Columbia vs. Syracuse

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

1. Columbia’s biggest win1946: Columbia 59, Syracuse 21by 38 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win1918: Syracuse 20, Columbia 0by 20 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Columbia’s side (Crowley 1–⁠2 against Andreas). 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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  1901 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 10, 1901

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  1902 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 28, 1902

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  1918 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 29, 1918

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  1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 28, 1924

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  1925 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Nov 27, 1925

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.

• Columbia vs. Cornell91 meetings, Columbia 36–⁠52–⁠3
• Columbia vs. Pennsylvania84 meetings, Columbia 22–⁠61–⁠1
• Columbia vs. Yale81 meetings, Columbia 17–⁠62–⁠2
• Columbia vs. Princeton74 meetings, Columbia 12–⁠61–⁠1
• 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