Syracuse vs. Villanova
Syracuse and Villanova have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1953; Syracuse leads the series 3–1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Syracuse 3–1, and Syracuse has won the last 3. Share
- Syracuse wins
- 3
- Villanova wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1953
- Longest streak
- 3 Syracuse
- Current streak
- 3 Syracuse
- Last 10 meetings
- Syracuse 3–1
- Most recent
- 2014
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 7.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Syracuse
- 3–0 Syracuse’s record at home
- At Villanova
- 1–0 Villanova’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years
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
1953 · Evening star, Nov 22, 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
| Aug 29, 2014 | Syracuse 27, Villanova 26 | at Syracuse | ||
| Sep 13, 1975 | Syracuse 24, Villanova 17 | at Syracuse | ||
| Sep 25, 1954 | Syracuse 28, Villanova 6 | at Syracuse | ||
| Nov 21, 1953 | Villanova 14, Syracuse 13 | at Villanova |
Every game is listed as played on the field.