Clarkson vs. Syracuse

Clarkson and Syracuse have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1901; Syracuse leads the series 13–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Syracuse 10–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 13.

Clarkson wins
0
Syracuse wins
13
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1901
Longest streak
13 Syracuse
Current streak
13 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 10–⁠0
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1930s0–⁠8
1940s0–⁠3
Average margin
31.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
13–⁠0 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. Syracuse’s biggest win1942: Syracuse 58, Clarkson 6by 52 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Clarkson and Syracuse, 1901 on1300150017001910192019301940

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 Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Loop Feuds Add To Heavy Week For Pigskin Fordhom Faces 'Bomo, !, Notre Dame Tackles Georgia Tech

    1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 2, 1939

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1941 game: FOOT BALL @ lA{3SW{2 IFS Mn

    1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 29, 1941

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

Sep 25, 1942Syracuse 58, Clarkson 6at Syracuse
Sep 26, 1941Syracuse 39, Clarkson 0at Syracuse
Sep 27, 1940Syracuse 33, Clarkson 0at Syracuse
Sep 29, 1939Syracuse 12, Clarkson 0at Syracuse
Sep 30, 1938Syracuse 27, Clarkson 0at Syracuse
Oct 1, 1937Syracuse 26, Clarkson 6at Syracuse
Oct 3, 1936Syracuse 31, Clarkson 0at Syracuse
Oct 5, 1935Syracuse 33, Clarkson 0at Syracuse
Oct 6, 1934Syracuse 28, Clarkson 0at Syracuse
Oct 7, 1933Syracuse 52, Clarkson 0at Syracuse
Sep 24, 1932Syracuse 13, Clarkson 6at Syracuse
Oct 4, 1902Syracuse 47, Clarkson 0at Syracuse
Oct 19, 1901Syracuse 27, Clarkson 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.