Syracuse at Maryland
Saturday, October 7, 1961 Share
Maryland beat Syracuse 22–21. It was their 11th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 5–5–1.
FinalHigh 82°F, low 43°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 8, 1961, page 96
Read the text
Maryland Upsets Syracuse 22–21 Two-Point Aerial Shared byCoIIins Maryland probably the most thrilling football game played in Byrd Stadium roaring from behind midway fourth quarter beat Syracuse yesterday before standing m-only crowd of IS 900. Gary Collins cinaxed AAmercan afternoon by taking twopont conversion from Richie Novak for the winning
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
- MARYLAND DOWNS SYRACUSE - 22-21In the last minute gamble, the Maryland Terrapins run a conversion try against Syracuse successfully and thus come out one point on top.
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 59% to win. Maryland won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Syracuse–Maryland gameSyracuse leads 19–16–2 in 37 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.
| 2019 | Maryland 63, Syracuse 20 | |
| 2014 | Maryland 34, Syracuse 20 | |
| 2013 | Syracuse 20, Maryland 3 | |
| 1994 | Syracuse 21, Maryland 16 | |
| 1991 | Syracuse 31, Maryland 17 | |
| 1988 | Syracuse 20, Maryland 9 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gameat NebraskaOct. 14, 1961
- SeasonSyracuse in 1961
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Maryland
- Next gamevs. North CarolinaOct. 14, 1961
- SeasonMaryland in 1961
- ProgramMaryland history and records