Syracuse vs. Vermont

Syracuse and Vermont first met in 1901 and have played 7 times; Syracuse leads the series 7–⁠0. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Syracuse 7–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 7.

Syracuse wins
7
Vermont wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
7 Syracuse
Current streak
7 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 7–⁠0
Most recent
1926

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1910s3–⁠0
1920s3–⁠0
Average margin
31.9 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
7–⁠0 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Syracuse’s biggest win1926: Syracuse 64, Vermont 0by 64 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Syracuse and Vermont, 1901 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 Evening star's story of the 1910 game: 1T WAS A HOT GAME. Syracuse Beats Vermont in Last Minute of Play, 8. to O.

    1910 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 6, 1910

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1911 game: SYRACUSE BEATS VERMONT Fogg Executes Two Drop Kicks as Opening Feature of Game.

    1911 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 12, 1911

  • The The Brattleboro daily reformer's story of the 1919 game: Sporting Notes

    1919 · The Brattleboro daily reformer, Brattleboro, Vt., Oct 6, 1919

  • The Burlington weekly free press's story of the 1920 game: SYRACUSE DEFEATS VERMONT, 49 TO 0 Green Mountain Team Is Swamp ed in Its First Game Away from Home

    1920 · Burlington weekly free press, Burlington, Vt., Oct 7, 1920

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 2, 1926Syracuse 64, Vermont 0at Syracuse
Oct 3, 1925Syracuse 26, Vermont 0at Syracuse
Oct 2, 1920Syracuse 49, Vermont 0at Syracuse
Oct 4, 1919Syracuse 27, Vermont 0at Syracuse
Nov 11, 1911Syracuse 16, Vermont 0at Syracuse
Nov 5, 1910Syracuse 3, Vermont 0at Syracuse
Nov 20, 1901Syracuse 38, Vermont 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.