Williams at Syracuse

Saturday, October 24, 1903

Williams beat Syracuse 17–⁠5. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Williams led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayWilliams6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1903
17
HomeSyracuse0–⁠3 in 1903
5

FinalHigh 44°F, low 34°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 2,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: Williams Beats Syracuse.

    The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 26, 1903, page 9

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    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.

Williams leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1908Syracuse 23, Williams 0
1907Syracuse 9, Williams 0
1903Williams 17, Syracuse 5
1902Syracuse 26, Williams 17
1899Williams 6, Syracuse 0
1896Williams 24, Syracuse 6

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