Kansas State vs. Syracuse

Kansas State and Syracuse have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1997; Syracuse leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Syracuse 2–⁠1, and Syracuse has won the last 2.

Kansas State wins
1
Syracuse wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1997
Longest streak
2 Syracuse
Current streak
2 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 2–⁠1
Most recent
2010

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s1–⁠0
2000s0–⁠1
2010s0–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Kansas State 1, Syracuse 0
Average margin
14 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
Neutral sites
1–⁠2 Kansas State first

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 Kansas State and Syracuse, 1997 on130015001700200020052010201520202025

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Marcus Sales Syracuse5 catches, 172 yards, 3 TD2010 Receiving

Named most valuable

James Mungro Syracuse2001
Clifton Smith Syracuse2001

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 30, 2010Syracuse 36, Kansas State 34Neutral sitePinstripe Bowl
Dec 29, 200118Syracuse 26, Kansas State 3Neutral siteInsight.com Bowl
Dec 31, 199710Kansas State 35, 14Syracuse 18Neutral siteFiesta Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.