Colgate at Syracuse

Saturday, November 13, 1909

Colgate beat Syracuse 6–⁠5. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 3–⁠2.

AwayColgate5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1909
6
HomeSyracuse4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1909
5

FinalHigh 62°F, low 46°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Bennington evening banner's story: SATURDAYS FOOTBALL RESULTS

    The Bennington evening banner, Bennington, Vt., November 15, 1909, page 6 (results column)

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    SATURDAYS FOOTBALL RESULTS AT syracuse-Colgate, 6; Syracuse 5. At Cambridge. Mass-Harvard, u; Dartmouth. 8. AT delphia-Michigau u; Pennsylvania, 6. At New Haven-Yale, II; Prince ton, 0. At Cambridge-Harvard Freshmen II; Yale Freshmen, 0. AT Ithaca-Cornen g. Chicago 6. At Annapolis-Navy II; Western Reserve, 6. At New York-Fordham, 80; R. P l., 0. At Washington-Uniy of Vir. ginia, 81; Georgetown, 0. At Springfield Mass-springfeld Training School, 70; Mass, Agricultural College, 0. At Brunswick Me.-Bowdoin, 90; University of Maine, 0. At Lewiston, Pa.-Dickinson, G.; Bucknell, 6. At Hartford, Conn.-Trinity, 70; Wesleyan, 6. At Pittsburg-University of Pitts burg, II; Washington and Jefferson, g. At South Bethlehem-Lehigh, s.; Naw York Irnivarsitv At Carlisle. Pa.-Carlisle Indians, So; Gettysburg, 0. At Easton, Pa.--Lafayette, 4S; State Normal. 0. At Mortified, vt-Norwich, 10; Middlebury, 0. At Providence-Brown, II; University of Vermont, 0. AT Chicago-Illinois, So; Northwestern. 0. At Baltimore-John Hopkins Uni versity, 2S; Galladet College, 0. AT Worcester, Mass.-Holy Cross, %; Worcester Polytechnic Instituted. At Williamstown, Mass.-Williams, II; Amherst. o. At Madison-Minnesota, “a; Wis consin, 6. AT Annapolis-St. Johns College, 60; Mount st. Joseph College. Baltimore, O. At Durham. n. New Hampshire State, II; Rhode Island State, 5. At New Brunswick. N. Rutgers, II; Hayerford, o. At Medford Mass.-Tufts, l6; Bates IL.

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 60% to win. Colgate won as Elo’s underdog.

Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Syracuse 66, Colgate 24
2023Syracuse 65, Colgate 0
2016Syracuse 33, Colgate 7
2010Syracuse 42, Colgate 7
1987Syracuse 52, Colgate 6
1982Syracuse 49, Colgate 15

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