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Ohio Wesleyan vs. Syracuse

Ohio Wesleyan and Syracuse first met in 1925 and have played 8 times; Syracuse leads the series 4–⁠2–⁠2. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Syracuse 4–⁠2, and Syracuse has won the last 3.

Ohio Wesleyan wins
2
Syracuse wins
4
Ties
2
First meeting
1925
Longest streak
3 Syracuse
Current streak
3 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 4–⁠2
Most recent
1935

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0–⁠2
1930s1–⁠4
Average margin
15.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
4–⁠2–⁠2 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Ohio Wesleyan’s biggest win1932: Ohio Wesleyan 19, Syracuse 12by 7 points
  2. Syracuse’s biggest win1931: Syracuse 48, Ohio Wesleyan 7by 41 points
  3. Upset1932: Ohio Wesleyan 19, Syracuse 12Ohio Wesleyan had a 9% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1928: Ohio Wesleyan 6, Syracuse 0Ohio Wesleyan had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Ohio Wesleyan and Syracuse, 1925 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1925 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    1925 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 8, 1925

  • The Evening star's story of the 1927 game: SYRACUSE is TIED BY OHIO WESLEYAN

    1927 · Evening star, Nov 6, 1927

  • The Evening star's story of the 1928 game: SYRACUSE TRIM MED BY OHIO WESLEYAN

    1928 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 11, 1928

  • The Evening star's story of the 1935 game: Foot Ball Results

    1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 20, 1935

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 19, 1935Syracuse 18, Ohio Wesleyan 10at Syracuse
Oct 20, 1934Syracuse 32, Ohio Wesleyan 10at Syracuse
Oct 14, 1933Syracuse 40, Ohio Wesleyan 0at Syracuse
Oct 8, 1932Ohio Wesleyan 19, Syracuse 12at Syracuse
Oct 10, 1931Syracuse 48, Ohio Wesleyan 7at Syracuse
Nov 10, 1928Ohio Wesleyan 6, Syracuse 0at Syracuse
Nov 5, 1927Syracuse 6, Ohio Wesleyan 6at Syracuse
Nov 7, 1925Syracuse 3, Ohio Wesleyan 3at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.