Oregon State vs. Syracuse

Oregon State and Syracuse have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1915; Syracuse leads the series 5–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Syracuse 5–⁠3.

Oregon State wins
3
Syracuse wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1915
Longest streak
3 Syracuse
Current streak
1 Oregon State
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 5–⁠3
Most recent
1977

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1960s2–⁠2
1970s1–⁠2
Average margin
14.9 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oregon State
2–⁠2 Oregon State’s record at home
At Syracuse
3–⁠1 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oregon State’s biggest win1964: Oregon State 31, Syracuse 13by 18 points
  2. Syracuse’s biggest win1915: Syracuse 28, Oregon State 0by 28 points
  3. Upset1965: Oregon State 13, Syracuse 12Oregon State had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsOregon StateSeriesSyracuse
1961–⁠1964Tommy Prothro1–⁠2Ben Schwartzwalder

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oregon State’s side (Prothro 1–⁠2 against Schwartzwalder). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oregon State and Syracuse, 1915 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Omaha daily bee's story of the 1915 game: SYRACUSE ROMPS ON OREGON AGGIES Classy Eastern Eleven Scores Two Touchdowns Before Farmers Get Hands on Ball. HONoRs EVEN IN LAST FOURTH

    1915 · Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], Dec 2, 1915

  • The The Nome nugget's story of the 1963 game: { "The Sports Corner" Mig ghty Hath Fallen in Grid Scramble

    1963 · The Nome nugget, Oct 28, 1963

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 10, 1977Oregon State 24, Syracuse 12at Oregon State
Oct 2, 1976Syracuse 21, Oregon State 3at Syracuse
Sep 7, 1974Syracuse 23, Oregon State 15at Syracuse
Nov 6, 1965Oregon State 13, Syracuse 12at Syracuse
Oct 24, 1964Oregon State 31, 8Syracuse 13at Oregon State
Oct 26, 1963Syracuse 31, Oregon State 8at Syracuse
Sep 23, 1961Syracuse 19, Oregon State 8at Oregon State
Dec 1, 1915Syracuse 28, Oregon State 0at Oregon State

Every game is listed as played on the field.