Niagara vs. Syracuse

Niagara and Syracuse have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1906; Syracuse leads the series 9–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Syracuse 9–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 9.

Niagara wins
0
Syracuse wins
9
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1906
Longest streak
9 Syracuse
Current streak
9 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 9–⁠0
Most recent
1948

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1920s0–⁠5
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
18.1 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
9–⁠0 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. Syracuse’s biggest win1906: Syracuse 46, Niagara 0by 46 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Niagara and Syracuse, 1906 on1300150017001910192019301940

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 Evening star's story of the 1926 game: SYRACUSE SECOND TEAM BARELY BEATS NIAGARA

    1926 · Evening star, Nov 21, 1926

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1929 game: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    1929 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 11, 1929

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

Sep 28, 1948Syracuse 13, Niagara 9at Syracuse
Sep 26, 1947Syracuse 14, Niagara 7at Syracuse
Nov 9, 1929Syracuse 20, Niagara 0at Syracuse
Nov 19, 1927Syracuse 13, Niagara 6at Syracuse
Nov 20, 1926Syracuse 12, Niagara 6at Syracuse
Nov 21, 1925Syracuse 17, Niagara 0at Syracuse
Nov 15, 1924Syracuse 23, Niagara 6at Syracuse
Oct 23, 1909Syracuse 39, Niagara 0at Syracuse
Nov 10, 1906Syracuse 46, Niagara 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.