Colgate at Syracuse
Saturday, October 21, 1905 Share
Syracuse beat Colgate 11–5. It was their second meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 2–0.
Finallow 34°F, 0.1 in. of rainAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, October 22, 1905, page 11
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SYRACUSE DEFEATS COLGATE. Syracuse. Oct. n-1n one OF the best games OF football ever seen in this city 0yracuse tny defeated Colgate UNIVERSITY - “ teams were evenly matchen, within a minute after the game had started Cap tain Tucker, of the Syracuse team. broke through the Colgate line and blochen n,psad II IN and ran ten Yards for for q 3 touchdown This was the only score In the first half; ,-.c,sa team, Dlaved f1ol In the second half the SSi”euS0 ‘s”‘‘i F’S - -
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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colgate–Syracuse gameSyracuse leads 32–25–4 in 61 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.
| 2025 | Syracuse 66, Colgate 24 | |
| 2023 | Syracuse 65, Colgate 0 | |
| 2016 | Syracuse 33, Colgate 7 | |
| 2010 | Syracuse 42, Colgate 7 | |
| 1987 | Syracuse 52, Colgate 6 | |
| 1982 | Syracuse 49, Colgate 15 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat DartmouthOct. 28, 1905
- SeasonColgate in 1905
- ProgramColgate history and records
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. LehighOct. 28, 1905
- SeasonSyracuse in 1905
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

