Syracuse at Yale

Saturday, October 5, 1912

Yale beat Syracuse 21–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; Yale leads the series 11–⁠0.

AwaySyracuse4–⁠5 in 1912
0
HomeYale7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1912
21

FinalHigh 79°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: YALE IS IMPROVING Takes a Brace and Defeats Syracuse by Score of 21-0. FIRST SCORE IN 2 MINUTES Syracuse Fumbles frequently, Max ing Scores Easier for the Dark Blue. FIRST SCORE IN 2 MINUTES

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 6, 1912, page 58

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    YALE IS IMPROVING Takes a Brace and Defeats Syracuse by Score of 21–⁠0. FIRST SCORE IN 2 MINUTES Syracuse Fumbles frequently, Max ing Scores Easier for the Dark Blue. FIRST SCORE IN 2 MINUTES NEW HAVEN. Conn. October J.-Playing in form markedly improved over that shown i’ll the two preceding games Yale defeated Syracuse here this afternoon. II TO y. The first score was made two min utes after the game started, when Flynn, new man in the Yale backfield, circled the Syracuse right end and ran 20 yards for a touchdown. Flynn and Phil bin scored touchdown each in the sec ond period. Markle kicked all three goals. In the third and fourth periods Yale sent in Il lot of substitutes. Frequent FUN bling throughout the game proved costly to the visitors. Capt. Spalding of Yale did not play, owing to slight illness. The lineup:

  • The Tulsa daily world's story: YALE Wins FROM SYRACUSE EASY BULL DOGS WIN II 10 o VICTORY. PRINCETON TAKES ONE TOO. ALL THE BIC Ones PLAY Harvard Beats Holy Cross. Pcnsyi yania Gets by, Vanderbilt Has pickings.

    Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], October 6, 1912, page 6

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    YALE Wins FROM SYRACUSE EASY BULL DOGS WIN II 10 o VICTORY. PRINCETON TAKES ONE TOO. ALL THE BIC Ones PLAY Harvard Beats Holy Cross. Pcnsyi yania Gets by, Vanderbilt Has pickings. NEW HAVEN, oct 5.--Playing in form markedly improved over that shown In the two preceding games, Yale defeated Syracuse here this aft crnoon 81 to 0. The first score was made two minutes after the game startde when Flynn, new man in the Yale backfield, circled the Syracuse right end and ran 20 yards for touch down. Flynn and Philbin scored a touchdown each In the second period. Markle kicked all three goals In the third and fourth periods Yale sent In lot Of subs, Frequent fumbling throughout the game proved cost ly 10 the visitors. Capt Spalding Of Yale did not play, owing TO a slight Illness.

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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings.

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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