Syracuse at Oregon State

Wednesday, December 1, 1915

Syracuse beat Oregon State 28–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 1–⁠0.

AwaySyracuse9–⁠1–⁠2 in 1915
28
HomeOregon State0–⁠1 in 1915
0

FinalHigh 54°F, low 33°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: SYRACUSE ROMPS ON OREGON AGGIES Classy Eastern Eleven Scores Two Touchdowns Before Farmers Get Hands on Ball. HONoRs EVEN IN LAST FOURTH

    Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], December 2, 1915, page 12

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    SYRACUSE ROMPS ON OREGON AGGIES Classy Eastern Eleven Scores Two Touchdowns Before Farmers Get Hands on Ball. HONoRs EVEN IN LAST FOURTH PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. 1.--with the aid OF bewildering assortment OF plays. the Syracuse university foot ball team crushed the defense of the Oregon Agricultural eleven here today. 2s to o. The eastern aggregation got the jump on the Aggies the moment the latter kicked off. and scored two touchdowns before the western players got their hands on the ball with one exception the Aggies defeat today was the worst they have suffered this season. The Aggiles had gained considerable prestige earlier in the season by defeating the Michigan Aggies. Pfavr P~-S~etlvl Evernted. Perfect execution OF numerous compii- Gated plays was what gave the vlctors the advantage on the offensive. On the defensive. their line tossed back inter ference and downed the runner with ciockwork regularity. In the last quarter. however, honors were almost even. The Oregon team partly solved syracuses plays and made good gains on forward passes. interepersed with limo plunges. White and SchIacter. Syracuse’s giant guards. and the entire backfield played a stellar game. For tho Aggies. Abraham at left The Lineup. halfback, was his teams mainstay.

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: OREGON AGGIES UNABLE TO SOLVE SYRAcUSE'S ATTACK New Workers Used Fine Assortment of Plays-Score 23 to O.

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, December 2, 1915, page 3

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    OREGON AGGIES UNABLE TO SOLVE SYRAcUSE’S ATTACK New Workers Used Fine Assortment of Plays-Score 23 to O. Portland, Ore, Dec. With the aid of bewildering assortment of plays, the Syracuse university football team defeated the Oregon Agricultural col lege here today 2S to 0. The eastern aggregation got the jump on the Ag- gies the moment the latter kicked off and scored two touchdowns before the western players got their hands on the ball. With one exception, the AggieS’ defeat today was the worst they have suffered this season. The Aggies had gained considerable prestige earlier in the season by defeating the Michigan Aggies. Perfect execution of numerous com plicated plays gave the victors the ad- vantage on the offensive. On the de- fensive their line tossed back interfer- ence and downed the runner with clockwork regularity. In. the last quarter, however, honors were almost even. The Oregon team partly solved Syracuse’s plays and made god gains on forward passes in terspersed with line plunges. White and Schlater, Syracuse’s giant guards, and the entire backfield played a stel- lar game. For the Aggies, Abram at right halfback was his teams main stay,

  • The The Barre daily times's story: EASTERN coLLEGIANs WON. Syracuse Defeated Oregon Aggies by Score of 2s to 0.

    The Barre daily times, Barre, Vt., December 2, 1915, page 1

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    EASTERN coLLEGIANs WON. Syracuse Defeated Oregon Aggies by Score of 2s to 0. Portland, Ore, Dec. with the aid of bewildering assortment OF plays the Syracuse university football team de. feated the Oregon agricultural college here yesterday, 2s to 0. The eastern aggregation got the jump on the Aggies the moment the latter kicked of, and scored two touchdowns before the western players got their hands on the ball. With one exception. the Aggies’ defeate yesterday was the worst they have suffered this season. The Aggies had gained considerable prestige earlier in the season by defeating the Michigan Aggies. Perfect execution Of numerous compli- Gated plays was what gave the yictors the advantage on the offensive. On the defensive their line tossed back inter ference and downed the runner with clock work regularity. In the last quarter. however. honors were almost even. The Oregon team partly solved Syracuse PLAYS and made good gains on forward passes inter spersed with line plungcs. White and Syracuse giant guards, and the entire back field played a stellar game. For the sggies, Abram AZ right halfback vas the teams mainstay.

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1977Oregon State 24, Syracuse 12
1976Syracuse 21, Oregon State 3
1974Syracuse 23, Oregon State 15
1965Oregon State 13, Syracuse 12
1964Oregon State 31, Syracuse 13
1963Syracuse 31, Oregon State 8

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