Syracuse vs. Army
Saturday, November 5, 1960 Share
Army beat No. 9 Syracuse 9–6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Army led the series 8–4.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 40°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 66,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1960, page 23 (results column)
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first place in the Southern Conference after Davidson knocked OF co-leader Virginia Tech. 9–6. meets The Citadel. VMI beat outsider Lehigh last week, 1914. Syracuse, ranked ninth, saw its season pretty well 60 up in smoke when Army handed 1T a 9–6 licking. 1t was the Sec ond straight loss after a 16game victory streak. The only other unbeaten in action, Utah State go, took first place in the Skyline Conference with a 1913 victory over Wyoming. New Mexico State (7-O was idle. Notre Danes fortunes ebbed still lower when Pitt handed the Irish a record-making sixth straight loss, 20–13. The Irish have won once and have three games remaining. And Auburn’s Ed Dyas set a national season record when he kicked his eighth and ninth field goals and tied a career mark of 10 against Mississippi State. The Auburn fullback scored 81 points. add ing on pair Of touchdowns and kicking 3 extra points in a 27-l2 victory.
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 68% to win. Army pulled the upset.
The series
Every Syracuse–Army gameSyracuse leads 12–10 in 22 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 2023 | Syracuse 29, Army 16 | |
| 1996 | Syracuse 42, Army 17 | |
| 1990 | Syracuse 26, Army 14 | |
| 1989 | Syracuse 10, Army 7 | |
| 1986 | Army 33, Syracuse 28 | |
| 1984 | Syracuse 27, Army 16 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 12, 1960
- SeasonSyracuse in 1960
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Army
- Next gameat PittsburghNov. 12, 1960
- SeasonArmy in 1960
- ProgramArmy history and records

