Rochester (NY) at Syracuse
Saturday, October 17, 1914 Share
Syracuse beat Rochester (NY) 19–0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 12–0.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 58°F, 0.03 in. of rain
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 18, 1914, page 1
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Coming Indoor Swimming Season To Be Record One SYRACUSE WINS EASILY Routs Rochester with Only Substitutes on the Field. Syracuse. Oct. with Captain Shufelt the only member of the varsity playing his regular position, the SYRIA cuse University football team defeated the University of Rochester by a score of ~ to 0. this afternoon. Though the field was sodden, the lighter Syracuse team was able to out play Rochester in every department Of the game Numerous clever end runs were executed, the line was hammered hard and forward passes were used with frequent success. O’Neill, the Syracuse coach, looking forward to the game with Michigan next week as one Of the hardest on his schedule, kept all but two varsity men on the bench during the entire game. Captain Shufelt started at right end and was tower of strength. When the game was won he was replaced by Farber. Travis. who has been playing at right end. was used in the backtield. He will not be used there regularly. Johnson and Rafter played well at quarterback for Syracuse.

South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 19, 1914, page 8 (results column)
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.NOTRE DAME MEN GET BIC OVATION Student Body Welcomes Play erS Home After Game at New HaVen-Team Learned New Lesson From Yale Contest. Led by Z band, the entire Notre Dame student body marched to the Lake Shore station this afternoon where the gold and blue football eleven which played at New Haven Saturday was welcomed home. The defeated team made a record IN the east which cannot be forgotten al though they lost the long anticipated Yale contest and the students gave the men a rOusing welcome when they arrived at $3.50. Despite the victory of Yale over the locals the students realize that Notre Dame fought throughout the battle ana went DOWN TO defeat, fight ing, and so the bruised and battered warriors, were given warm well come on their return home. University students and alumni are proud of the blue and gold eleven and they have every reason to be. News paper reports from the east declare that the South Benders put up a clever exhibition in the battle with ola Eli. They were bewildeTed by the rugby style OF passing which Yale has developed and this in the main is given as the cause of the Yale victory. Reports from the east declare that Notre Dame was in the game from the beginning to the end and display ed the schools characteristic fighting spirit The reports also say that luck broke agtinst the westerners. Twice, once at the end of the first half and again at the end of the game, the Hoosiers were but a few yards from the Yale goal line when the whistle blew. One newspaper account says: ‘Notre Dame was out-generaled and out-played but not disgraced.” NOtre Dame made first down 16 times, as against 3 times for Yale, and worked six forward passes successfully, while Yale only made three successful ones. Immediately upon his arrival here, Coach Harper Will make preparations for the hard games remaining on the Notre Dame schedule. After returning from the east, the team will prepare to go west for the game with South Dakota at Sioux Falls, next Saturday South Dakota was beaten by Minnesota at Mime apolis Saturday, 20 TO Z, but playing at Sioux Falls they will probably fur nish tough opposition for Notre Dame. The Haskell Indians, whom Notre Dame Will meet here a week from Saturday, defeated Creighton univers- | ity Saturday. SO to o. The Army, with whom the locals will clash the following week. defeated Colgate, p to Z. The Carlisle Indians, who with Notre Dame will furnish the attracton at COmiskey park, Chicago, Nov. IA were defeated by Pittsburgh, 10 10 8, and Syracuse. whom Notre Dame will play at Syracuse on Thanksgiving day, walloped Rochester. 19 TO 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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rochester (NY)–Syracuse gameSyracuse leads 13–0 in 13 meetings, counting the one since this game.
Around this game
Rochester (NY)
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 7, 1914
- SeasonRochester (NY) in 1914
- ProgramRochester (NY) history and records
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 24, 1914
- SeasonSyracuse in 1914
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
