Georgetown vs. Syracuse

Georgetown and Syracuse have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1926; Georgetown leads the series 2–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Georgetown 2–⁠1.

Georgetown wins
2
Syracuse wins
1
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1926
Longest streak
1 Georgetown
Current streak
1 Georgetown
Last 10 meetings
Georgetown 2–⁠1
Most recent
1940

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠1
1930s0–⁠0–⁠1
1940s1–⁠0
Average margin
10.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
1–⁠2–⁠1 Syracuse’s record at home

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown and Syracuse, 1926 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1926 game: Princeton Blanks Harrmd Maryland U Y Georgetown Defeats Suu BLUE AND GRAY OUTPLAYS ORANGE AND WINS, l3 TO Z Hilltoppers' Forward Wall Chief Factor in Triumph Thompson Scores Touchdown and Neill Twice Boots Goals From Placement.

    1926 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 7, 1926

  • The Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Navy Oupaw Dartmouth Baltimore Grid Battle That Ends Scorees Edges Out Detroit n 13 Georgetown and Syracuse Quit Win, Lose or Draw A Few Saturday Football Honeovers

    1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1939

  • The Evening star's story of the 1940 game: Hoyas Run Wild, Beat Syracuse 28-6 Scrubs Yield Score As Unbeoten String Is Run to n Games

    1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1940

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

Nov 2, 194010Georgetown 28, Syracuse 6at Syracuse
Oct 14, 1939Syracuse 13, Georgetown 13at Syracuse
Oct 15, 1927Syracuse 19, Georgetown 6at Syracuse
Nov 6, 1926Georgetown 13, Syracuse 7at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.