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Lafayette vs. Syracuse

Lafayette and Syracuse have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1901; Syracuse leads the series 6–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Syracuse 6–⁠3, and Syracuse has won the last 3.

Lafayette wins
3
Syracuse wins
6
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1901
Longest streak
3 Syracuse
Current streak
3 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 6–⁠3
Most recent
1951

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠1–⁠1
1910s1–⁠1
1940s1–⁠2
1950s0–⁠2
Average margin
16.5 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lafayette
1–⁠3 Lafayette’s record at home
At Syracuse
3–⁠2–⁠1 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Lafayette’s biggest win1911: Lafayette 10, Syracuse 0by 10 points
  2. Syracuse’s biggest win1951: Syracuse 46, Lafayette 0by 46 points
  3. Upset1906: Syracuse 12, Lafayette 4Syracuse had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1947: Lafayette 14, Syracuse 7Lafayette had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lafayette and Syracuse, 1901 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 news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current's story of the 1901 game: Other Football Games.

    1901 · The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, Oct 13, 1901

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1906 game: WELSH'S FIELD GOAL. Lafayette Player saves His Team ShutOut by Syracuse.

    1906 · The Washington herald, Nov 18, 1906

  • The Evening star's story of the 1907 game: TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED. Syracuse and Lafayette Battle to- a Tie.

    1907 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 17, 1907

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1911 game: LAFAYETTE SCORES IN RAIN Defeats Syracuse in Loosely Played Struggle.

    1911 · New-York tribune, Oct 22, 1911

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1912 game: CASTLE A SYRACUSE HERO Piles Up the Score as His Team OYerWhelms Lafayette.

    1912 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 10, 1912

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 6, 1951Syracuse 46, Lafayette 0at Syracuse
Nov 4, 1950Syracuse 34, Lafayette 0at Lafayette
Oct 1, 1949Syracuse 20, Lafayette 13at Syracuse
Nov 1, 1947Lafayette 14, Syracuse 7at Lafayette
Oct 14, 1944Syracuse 32, Lafayette 7at Syracuse
Nov 9, 1912Syracuse 30, Lafayette 7at Lafayette
Oct 21, 1911Lafayette 10, Syracuse 0at Syracuse
Nov 16, 1907Syracuse 4, Lafayette 4at Syracuse
Nov 17, 1906Syracuse 12, Lafayette 4at Lafayette
Oct 12, 1901Lafayette 5, Syracuse 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.