Syracuse vs. UCLA

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

1. Syracuse’s biggest win1964: Syracuse 39, UCLA 0by 39 points
2. UCLA’s biggest win1966: UCLA 31, Syracuse 12by 19 points
3. Upset1967: Syracuse 32, UCLA 14Syracuse had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1959: Syracuse 36, UCLA 8No. 1 Syracuse at No. 17 UCLA

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Syracuse’s side (Schwartzwalder 4–⁠0 against Barnes). 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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  1959 · Evening star, Dec 6, 1959

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
• UCLA vs. Stanford95 meetings, UCLA 49–⁠43–⁠3
• UCLA vs. California95 meetings, UCLA 59–⁠35–⁠1
• UCLA vs. USC95 meetings, UCLA 34–⁠54–⁠7
• UCLA vs. Washington78 meetings, UCLA 42–⁠34–⁠2