse 14
1964Syracuse 39, UCLA 0
1963Syracuse 29, UCLA 7

Around this game

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