Syracuse vs. Williams

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

1. Syracuse’s biggest win1908: Syracuse 23, Williams 0by 23 points
2. Williams’s biggest win1896: Williams 24, Syracuse 6by 18 points
3. Upset1896: Williams 24, Syracuse 6Williams had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1903: Williams 17, Syracuse 5Williams had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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.

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  1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 26, 1903

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  1907 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 20, 1907

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  1908 · The Bennington evening banner, Bennington, Vt., Nov 2, 1908

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh82 meetings, Syracuse 33–⁠46–⁠3
• Syracuse vs. Penn State71 meetings, Syracuse 23–⁠43–⁠5
• Syracuse vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Syracuse 34–⁠27
• Syracuse vs. Colgate61 meetings, Syracuse 32–⁠25–⁠4
• Williams vs. Harvard30 meetings, Williams 0–⁠30
• Williams vs. Amherst24 meetings, Williams 12–⁠8–⁠4
• Williams vs. Dartmouth21 meetings, Williams 3–⁠17–⁠1
• Williams vs. Cornell21 meetings, Williams 5–⁠13–⁠3