New York University vs. Syracuse

New York University and Syracuse first met in 1899 and have played 6 times; Syracuse leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Syracuse 6–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 6.

New York University wins
0
Syracuse wins
6
Ties
0
First meeting
1899
Longest streak
6 Syracuse
Current streak
6 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 6–⁠0
Most recent
1941

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
27.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
4–⁠0 Syracuse’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 New York University first
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Syracuse’s biggest win1913: Syracuse 48, New York University 0by 48 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of New York University and Syracuse, 1899 on130015001700190019101920193019401950

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 evening times's story of the 1913 game

    1913 · The evening times, Grand Forks, N.D., Nov 10, 1913

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1922 game: Syracuse Eleven Swamps New York University, y,32ho

    1922 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 8, 1922

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Syracuse 47-13

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 13, 1940

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 18, 1941Syracuse 31, New York University 0Neutral site
Oct 12, 1940Syracuse 47, New York University 13Neutral site
Oct 7, 1922Syracuse 34, New York University 0at Syracuse
Nov 8, 1913Syracuse 48, New York University 0at Syracuse
Oct 13, 1900Syracuse 12, New York University 0at Syracuse
Oct 14, 1899Syracuse 10, New York University 5at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.