Indiana vs. Syracuse
Indiana and Syracuse have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1919; Indiana leads the series 4–3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Indiana 4–3. Share
- Indiana wins
- 4
- Syracuse wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1919
- Longest streak
- 1 Indiana
- Current streak
- 1 Indiana
- Last 10 meetings
- Indiana 4–3
- Most recent
- 1982
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–1 |
- Average margin
- 8.3 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Indiana
- 3–2 Indiana’s record at home
- At Syracuse
- 1–1 Syracuse’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Indiana’s biggest win1972: Indiana 10, Syracuse 2by 8 points
- Syracuse’s biggest win1981: Syracuse 21, Indiana 7by 14 points
- Upset1919: Indiana 12, Syracuse 6Indiana had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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
1919 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Nov 25, 1919
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
| Sep 25, 1982 | Indiana 17, Syracuse 10 | at Indiana | ||
| Sep 26, 1981 | Syracuse 21, Indiana 7 | at Syracuse | ||
| Oct 7, 1972 | Indiana 10, Syracuse 2 | at Syracuse | ||
| Oct 2, 1971 | Syracuse 7, Indiana 0 | at Indiana | ||
| Nov 7, 1936 | Indiana 9, Syracuse 7 | at Indiana | ||
| Oct 17, 1925 | Syracuse 14, Indiana 0 | at Indiana | ||
| Nov 22, 1919 | Indiana 12, Syracuse 6 | at Indiana |
Every game is listed as played on the field.