Maryland vs. Syracuse

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

1. Maryland’s biggest win2019: Maryland 63, Syracuse 20by 43 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win1938: Syracuse 53, Maryland 0by 53 points
3. Upset1920: Maryland 10, Syracuse 7Maryland had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2014: Maryland 34, Syracuse 20Maryland had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1956: Syracuse 26, Maryland 12Syracuse had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Dobson 1–⁠2 against Solem). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Nov 14, 1920

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  1935 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 29, 1935

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  1936 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 26, 1936

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 26, 1956

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  1959 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 4, 1959

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Maryland vs. Virginia80 meetings, Maryland 46–⁠32–⁠2
• Maryland vs. North Carolina70 meetings, Maryland 32–⁠37–⁠1
• Maryland vs. NC State70 meetings, Maryland 34–⁠32–⁠4
• Maryland vs. Clemson62 meetings, Maryland 26–⁠34–⁠2
• Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh82 meetings, Syracuse 33–⁠46–⁠3
• Syracuse vs. Penn State71 meetings, Syracuse 23–⁠43–⁠5
• Syracuse vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Syracuse 34–⁠27
• Syracuse vs. Colgate61 meetings, Syracuse 32–⁠25–⁠4