Hobart vs. Syracuse

Hobart and Syracuse first met in 1905 and have played 21 times; Syracuse leads the series 21–⁠0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Syracuse 10–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 21.

Hobart wins
0
Syracuse wins
21
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
21 Syracuse
Current streak
21 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 10–⁠0
Most recent
1931

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠4
1910s0–⁠5
1920s0–⁠10
1930s0–⁠2
Average margin
30.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
21–⁠0 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
16

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Syracuse’s biggest win1929: Syracuse 77, Hobart 0by 77 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Hobart 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1906 game: HOBART BEATEN At FOOTBALL. Syracuse Runs Up Big scOre-Indians Win from Villa Nova.

    1906 · New-York tribune, Sep 27, 1906

  • The Norwich bulletin's story of the 1911 game: OTHER FOOTBALL SCORES SATURDAY

    1911 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Oct 2, 1911

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1912 game: Syracuse Defeats Hobart.

    1912 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Sep 29, 1912

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1913 game: SYRACUSE SCORES AT WILL Six Touchdowns Margin OF VIC tory Over Hobart Team.

    1913 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Sep 28, 1913

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1920 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1920 · The Birmingham age-herald, Sep 26, 1920

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, 1931Syracuse 49, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Oct 4, 1930Syracuse 49, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 28, 1929Syracuse 77, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 29, 1928Syracuse 14, Hobart 6at Syracuse
Sep 26, 1927Syracuse 13, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 25, 1926Syracuse 18, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 26, 1925Syracuse 32, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 27, 1924Syracuse 35, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 29, 1923Syracuse 33, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 23, 1922Syracuse 28, Hobart 7at Syracuse
Sep 24, 1921Syracuse 35, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 25, 1920Syracuse 55, Hobart 7at Syracuse
Sep 26, 1914Syracuse 37, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 27, 1913Syracuse 41, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 28, 1912Syracuse 12, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 30, 1911Syracuse 6, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Oct 22, 1910Syracuse 12, Hobart 5at Syracuse
Sep 23, 1908Syracuse 51, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 25, 1907Syracuse 28, Hobart 0at Syracuse
Sep 26, 1906Syracuse 28, Hobart 6at Syracuse
Sep 27, 1905Syracuse 24, Hobart 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.