Syracuse vs. William & Mary

Syracuse and William & Mary have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1923; Syracuse leads the series 7–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Syracuse 7–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 7.

Syracuse wins
7
William & Mary wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1923
Longest streak
7 Syracuse
Current streak
7 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 7–⁠0
Most recent
1968

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s6–⁠0
1960s1–⁠0
Average margin
32 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
7–⁠0 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Syracuse’s biggest win1923: Syracuse 61, William & Mary 3by 58 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Syracuse and William & Mary, 1923 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: ENSLEY DEFEATS SYRACUSE BEATS DISQUE BY I9 TO 6 WILLIAM & MARY

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 7, 1923

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story of the 1925 game: College Football Games Saturday

    1925 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 12, 1925

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

Nov 9, 1968Syracuse 31, William & Mary 0at Syracuse
Oct 6, 1928Syracuse 32, William & Mary 0at Syracuse
Oct 1, 1927Syracuse 18, William & Mary 0at Syracuse
Oct 9, 1926Syracuse 35, William & Mary 0at Syracuse
Oct 10, 1925Syracuse 33, William & Mary 0at Syracuse
Oct 11, 1924Syracuse 24, William & Mary 7at Syracuse
Oct 6, 1923Syracuse 61, William & Mary 3at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.