Cornell vs. Syracuse

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

1. Cornell’s biggest win1891: Cornell 68, Syracuse 0by 68 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win1958: Syracuse 55, Cornell 0by 55 points
3. Upset1944: Cornell 39, Syracuse 6Cornell had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1945: Cornell 26, Syracuse 14Cornell had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1937: Syracuse 14, Cornell 6Syracuse had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cornell’s side (Warner 3–⁠0 against Wade). 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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  1897 · The Wichita daily eagle, Wichita, Kan., Oct 3, 1897

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  1898 · Evening star, Sep 22, 1898

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  1898 · The daily morning journal and courier, Oct 6, 1898

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  1899 · The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Sep 28, 1899

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  1934 · Evening star, Oct 14, 1934

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.

• Cornell vs. Pennsylvania110 meetings, Cornell 40–⁠65–⁠5
• Cornell vs. Columbia91 meetings, Cornell 52–⁠36–⁠3
• Cornell vs. Colgate90 meetings, Cornell 48–⁠39–⁠3
• Cornell vs. Dartmouth87 meetings, Cornell 32–⁠54–⁠1
• 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