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Dartmouth vs. Syracuse

Dartmouth and Syracuse have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1914; Dartmouth leads the series 6–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Dartmouth 6–⁠3, and Dartmouth has won the last 4.

Dartmouth wins
6
Syracuse wins
3
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1914
Longest streak
4 Dartmouth
Current streak
4 Dartmouth
Last 10 meetings
Dartmouth 6–⁠3
Most recent
1951

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠1–⁠1
1920s0–⁠2
1940s3–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
13.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Dartmouth
4–⁠2 Dartmouth’s record at home
At Syracuse
1–⁠2–⁠1 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Dartmouth’s biggest win1914: Dartmouth 40, Syracuse 0by 40 points
  2. Syracuse’s biggest win1918: Syracuse 34, Dartmouth 6by 28 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Dartmouth and Syracuse, 1914 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 sun's story of the 1914 game: DARTMOUTH DOWNS SYRACUSE, 40 TO 0 New Englanders' Goal Line Only Once in Danger. aud That Not Long. GAME VERY MACHINELIkE

    1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 22, 1914

  • The The sun's story of the 1915 game: GREEN AND ORANGE BOTH FAIL TO SCORE Dartmouth and Syracuse Hold for Downs Whenever Danger Threatens. PLAY ON MUDDY FIELD

    1915 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 21, 1915

  • The Norwich bulletin's story of the 1916 game: DARTMOUTH AND SYRACUSE ts HAVE HOT BATTLE Green Eleven Scored Two Touchdowns After Hard Runs-Score 15 to 10.

    1916 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Nov 6, 1916

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1920 game: SYRACUSE ROMPS OVER DARTMOUTH Orange Team Wins 10 to Q Through Sheer All Round Supremacy.

    1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Oct 24, 1920

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: SYRACUSE ELEVEN BEATS DARTMOUTH Orange Crashes Way to Vie tory in Fourth Period, IA to z. SCORE FROM FUMBLES Breaks Give Each a Touch down in Battle at the Polo Grounds. SCORE FROM FUMBLEs

    1921 · The New York herald, Nov 20, 1921

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 20, 1951Dartmouth 14, Syracuse 0at Dartmouth
Oct 4, 1947Dartmouth 28, Syracuse 7at Syracuse
Oct 5, 1946Dartmouth 20, Syracuse 14at Dartmouth
Oct 27, 1945Dartmouth 8, Syracuse 0at Syracuse
Nov 19, 1921Syracuse 14, Dartmouth 7at Syracuse
Oct 23, 1920Syracuse 10, Dartmouth 0at Dartmouth
Nov 3, 1918Syracuse 34, Dartmouth 6at Dartmouth
Nov 4, 1916Dartmouth 15, Syracuse 10at Dartmouth
Nov 20, 1915Syracuse 0, Dartmouth 0at Syracuse
Nov 21, 1914Dartmouth 40, Syracuse 0at Dartmouth

Every game is listed as played on the field.