Alabama vs. Syracuse

Alabama and Syracuse have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1923; the series is tied 1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s even at 1–⁠1.

Alabama wins
1
Syracuse wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1923
Longest streak
1 Syracuse
Current streak
1 Alabama
Last 10 meetings
even at 1–⁠1
Most recent
1952

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Syracuse, 1923 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: STRONG SYRACUSE ELEVEN IS VICTORIOUS OVER ALABAMA .N A HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE Al Clemens Is Big Star or Game For 'Bama, While Compton Also Plays Great Game

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 14, 1923

  • The Evening star's story of the 1952 game

    1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Jan 2, 1953

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Jan 1, 19538Alabama 61, 16Syracuse 6Neutral siteOrange Bowl
Oct 13, 1923Syracuse 23, Alabama 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.