Johns Hopkins vs. Syracuse

Johns Hopkins and Syracuse first met in 1920 and have played 5 times; Syracuse leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Syracuse 5–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 5.

Johns Hopkins wins
0
Syracuse wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1920
Longest streak
5 Syracuse
Current streak
5 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 5–⁠0
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

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

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 85, Johns Hopkins 6by 79 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Johns Hopkins and Syracuse, 1920 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 1920 game: Johns Hopkins Beaten By Syracuse, As to o

    1920 · New-York tribune, Oct 10, 1920

  • The The Pleasantville press's story of the 1926 game: Clark and Painter Play For Orange Both in Backfeld Which Help ed Syracuse Win Over Johns Hopkins. Clark Scores Touchdown

    1926 · The Pleasantville press, Pleasantville, N.J., Nov 2, 1926

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 19, 1929Syracuse 85, Johns Hopkins 6at Syracuse
Oct 13, 1928Syracuse 58, Johns Hopkins 0at Syracuse
Oct 8, 1927Syracuse 21, Johns Hopkins 6at Syracuse
Oct 30, 1926Syracuse 31, Johns Hopkins 0at Syracuse
Oct 9, 1920Syracuse 45, Johns Hopkins 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.