Syracuse at Ohio State
Saturday, November 25, 1911 Share
Syracuse beat Ohio State 6–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 36°F, low 25°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 26, 1911, page 1
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SYRACUSE ON TOP Beats Ohio State on a Slippery Field, 6 to o. IN 7O-YARD RUN Victors Had Ball Four Times Inside the Losers Ten-Yard Line. W31 COLUMBUS. Ohio. November 25.-Syracuse won from Ohio State today on slip perry field. to o. and four times after the making of the one touchdown advanced inside the losers 10-yard line, either to lose the ball on downs or have Fogg’s drop kicking attempts fail. FulEback Castle scored for Syracuse, running 20 yards to do so. Early in the first period Fogg muffed punt and gave Ohio State chance In Syracuse terri tory. Whitman tried drop kick Of 35 yards. but the ball shot low into the line and came bounding back. Castle picked 1t up and was off on his run, l.. Smith reaching him five yards from the line, but being dragged over. Fogg’s goal kick made the sixth point. Syracuse was unable to advance for the remainder Of the first half but In the second F’oggs end running put Ohio in danger four times. Twice the bail was taken over on downs and twice Fogg kicked for goal to no avail Ohio States forwards, particularly Markley and Raymond. rendered excel lent service. Syracuse’s ends seldom were eluded. while it’s offensive strength conferred in Fogg.

The Calumet news, Calumet, Mich., November 27, 1911, page 7 (results column)
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MINNESOTA CLAIMS HoNoRs. Wisconsin’s Defeat Gives Gophers Observation-Disclosures Ties. Championship.-Mi Ties. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 27.-Nebraska university and the teams of Coach Yost Iof Michigan Saturday battled through the football game with a 6 to tie score 1t was probably the hardest contest ever witnessed on Nebraska field and the corn huskers held their heavier opponents TO a score quite satisfactory to the followers of the Red and White. In both departments of the game the Michigan men were really outclassed. IConklin proved himself the savior OF Michigan. Playing well back of his position at left end, he blocked an at tempted punt. grabbed the ball and set il behind the Nebraska goal in the third quarter and a moment later kicked the goal which gave the Wolvcrincsh their six points. Less than three minutes elapsed before Nebraska took advantage of a fumbled pass to secure the BAH on Michigan’s 10-yard line. Three line plunges, a department i’m which Ne braska was superior throughout the contest sent Purdy over for a touch down The kick-out was perfect and Potter had an easy goal. Minnesota Claims Championship. Champaign, Ill.,, Nov 27.-University of Minnesota football players have put in their claim for the big eight” championship. The victors over the University of Illinois, II to 0. in thrilling game here Saturday. the Gophers claim the western football I’ll tie through the defeat of Wisconsin ut Chicago. Wisconsin played Minneso- TO a week ago for the conference hon ors, the game resulting in a 6-to-6 tie. Neither team had been defeated this season until today. Mlnnesota’s triumph over Illinois was the resul of the bulldog attacks of Left Halfback Rosenwald and Right Half Stevens, who scored Minnesota’s touchdown. Fullback Morrcll failed att one goal. Chicago Beats Wisconsin. Chicago. ILL.,. Nov. 27.-Chicago held Wisconsin out of a first place tie i’m the western football conference byI winning from the Badgers here Saturday to 0. A touchdown by Fullback | Pierce gave Chicago the victory. | Right Guard Scruby failed to make II six in his try at goal. other games played Saturday resuited as follows: Navy 3; Army o. Yale. o; Harvard 0. Carlisle %; John Hopkins o. Brown 6; Trinity 6. Ohio state 0; Syracuse 6. Lafayette IL: Lehigh 0. Iowa G: Northwestern 0 Purdue 10: Indiana 3. Marquette university 81; Loyola 0. Missouri 3: Kansas 3. Case rs: Worcester o. washington 0; Arkansas 2. Miami 3. Western Reserve 8. Wesleyan Il: Denison 0. Advertise in The News for results.

The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, November 26, 1911, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS. AT Cambridge Yale, 0; Harvard, O.. At Philadelphia-Navy 5; Army, o.. At Baltimore-Carli 20; Johns Hopkins, 6. At Providence Trinity G; Brown, 6. At South ethlehem-Lafayette IL; Lehigh, 0. At Ohio state-syracuse 6; Ohio State, 0. At Washington, Washington and jefferson IL; Villa Nova 6. At Pittsburgh-Carnegie Tech o.; Rennsaeler IL. At Chicago Chicago 5; Wisconsin o. At Urbana-1 Illinois 0; Minnesota IL. At Lincoln Michigan 6; Nebraska At Columbia Missouri 8; Kansas 3 At st. Louis-Arkansas 6; Washing ton D. At Cleyeland-Case 16; Wooster 0 At Des Moines--Ames 6; Drake 0. At Cincinnati-Cincinn 5; Wit tenberg 0. At Oxford, ohio-Miami 5; Reserve 10. At Delaware, ohio-w Wesleyan II Dennison 0. At Bloomington, Ind.-Purdue IL Indiana, s. At Greencastle, Ind-Earlham 10 Depauw 0. At Iowa city-Iowa State U. 6 Northwestern 0. At Mt. vernon-Grinnell 0; Cornell

The Norfolk weekly news-journal, Norfolk, Neb., December 1, 1911, page 4 (results column)
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Football Scores. Creighton, o. st. Thomas, 0, Bellevue, g. Doane, O. Kansas, 3; Missouri 8. Arkansas. 3; Washington, Q. Carlisle, 20; Hopkins, 6. Brown, 6; Trinity, 6. St. Louis University (second team 2S; Springfield Normal, 0. st. johns, 0; Wayland, 0. Cincinnati University, 5; Witten burg, O.. Ohio State, 0; Syracuse, 6. Case, 1G; Wooster, 0.
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 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Syracuse–Ohio State gameOhio State leads 4–2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1992 | Ohio State 35, Syracuse 12 | |
| 1991 | Syracuse 24, Ohio State 17 | Hall of Fame Bowl |
| 1988 | Ohio State 26, Syracuse 9 | |
| 1980 | Ohio State 31, Syracuse 21 | |
| 1979 | Ohio State 31, Syracuse 8 | |
| 1911 | Syracuse 6, Ohio State 0 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gameat Saint LouisNov. 30, 1911
- SeasonSyracuse in 1911
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 19, 1912
- SeasonOhio State in 1911
- ProgramOhio State history and records

