Syracuse vs. Western Reserve

Syracuse and Western Reserve first met in 1913 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
Western Reserve wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1913
Longest streak
4 Syracuse
Current streak
4 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 4–⁠0
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1930s2–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
Average margin
25.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
4–⁠0 Syracuse’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 Western Reserve, 1913 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 1931 game: WALKOVER FOR SYRACUSE Scores 33-to-0 Win, While Western Reserve Never Threatens.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 8, 1931

  • The The Bismarck tribune's story of the 1937 game: Two Major EIevens Dumped From Ranks Of Undefeat- ed Games Saturday By HERBERT W. BARKER

    1937 · The Bismarck tribune, Nov 8, 1937

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 9, 1942Syracuse 13, Western Reserve 0at Syracuse
Nov 6, 1937Syracuse 27, Western Reserve 6at Syracuse
Nov 7, 1931Syracuse 33, Western Reserve 0at Syracuse
Oct 25, 1913Syracuse 36, Western Reserve 0at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.