Army vs. Syracuse

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Army’s biggest win1902: Army 46, Syracuse 0by 46 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win1996: Syracuse 42, Army 17by 25 points
3. Upset1955: Syracuse 13, Army 0Syracuse had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1960: Army 9, Syracuse 6Army had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Ranked showdown1996: Syracuse 42, Army 17No. 22 Army at No. 19 Syracuse

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Young 1–⁠3 against MacPherson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1899 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 19, 1899

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  1902 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 16, 1902

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  1904 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 20, 1904

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  1905 · New-York tribune, Nov 26, 1905

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  1906 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 25, 1906

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Army vs. Navy125 meetings, Army 55–⁠63–⁠7
• Army vs. Air Force60 meetings, Army 21–⁠38–⁠1
• Army vs. Notre Dame52 meetings, Army 8–⁠40–⁠4
• Army vs. Yale46 meetings, Army 16–⁠22–⁠8
• Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh82 meetings, Syracuse 33–⁠46–⁠3
• Syracuse vs. Penn State71 meetings, Syracuse 23–⁠43–⁠5
• Syracuse vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Syracuse 34–⁠27
• Syracuse vs. Colgate61 meetings, Syracuse 32–⁠25–⁠4