Syracuse vs. Tufts

Syracuse and Tufts first met in 1908 and have played 4 times; Syracuse leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Syracuse 4–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 4.

Syracuse wins
4
Tufts wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1908
Longest streak
4 Syracuse
Current streak
4 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 4–⁠0
Most recent
1917

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠0
1910s2–⁠0
Average margin
24.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
3–⁠0 Syracuse’s record at home
At Tufts
0–⁠1 Tufts’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Syracuse and Tufts, 1908 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 The Washington herald's story of the 1909 game: SYRACUSE DOWNS TUFTS. Visiting Team Loses on FIulxe in First Half.

    1909 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Nov 7, 1909

  • The The sun's story of the 1916 game: SYRACUSE BEATS TUFTS BY 20 TO 1S Spectacular Contest at Boston Finds New York Farm crs in Front.

    1916 · The sun, New York, Nov 26, 1916

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1917 game: Syracuse Piles Up Big Score Against Tufts

    1917 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 28, 1917

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 27, 1917Syracuse 58, Tufts 0at Syracuse
Nov 25, 1916Syracuse 20, Tufts 13at Tufts
Nov 6, 1909Syracuse 5, Tufts 0at Syracuse
Nov 14, 1908Syracuse 28, Tufts 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.