Williams at Syracuse
Saturday, October 24, 1903 Share
Williams beat Syracuse 17–5. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Williams led the series 4–1.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 34°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 2,500
In the newspapers

The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 26, 1903, page 9
Read the text
Williams Beats Syracuse. Syracuse. N; Y, Oct. 26.-Syracuse uni versity went down to defeat Saturday afternoon before the strong Williams eleven by the score of II to in game tercely fought. Captain O’Neill kicked a handsome drop goal from the Williams twenty ward line in the first four minutes Of play which was the only score of the half. In the second half a Williams man got the ball shortly after the kickoff and after a couple Of plays Watson carried 1t over for the first touchdown, and Captain Peabody kick the goal. This encouraged the visitors and they made two more couch downs. Peabody and Durfee turning the tricks.
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 66% to win. Williams pulled the upset.
The series
Every Williams–Syracuse gameWilliams leads 4–3 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1908 | Syracuse 23, Williams 0 | |
| 1907 | Syracuse 9, Williams 0 | |
| 1903 | Williams 17, Syracuse 5 | |
| 1902 | Syracuse 26, Williams 17 | |
| 1899 | Williams 6, Syracuse 0 | |
| 1896 | Williams 24, Syracuse 6 |
Around this game
Williams
- Next gameat BrownOct. 31, 1903
- SeasonWilliams in 1903
- ProgramWilliams history and records
Syracuse
- Next gameat YaleNov. 7, 1903
- SeasonSyracuse in 1903
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
