Hamilton vs. Syracuse

Hamilton and Syracuse first met in 1905 and have played 7 times; Syracuse leads the series 7–⁠0. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Syracuse 7–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 7.

Hamilton wins
0
Syracuse wins
7
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
7 Syracuse
Current streak
7 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 7–⁠0
Most recent
1914

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠5
1910s0–⁠2
Average margin
31.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Hamilton
0–⁠1 Hamilton’s record at home
At Syracuse
6–⁠0 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Syracuse’s biggest win1914: Syracuse 81, Hamilton 0by 81 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Hamilton and Syracuse, 1905 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 1908 game: SYRACUSE BEATS HAMILTON. Hot weather . Little Too Much. Hew' eser, for Heavy Orange Men.

    1908 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Sep 27, 1908

  • The Daily press. (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current's story of the 1909 game: FIRST FOOTBALL GAMES.

    1909 · Daily press. (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, Virginia, Sep 26, 1909

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1913 game: SYRACUSE ELEVEN VICTOR Castles Long Run Only Feature in Game with Hamilton.

    1913 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 5, 1913

  • The The sun's story of the 1914 game: SYRACUSE SCORES 81 POINTS OutcIasscs Hamilton-Touchd ThrIcc From kickofs.

    1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 4, 1914

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 3, 1914Syracuse 81, Hamilton 0at Syracuse
Oct 4, 1913Syracuse 18, Hamilton 0at Syracuse
Sep 25, 1909Syracuse 20, Hamilton 0at Syracuse
Sep 26, 1908Syracuse 18, Hamilton 0at Syracuse
Oct 26, 1907Syracuse 22, Hamilton 0at Syracuse
Oct 13, 1906Syracuse 36, Hamilton 0at Syracuse
Oct 14, 1905Syracuse 27, Hamilton 0at Hamilton

Every game is listed as played on the field.