Ohio State vs. Syracuse
Ohio State and Syracuse have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1911; Ohio State leads the series 4–2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Ohio State 4–2. Share
- Ohio State wins
- 4
- Syracuse wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1911
- Longest streak
- 3 Ohio State
- Current streak
- 1 Ohio State
- Last 10 meetings
- Ohio State 4–2
- Most recent
- 1992
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–1 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Ohio State 1, Syracuse 1
- Average margin
- 14.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Ohio State
- 3–1 Ohio State’s record at home
- At Syracuse
- 0–1 Syracuse’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Ohio State first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Ohio State’s biggest win1992: Ohio State 35, Syracuse 12by 23 points
- Syracuse’s biggest win1991: Syracuse 24, Ohio State 17by 7 points
- Upset1992: Ohio State 35, Syracuse 12Ohio State had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1992: Ohio State 35, Syracuse 12No. 21 Ohio State at No. 8 Syracuse
- Ranked showdown1991: Syracuse 24, Ohio State 17No. 25 Ohio State at No. 16 Syracuse
Both programs through the years
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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Marvin Graves Syracuse | 1991 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 26, 1911
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 19, 1992 | 21Ohio State 35, 8Syracuse 12 | at Syracuse | ||
| Jan 1, 1992 | 16Syracuse 24, 25Ohio State 17 | Neutral site | Hall of Fame Bowl | |
| Sep 10, 1988 | Ohio State 26, Syracuse 9 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 13, 1980 | 1Ohio State 31, Syracuse 21 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 8, 1979 | Ohio State 31, Syracuse 8 | at Ohio State | ||
| Nov 25, 1911 | Syracuse 6, Ohio State 0 | at Ohio State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.