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Brown vs. Syracuse

Brown and Syracuse have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1900; Syracuse leads the series 9–⁠3–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Syracuse 7–⁠1, and Syracuse has won the last 2.

Brown wins
3
Syracuse wins
9
Ties
3
Earliest on file
1900
Longest streak
5 Syracuse
Current streak
2 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 7–⁠1
Most recent
1935

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠1–⁠1
1910s0–⁠4
1920s0–⁠2–⁠1
1930s1–⁠2–⁠1
Average margin
14.7 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Brown
1–⁠6–⁠2 Brown’s record at home
At Syracuse
3–⁠2–⁠1 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
10

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Brown’s biggest win1905: Brown 27, Syracuse 0by 27 points
  2. Syracuse’s biggest win1918: Syracuse 53, Brown 0by 53 points
  3. Upset1917: Syracuse 6, Brown 0Syracuse had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1901: Syracuse 20, Brown 0Syracuse had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1933: Brown 10, Syracuse 7Brown had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsBrownSeriesSyracuse
1915–⁠1919Edward Robinson0–⁠4Frank “Buck” O’Neill
1930–⁠1935DeOrmond McLaughry1–⁠2–⁠1Vic Hanson

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Brown’s side (Robinson 0–⁠4 against O’Neill). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Brown and Syracuse, 1900 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Worcester spy's story of the 1901 game: WILLIAMS. Syracuse 20, Brown O

    1901 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Oct 6, 1901

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1905 game: BROWN BEATS SYRACUSE. Long Runs by Providence Players the Feature of the Game.

    1905 · New-York tribune, Nov 5, 1905

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1915 game: SYRACUSE ELEVEN HUMBLES BROWN Orange Team Profits by Greater Weight, Making Only Touchdown.

    1915 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 24, 1915

  • The The Bridgeport evening farmer's story of the 1917 game: GRIM GAME OF WAR. TRIPS ARMY TEAM Defeat By Notre Proves Football Only Secondary at West Pont-Syracuse Upsets Brown-Overconf dence of Providence Eleven Forces Robnson's Squad From Title Glass.

    1917 · The Bridgeport evening farmer, Connecticut, Nov 5, 1917

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1919 game: BROWN TEAM OUTPLAYED BY SYRACUSE ELEVEN

    1919 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Nov 2, 1919

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

Oct 26, 1935Syracuse 19, Brown 0at Syracuse
Oct 27, 1934Syracuse 33, Brown 0at Brown
Nov 11, 1933Brown 10, Syracuse 7at Syracuse
Nov 1, 1930Syracuse 16, Brown 16at Syracuse
Oct 26, 1929Syracuse 6, Brown 0at Brown
Oct 14, 1922Brown 0, Syracuse 0at Brown
Oct 15, 1921Syracuse 28, Brown 0at Syracuse
Nov 1, 1919Syracuse 13, Brown 0at Brown
Nov 10, 1918Syracuse 53, Brown 0at Syracuse
Nov 3, 1917Syracuse 6, Brown 0at Brown
Oct 23, 1915Syracuse 6, Brown 0at Brown
Nov 4, 1905Brown 27, Syracuse 0at Brown
Nov 14, 1903Brown 12, Syracuse 5at Syracuse
Oct 5, 1901Syracuse 20, Brown 0at Brown
Nov 24, 1900Brown 6, Syracuse 6at Brown

Every game is listed as played on the field.