Rochester (NY) vs. Syracuse

Rochester (NY) and Syracuse first met in 1899 and have played 13 times; Syracuse leads the series 13–⁠0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Syracuse 10–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 13.

Rochester (NY) wins
0
Syracuse wins
13
Ties
0
First meeting
1899
Longest streak
13 Syracuse
Current streak
13 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 10–⁠0
Most recent
1915

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
1900s0–⁠6
1910s0–⁠6
Average margin
26.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Rochester (NY)
0–⁠3 Rochester (NY)‘s record at home
At Syracuse
10–⁠0 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Syracuse’s biggest win1915: Syracuse 82, Rochester (NY) 0by 82 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Rochester (NY) and Syracuse, 1899 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 New-York tribune's story of the 1905 game: SYRACUSE BLANKS ROCHESTER Wins Hard Fought Game by 10 to u Neither Scores in First Half.

    1905 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 1, 1905

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1907 game: SYRACUSE'S BIG SCORE. Roll I'D Forty Points. but Rochester Makes n Touchdown on FIuLe

    1907 · The Washington herald, Sep 29, 1907

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1910 game: SYRACUSE SCORES ONCE Defeats Rochester, however Showing Speed and Power.

    1910 · New-York tribune, Oct 9, 1910

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1912 game: ! SYRACUSE WINS. Defeats University Of Rochester BY 20 to o Score.

    1912 · The Washington herald, Nov 3, 1912

  • The The Brattleboro daily reformer's story of the 1913 game: COLLEGE. FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1913 · The Brattleboro daily reformer, Brattleboro, Vt., Oct 13, 1913

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 16, 1915Syracuse 82, Rochester (NY) 0at Syracuse
Oct 17, 1914Syracuse 19, Rochester (NY) 0at Syracuse
Oct 11, 1913Syracuse 6, Rochester (NY) 0at Rochester (NY)
Nov 2, 1912Syracuse 28, Rochester (NY) 0at Syracuse
Oct 14, 1911Syracuse 6, Rochester (NY) 5at Rochester (NY)
Oct 8, 1910Syracuse 6, Rochester (NY) 0at Syracuse
Oct 9, 1909Syracuse 17, Rochester (NY) 0at Syracuse
Oct 17, 1908Syracuse 23, Rochester (NY) 12at Syracuse
Sep 28, 1907Syracuse 40, Rochester (NY) 6at Syracuse
Sep 29, 1906Syracuse 38, Rochester (NY) 0at Syracuse
Sep 30, 1905Syracuse 16, Rochester (NY) 0at Syracuse
Nov 17, 1900Syracuse 68, Rochester (NY) 5at Syracuse
Nov 11, 1899Syracuse 23, Rochester (NY) 0at Rochester (NY)

Every game is listed as played on the field.