Syracuse at Yale

Saturday, October 1, 1910

Yale beat Syracuse 12–⁠6. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 9–⁠0.

AwaySyracuse5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1910
6
HomeYale6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1910
12

FinalHigh 80°F, low 55°F

In the newspapers

  • The Bismarck daily tribune's story: EASTERN SPORTING EVENTS

    Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], October 2, 1910, page 1

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    EASTERN SPORTING EVENTS ! length Of the fed with the ball. The new rules did not bring out any start ling features. Harvard 32-Bowdoin o. | Cambridge, Oct. 1.-Harvard, by speedy play, rolled up 81 points on Bowdoin today and did not allow the Maine team to come With 4 2S yards of scoring. Open play prev allied aud both teams used the forward pass frequently. Slight bruises were the only injuries. Harvard showed much Improvement since the game with Bates. Yale 12-Syracuse 6. New Harven, Oct. 1.-iale had TO extend herself to beat Syracuse II to 6. The visitors made their score on two kicks from placement At the opening Syracuse muffed Yale’s kick off and Yale made a touchdown from the eight yard line. The forward pass was used three times by Yale and twice by Syracuse. Chicago 9-Cincinnati s. Cincinnati. Oct. by winning todays game from Cincinnati Chicago cinched tie for the National league pennant The victory was a costly one. however, inasmuch as Second Baseman Johnnie Evers, in sliding to the plate in the fifth inning, broke a bone in his light ankle, and will not only be out of the game FOR the remainder of the league season, but cannot possibly take part in the worlds series in case Chicago wins the pennant Beebe’s wildEess was responsible for the defeat today. Gin cinnati outhit the visitors and the fielding of the Cubs, which was poor, was about on a par.

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: SYRACUSE KICKER SCORES FIELD GOALS ON YALE. The Blue Wins, IL to 6-Yale Scored in First and Last Periods.

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, October 3, 1910, page 1

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    SYRACUSE KICKER SCORES FIELD GOALS ON YALE. The Blue Wins, IL to 6-Yale Scored in First and Last Periods. Yale excelled in some of the fundamental principles over Syracuse at Yale field Saturday afternoon and won the game by score of IL to 6. Yale made her points BIZ touchdowns in the first and fourth periods, Philbin and Reilly carry the ball over the line and Captain Daily kicking both goals. Syracuse’s points came from two field goals made by Waite, from the 81 and A yard lines, both goals receiving gen erous applause from the Yale crowd in the stands. Syracuse played an up to date game, short forward passes, which went where they were intended to, sharp tackling and clean handling of the ball being responsible for keep ing Yale on the defensive most of the time. Yale made the first touchdown in half minute and three plays from the kickoff. Her second came from g. finely handled forward pass from Daily to Reilly, who lodged through the Syracuse team for 90 yards, crossing the line al the extreme corner of the field.

  • The Los Angeles herald's story: VALE 12. SYRACUSE 8

    Los Angeles herald, California, October 2, 1910, page 16

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    VALE 12. SYRACUSE 8 NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 1.-Yale had to exert herself today to beat Syracuse, 12 to 6. The visitors made their score on two kicks from placement AT the opening Syracuse INJURED fales Ixickoff and Yale made a touchdown from the eighth yard line. The forward pass was used three times by Yale and twice by Syracuse.

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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1912Yale 21, Syracuse 0
1911Yale 12, Syracuse 0
1910Yale 12, Syracuse 6
1909Yale 15, Syracuse 0
1908Yale 5, Syracuse 0
1907Yale 11, Syracuse 0

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