Colgate at Syracuse

Saturday, November 13, 1915

Syracuse beat Colgate 38–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 6–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayColgate5–⁠1 in 1915
0
HomeSyracuse9–⁠1–⁠2 in 1915
38

FinalHigh 50°F, low 36°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: COLGATE Is BURIED, $50, BY SYRACUSE Championship Aspirations Of ConIucrors Of Yale and West Point Killed. 1,yE SMASHES WIN GAME

    The sun, New York, November 14, 1915, page 15

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    COLGATE Is BURIED, $50, BY SYRACUSE Championship Aspirations Of ConIucrors Of Yale and West Point Killed. 1,yE SMASHES WIN GAME s,e,crsr. Nov. I3.-The Syracuse Uni ..,.i,v football team completely routed -. ,,r,d COLGATE eleven to-day, earn a,as IS TO o victory. The conQuerors syale anl West Point were outclassed -, ,cves threatened the Syracuse goal. r.o,o the outset Syracuse carried the .i,v into colgate territory and scored ‘,,n,s, Al will. one of two Syracuse ,nr,hles came with the Syracuse ball on co,sate’s 3 yard line. when touchdown seemed assured On every other occasion syracuse had All quay There were no fiunky sprints .nsr scoopcd fumblcs or intercepted ,.s..s Every inch OF the way was con- .a-.ad and a terrific line smashing and ,n,rinr attack by the syracuse back sa5 Was responsible for the verdict. Wnklnson was the star OF the game. us scored TWO Of the touchdowns, kicked Az. touchdown goals and made IA ma w. W., ~ the twenty-eight first downs y. syracuse The big honors Of the Say we’re divided with him by Chick Wrsban the quarterback, and Babe Wh,c the 273 pound guard, who gave -sm,rNable offensive and defensive Weehnu. BY his keen generalship. cool ,.,aedness. nght and scoring ability. ,,oved himself the greatest quarterback !, ,he history NJ syracuse football teams a, the last ten years. He scored two ,opcbdowns and kicked a field goal from ,bs al yard line on his second attempt a, a drop kick In a game in his football career few Of the COLGATE line gains coming through the centre. which was capably guarded by trio OF New York boys wste. Schlachter and Gilmore. White received two forward passes and made sn,A gains on each. lie intercepted sew ,rJ OF Coleate’s attempts. Colgate tried o,en formations for a few minutes in ,fe las. quarter, but the Orange boys .pIllea every attempt, robbing the Ma room II its only supposed opportunity to score The John n. Archbold Stadium was crowded to capacity. more than $4,000 persons being present. The lineup: syracuse Positions. Colgate. r.Avis Right end. .Nellsor Johnson ...... Right tackle. e.......... Abel Whi,e......... Right guard. ...... Bartor sobl.eh,.r Left guard .......... q ood, 60 Left tackie.......... Wes ~. s.1sy ......... Left end .Stewar Meenan....... Quarterback Andersen bose Right halfbaek. ...., Huboel wilkinson. Left halfbaCk ....... spence EA.;er.......... Fullback ...........G GIN Sore--Sy.acuse, IS: Colgate. o. Touch tcwns-Nilkinson .. Meehan .. Rose. Goal .-c,n ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .. Field goal Neehan drop kick. subs cuse rtEg for Schlachter. Burns for Bra!ney. New tury for Rsf,er, McDonough for Gilmore sa:.- for Newbury, Dumoe for Burns Volt.a ,or Johnson; Colgate. Carroll 70 Csre,se, Genesse for Carroll, Horuung 70 barton U.rlch for Nelson, Castclldnus 70 S-eVart, Nelson for tlrich, stewart 20 Cas,elanos. watkins for Hubbell Refere Evans Williams Cmpire-Hallahan ha n Rate Ilnesman-Luby. Pennsylvania red ‘udge--Lou.s Hinkey. Yale. Time o fer0Is--.5 minutes.

  • The New-York tribune's story: SYRACUSE TEAM FINDS COLGATE AN EASY MARK Con0uerorS of Male and West Point Buried Under 4 Bic Score.

