Nebraska vs. Syracuse

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

1. Nebraska’s biggest win1983: Nebraska 63, Syracuse 7by 56 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win1958: Syracuse 38, Nebraska 0by 38 points
3. Upset1984: Syracuse 17, Nebraska 9Syracuse had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1923: Syracuse 7, Nebraska 0Syracuse had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nebraska’s side (Jennings 0–⁠3 against Schwartzwalder). 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.

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  1917 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 30, 1917

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  1919 · New Britain herald, Nov 28, 1919

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  1922 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Nov 5, 1922

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  1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 25, 1923

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  1927 · Seward daily gateway, Oct 31, 1927

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.

• Nebraska vs. Kansas109 meetings, Nebraska 88–⁠18–⁠3
• Nebraska vs. Iowa State102 meetings, Nebraska 84–⁠16–⁠2
• Nebraska vs. Missouri96 meetings, Nebraska 60–⁠33–⁠3
• Nebraska vs. Kansas State95 meetings, Nebraska 77–⁠15–⁠3
• 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