Fordham vs. Syracuse

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

1. Fordham’s biggest win1949: Fordham 47, Syracuse 21by 26 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win1954: Syracuse 20, Fordham 7by 13 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Fordham’s side (Danowski 2–⁠4 against Schwartzwalder). 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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  1909 · The Newark star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., Nov 26, 1909

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  1949 · Evening star, Oct 23, 1949

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  1950 · The Daily Alaska empire, Dec 4, 1950

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  1951 · Evening star, Oct 28, 1951

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  1952 · Evening star, Nov 23, 1952

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.

• Fordham vs. Holy Cross38 meetings, Fordham 14–⁠23–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Georgetown34 meetings, Fordham 20–⁠12–⁠2
• Fordham vs. Lafayette28 meetings, Fordham 10–⁠17–⁠1
• Fordham vs. Bucknell27 meetings, Fordham 17–⁠10
• 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