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 14, 1915, page 15

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    SYRACUSE TEAM FINDS COLGATE AN EASY MARK Con0uerorS of Male and West Point Buried Under 4 Bic Score. Syracuse. Nov – The mlghty COL gate football team. cnnQasrer “ Yale art Yves. Point. ass rs Waterloo here tbs afternoon. when the Syracuse Unit vs-sisy eleven. displaying the mos, re usrkae,s football ever seen here, “a red a 8 20 . victory. Twenty thousand persons saw the eattle. N1r.ns -hs crs, Few mlcu-es ~ play 4. was Captain Hoss who carried the bal. down che Sr.l.rcn wi.h continuous lire p.l~ yes ana cf--acNle charming lie tra. s. went svsr Tor che frs, touch down. on line plunge % mere than s.x yards. arc from .ta- time OF there WAS uo question which team would w.n Nher.l- che second quarter. Wilkinson carried che ball down the 6eld or sue s.vs r1stes. ard helped Aeefan over with the second touch down. the enthus- ,lsu became urbOurtst. Thereafter ere crowd was interested only 90 see how large q score Syracuse could ro.. ID against rs oprorerts- An analysis e the play shows tina: Syracuse gained Eve times as much DIS -a1ce as COLGATE on end runs, three and c-e-haif times a. much through the line and about twice as much for forward passing The visitors had been depending upon end runs and forward Passes for victory. OF ffteen forward passes attempted by the Maroon, only fou- we’re successful. while seven Of the eleven attempts By Syracuse Melted nire-y-fve yards. Eight Colgate for ward passes were intercepted b. the Orange. Neehan attempted two field goals. His second try. from the 30-yard line, cleared the bar b. several feet. Will kinson out-k.cked Abel, Of Colgate. Syracuse punted only four times dur ing the game. the average being forty six yards. The Colgate average was forty yards on eight punts. Syracuse made ffty-hve yards in running back punts TO five yards for Colgate. NJ

  • The Evening star's story: SYRACUSE IN front OverwheIms Colgate and Wins by Score of SO to O. MARO0NS' FIRST DEFEAT Victors Gain 418 Yards in Rush ing Ball, to 20 for Opponents.

    Evening star, November 14, 1915, page 14

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    SYRACUSE IN front OverwheIms Colgate and Wins by Score of SO to O. MARO0NS’ FIRST DEFEAT Victors Gain 418 Yards in Rush ing Ball, to 20 for Opponents. SYRACUSE. \. y, November 10 Syracuse overwhelmed Colgate this aft ernoon, IS to 0. 1t was the first time the Hamilton team lost this season. Among their victims were Yale and West Point. Syracuse gained as yards in rushing the ball, as against 20 for the Maroon. Colgate made one dying attempt to score in the final period of play, with a of their nine attempts were spoiled by Syracuse forwards. Wilkinson. the Orange left halfback, sma shed through the Hamiltonians’ line Sc times out of 81 attempts. for total gain of 155 yards. Early in the first period Wilkinson put the ball on the S-yard line, and Capt. Rose made the touchdown. Colgate had the ball for brief interwalls in the second period. but never got the pigskin nearer than Syracuse’s 30 down in this period Syracuse kept to its line-smashing tactics in the third period. Wilkinson put the ball on the 1-yard line and Meehan squirmed through the center of the line for the touchdown. Repeat ed gains by Wilkinson, Rose and Rafter put the 5aIl on the 4-yard line late in the same period. and Wilkinson slipped through tackle for the touchdown. In the last period, goal from drop kick by Meehan from the 25-yard line and touchdown by Meehan brought the total to 3S points. Wilkinson kick ed every goal from the touchdownS.

  • The Arizona republican's story: Prescott Defense Falls Before Rushing Coyote Backs; Locals Win COLLEGE FOOTBALL Syracuse 38-Colgate 0

    Arizona republican, November 14, 1915, page 7

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    Prescott Defense Falls Before Rushing Coyote Backs; Locals Win COLLEGE FOOTBALL Syracuse 38-Colgate 0 SYRACUSE Nov 13. - Syracuse overwhelmed Colgate today 3S to 0. It was the first time the Hamilton team has lost this season.

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 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 51 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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