Williams at Syracuse
Saturday, October 31, 1908 Share
Syracuse beat Williams 23–0. It was their seventh meeting; Williams leads the series 4–3.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 30°F, 0.03 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Bennington evening banner, Bennington, Vt., November 2, 1908, page 1
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WILLIAMS IS THOROUGHLY BEATEN ON GR,DIRON At SYRACUSE Berkshire Boys Failed to Score While Chloride Of Sodium Eleven Made % Points Syracuse. Nov. BY all around superior play Syracuse University SAT urday afternoon defeated Williams col lege % TO o, before some eight thous. and persons. The game was played in the Stadium, which resounded with the cheers OF both sides as Williams had her share of supporters. Quarter back Banks was easily the star of the struggle. and never failed to make a gain when he carried the ball Capt Horn too, was a tower of strength. and Hinkey who played his first game at end, displayed the fact that he was the brother of the one-great Yale end. Louis Hinkey. After the first five minutes Of play the score was never in doubt After the game Coach Wiles Elder of Williams congratulated Coach Howard Jones of the city Of salt ON his splendid eleven Jones and Elder started their football car GERS on the same team at Exeter and today met as rival coaches for the first time

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 1, 1908, page 1
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WILLIAMS SNOWED UNDER Syracuse Defeats PoVcerfuI Ne50 ENGLAND Team by Large Score. Syracuse. Oct G.-By all around superior play ing Syracuse University defeated Williams College by a score of q to to-day before some eight thousand persons. The game was PLAYED IN the stadium which rss0unded with the cheers OF oota sides as Williams had her share OF supporters Banks the Orange quarterback was easily the star cf the struggle. and he never failed to make gain when he carried the ball Captain HOrr. too. was a tower Of strength After the first five minutes OF play the result ,,-se never N Doubt After the game Wiss Elder. the williams coach. congratulated Howard Jones. ~ Syracuse on hts srlsndid eleven Jones ana Elaer started their football careers on the sans team az Exeter. and to-day met as rival coaches for the first time. ~

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1908, page 1
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Williams Beaten by Syracuse. SYRACUSE. n. v. October 31.-By all round playing Syracuse University defeat ed Williams College by ~ to today before some eight thousand persons. The game was played in the stadium, which resounded with the cheers of both sides. for Williams had her share of supporters. Quarterback Banks was easily the best player, in the game, and never failed to make a gain when he carried the ball Capt. Horn too. was a tower of strength and Hinkey. who played his first game at end. displayed the fact that he was the brother of the once great Yale end. Louis Hinkey. After the first five minutes of play the score was never in doubt. Summary: Touchdowns. Stein ca. Hinkey. Banks Goals Stein CD. Officials: Southworth. Harvard; Sharpe, Yale, and Vail, Pennsylvania.
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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Williams–Syracuse gameWilliams leads 4–3 in seven meetings.
| 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 HarvardOct. 9, 1909
- SeasonWilliams in 1908
- ProgramWilliams history and records
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 7, 1908
- SeasonSyracuse in 1908
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
