Syracuse vs. Temple

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

1. Syracuse’s biggest win1997: Syracuse 60, Temple 7by 53 points
2. Temple’s biggest win1979: Temple 49, Syracuse 17by 32 points
3. Upset2004: Temple 34, Syracuse 24Temple had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1986: Syracuse 27, Temple 24Syracuse had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2002: Temple 17, Syracuse 16Temple had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Syracuse’s side (Schwartzwalder 3–⁠2 against Kawal). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1945 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Sep 29, 1945

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  1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 8, 1949

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  1953 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1953

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh82 meetings, Syracuse 33–⁠46–⁠3
• Syracuse vs. Penn State71 meetings, Syracuse 23–⁠43–⁠5
• Syracuse vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Syracuse 34–⁠27
• Syracuse vs. Colgate61 meetings, Syracuse 32–⁠25–⁠4
• Temple vs. Penn State46 meetings, Temple 4–⁠41–⁠1
• Temple vs. Rutgers39 meetings, Temple 16–⁠23
• Temple vs. Boston College39 meetings, Temple 7–⁠30–⁠2
• Temple vs. West Virginia36 meetings, Temple 12–⁠24