Syracuse at Yale
Saturday, October 2, 1909 Share
Yale beat Syracuse 15–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 8–0.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 46°F
In the newspapers

The Cairo bulletin, Cairo, Ill., October 3, 1909, page 1
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CHICAGO BEATS PRUOUt ELEVEN SWEPT OFF ITS FEET BY SPEED OF Stages PLAYERS. ILLINOIS BEAT MILLIkIN Harvard Won From Bowdoin BY Sue cessfui Use CT Forward Pass Yale Victorious In Hot Game With Syracuse. Chicago, Oct. e.. The University CT Chicago inaugurated the football sea son by overwhelmingly defeating Purdue. 40 to o, at Ma9s..aii I5iatsi tosiay. The Purdue team wa1 awapt on ds feet tg the speed a.i hfiiliaacy the Chicago attacks. In the earlv part of the first ha,f ghicago roff ! BY PuFdles miataaeg. htt TIN VIII ore soon became f’,noraliasi | Chicago scored frequently Tie SEQ at the end Of the srst laif vas a ito G. Stages men as USUAL employed naw football whenever Purdue least ex- pected IT, A brilliant repertoire Of forward passes, on side kicks, anl I’M Expected returned punts played havoc with the heavy lut slow defense of Purdue One the offensive the Pureslue backs displayed lamentah,e lack fuf unison The heavy line Of the Lafayette lteam was torn to shreds by the fast leharging pony forwards Of Chicago | stagg shifted his line up IN the second half and new front did not work with the ease and precision characteri2ing the Chicago attack IN 1.-THE first half. The Purdue team was badly dlsorganized In the second haff, hut Chicago’s frequent lapseA prevented the winners making \ largaf Itetai..

Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 3, 1909, page 1
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YALE SYRACUSE DEFEATS sly Victory of Blues Due to Larp Variety of PIava victory OF Blues Due to Large Variety of Plays. NEW HAVEN, Conn, oct. 2.-varIed playing won the game against Syracuse Tor the Yale football team. Is to 0. one touchdown was made as the result of line plunging, a goal was kicked from the field and the second touchdown followed a forward pass. Howe showed up wen az quarter and the run of the veterans Hobbs Goebel and Murphy, strength ened the team greatly. There were several changes in the second half in the Yale lineup. Howe going In at quarter and running the team like a whrlwind. Haines sprained a knee in the first half and will be out of the game for several days. Score; Yale, Is; Syracuse, 0. Touch DOWNS: DAILY, Vaughn. Goals from touch downs: Hobbs, ?. Goal frcSl field: DAILY.

The Montgomery advertiser, October 3, 1909, page 12
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YALE THE VICTOR SYRACUSE ELEVEN UNABLE TO GAIN AGAINST ELLIS. Varied Playing Won for New Haven Team-Line PIunging Frequent. ly Resorted to With the Forward PaHa. New Haven, Conn.,. Oct. 2.-varied playing won the game against Syra- cuse for the Yale football team today 15 to 0. One touchdown was made as the re- suit of line plunging: goal was kicked from the field and the second touchdown followed a forward pass Howe showed up well at quarter and the return of the veterans. Hobbs, Goe- bel and Murphy strengthened the team greatly. Summary Yale, Is; Syracuse, 0. Touchdowns. Daily. Vaughn. Goals from touchdowns. Hobbs, 3. Goal from field Daily Referee, Langford. Umpire, Minds Field Judge. Gitinger. Time. i5 and 20 minute halves.
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)
Yale 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Syracuse–Yale gameYale leads 11–0 in 11 meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1912 | Yale 21, Syracuse 0 | |
| 1911 | Yale 12, Syracuse 0 | |
| 1910 | Yale 12, Syracuse 6 | |
| 1909 | Yale 15, Syracuse 0 | |
| 1908 | Yale 5, Syracuse 0 | |
| 1907 | Yale 11, Syracuse 0 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. Rochester (NY)Oct. 9, 1909
- SeasonSyracuse in 1909
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. Holy CrossOct. 6, 1909
- SeasonYale in 1909
- ProgramYale history and records

