Syracuse vs. Washington & Jefferson

Syracuse and Washington & Jefferson first met in 1919 and have played 3 times; Washington & Jefferson leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Washington & Jefferson 2–⁠1.

Syracuse wins
1
Washington & Jefferson wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
1 Washington & Jefferson
Current streak
1 Washington & Jefferson
Last 10 meetings
Washington & Jefferson 2–⁠1
Most recent
1921

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1920s1–⁠1
Average margin
11.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
1–⁠2 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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 Washington & Jefferson, 1919 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 Bridgeport times and evening farmer's story of the 1919 game

    1919 · The Bridgeport times and evening farmer, Oct 28, 1919

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 29, 1921Washington & Jefferson 17, Syracuse 10at Syracuse
Nov 6, 1920Syracuse 14, Washington & Jefferson 0at Syracuse
Oct 25, 1919Washington & Jefferson 13, Syracuse 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.