Colgate at Syracuse
Saturday, November 18, 1916 Share
Colgate beat Syracuse 15–0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 7–3–1.
FinalHigh 40°F, low 24°F, 2.01 in. on the groundAttendance 16,000
In the newspapers
The sun, November 19, 1916
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COLGATE OUTGAMES SYRACUSE ELEVEN Bankhart’s Boys Batter Their Way to Is to 0 Victory Over Orange. WEST KICKS SPLENDIDIY SYRACUSE. Nov 1s.-Iarry Rankharrs fighting Colgate eleven completely ON. gained Bill Hollenbacks Syracuse team In the Archbold Stadium here this after. noon. winning Is to o through tho me. dium Of a safety. two kicks from rlac. ment by Tackle West and a touchdov, by Hubbeli, after which West kicked the goal Syracuse was outfought from the a,s to the final whistle. Bankarts eleven came down from the hills Of Hamilton possessed Of indomitable courage. l’grt. ming fast attack and a stonewall defence They PLAYED every asset TO the limit Neither eleven showed any part,culs, scientific football. although the Colgate team executed two delayed passes for substantial gains. There was not a pre-. ponderance OF first downs made but col gate took the ball from the ~ yard urs In the dying moments of play and ny straight football battered It’s way “ the I yard line. where Hubbell wen. over IN the touchdown Just as the final whistle sounded. West kicked the goal LiGht COLGATE Line superior. The Orange forward line, the heav,o-, its feet by the lighter opponents. They held on numerous occasions. hut on others opened sufficiently to permit the flashing Colgate backs to slip through for gs.rs from four to seven yards. The Orange secondary defence had not overcome It’s early season faults and played TOO dee, during the entire game and did not con-. UP on the plays. The safety for Syracuse came wher Boutin passed the ball for punt over Dumoe’s head and IL rolled over the goa line. where Dumoe captured II afe- = headlong dive. Vests two kicks from placemen, With Spencer holding the ball were the ou’. standing features OF play. The last on. WAS especially brilliant. the bali sailing neatly over the bar from the As yard line Anderson at quarterback played I, splendid game and ran his eleven III g-eai shape. He took advantage of everything even the brisk wind, which netted him | twenty-five yards on one occasion o7 an exchange OF kicks In the third period Anderson got away twice for dodg 7e runs after catching punts. Meehan stars for Syracuse. For Syracuse Meehan stood ont IN -. lief against the playing OF his team, He saved TWO toucndowns. once by knocking down forward pass inside hie owr . yard line as 1t was going into the out stretched arms OF colgate player. and | again when he brought Anderson dow on his own : yard line Rarter. the fast Syracuse back. wag sent into the game At the opening NJ IN. | last period His play brought the only solacc to the syracuse stands wneu ., ‘n’ercerted a forward pass as It n,. | crossing his goal line and ran II ba.. | forty yards. Ounce for Syracuse ,Is got away for long run and punted v. The held WAS soft but not slim. | The attendance WAS $4,000 S,r.,..., , closes its most disastrous season a.. ! Tufts next Saturday. Colgate ir.. Brown November 80 The lincup.

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 19, 1916, page 1
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COLGATE BACKS RIP SYRACUSE FOR $50 SCORE Syracuse, Nov. 1-Colgate’s pow erful backfeld was too much for the heavy Syracuse line, and the Maroon took the nineteenth annual battle be tween the two teams, by 10 to 0 score, here this afternoon. The only TOUCHDOWN came in the fourth period, when the Colgate machine. using OF tackle plays, marched down the field, Hubbell taking the ball over the line on a mass PLAY formation. The outstanding feature of the game was Vests placement kick; from the 60-yard line during the third period. Colgate’s drst score came IN the first period, when Ounce, OF syria cuse, recovered a tumble behind ms own goal line.

Ottumwa semi-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, November 21, 1916, page 1 (results column)
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Football Results Saturday Chicago 20: Illinois Z. Chicago 20: Illinois Z. Northwestern 80: Purdue 6. Minnesota “a: Wisconsin 0. Pennsylvania 10: Michigan Z. Iowa 10; Ames 16. Kansas Z: Nebraska 3. Indiana IA: Florida 3. Colorado Aggies ~; Utah 8. Kansas A.. IA; Oklahoma 10. Colorado. college So; Denver IL. Kendall 46: Haskell 0. Marquette IA: Beloit 0. Carroll 25; Lake Forest y. Lombard so; Bradley ID. Creighton O: Highland Park 0. Missouri IA: Drake 0. South Dakota O; Morningside 0. Notre Dame IA: Michigan A. 0. Miami 35; Western Reserve 6. Washington 10; California 3. West. East. Brown 81; Harvard 0. Yale 10; Princeton 0. Pitt IA: Carnegie s. Dartmouth Z; West Virginia Z. Cornell 81; Mass, Aggies 0. Tufts 25; Bowdoin 0. Williams 26; Amherst O. w. and J. 10; Wash and Lee .. Fordham 40; Holy Cross 0. Colgate 15: Syracuse 0. Navy 81: Villa Nova Z. Army II: Springfield “Y.” 2. Harvard Fresh 81: Yale Fresh 6. Georgetown 81; North Carolina 3. Lehigh 81: F. and NJ. 7. New Hampshire -: Rhode Island 0 Stevens 10; Rensselaer, 0, Maryland 10; New York w. u. of N. C. 46: Furman 0. U. of S. C. At; Mercer 0. Wesleyan 40; Columbia 0. Exeter 6: Andover 0. Gettysburg 1S: Bucknell 0. South. Baylor 10; Oklahoma A. I. Tennessee II; Sewanee 0. Georgia Tech. 81 Georgia 0. U. OF Virginia q; Virginia NJ. I. Z. Tulane 80; U. of Alabama 0. High Schools. Oskaloosa 6; Marshailtown %. Eldorado 20; Iowa Falls 10. Freeport IA: East Aurora 10. Hannibal 6: keokuk s. East Waterloo 9: Dubuque G. West Waterloo IL: Cedar Falls 0. Peoria “a; Pekin IA. Burlington 20:> Morning Sun 0. Jacksonville 80: Quincy is. University q: Ell Paso 0. Decatur ~: Bloomington I. Davenport 20; Cedar Rapids 0. Moline 26; Rochelle 0. Iowa City 40; Grinnell O. Ames. -; Boone 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 52% to win. Colgate won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Colgate–Syracuse gameSyracuse leads 32–25–4 in 61 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.
| 2025 | Syracuse 66, Colgate 24 | |
| 2023 | Syracuse 65, Colgate 0 | |
| 2016 | Syracuse 33, Colgate 7 | |
| 2010 | Syracuse 42, Colgate 7 | |
| 1987 | Syracuse 52, Colgate 6 | |
| 1982 | Syracuse 49, Colgate 15 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat BrownNov. 25, 1916
- SeasonColgate in 1916
- ProgramColgate history and records
Syracuse
- Next gameat TuftsNov. 25, 1916
- SeasonSyracuse in 1916
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

