Syracuse vs. Yale

Syracuse and Yale have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Yale leads the series 11–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Yale 10–⁠0, and Yale has won the last 11.

Syracuse wins
0
Yale wins
11
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
11 Yale
Current streak
11 Yale
Last 10 meetings
Yale 10–⁠0
Most recent
1912

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠8
1910s0–⁠3
Average margin
18.1 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Yale
11–⁠0 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Yale’s biggest win1906: Yale 51, Syracuse 0by 51 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Syracuse and Yale, 1902 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1902 game: YALE OUTCLASSES SYRACUSE. NEw-HAVEN TEAM WINS BY "a TO o-WoRh SHOWS GREAT ADVANCE.

    1902 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 26, 1902

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story of the 1903 game: Two Minutes Before the End the Prince of Punters Hoisted the Pig skin Forty Yards for a Goal. AN EASY VICTORY FOR YALE SYRACUSE WAS WEAK ALL AROUND AND LOST. 30 TO o. Neither Cornell Nor Lehigh Able to S~core-Navy Beaten, but the Army Victorious.

    1903 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 8, 1903

  • The The Salt Lake herald's story of the 1904 game: NAVY WINS A CAME AT LAST Princeton Tigers Beaten by Midshipmen. HARVARD BEATS WEST POINT YALE TAKES SYRACUSE DOWN BY SCORE OF 171To O.

    1904 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Oct 16, 1904

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1905 game: YALE MEETS A TARTAR. Syracuse Plays We'll Enough to Try out the Blue Team.

    1905 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 8, 1905

  • The The sun's story of the 1906 game: NEW RULES FINE FOR YALE. Heavier syracuse Team beaten, 81 10 O Bus Fad Jones.

    1906 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Oct 7, 1906

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 5, 1912Yale 21, Syracuse 0at Yale
Oct 7, 1911Yale 12, Syracuse 0at Yale
Oct 1, 1910Yale 12, Syracuse 6at Yale
Oct 2, 1909Yale 15, Syracuse 0at Yale
Oct 3, 1908Yale 5, Syracuse 0at Yale
Oct 5, 1907Yale 11, Syracuse 0at Yale
Oct 6, 1906Yale 51, Syracuse 0at Yale
Oct 7, 1905Yale 16, Syracuse 0at Yale
Oct 15, 1904Yale 17, Syracuse 9at Yale
Nov 7, 1903Yale 30, Syracuse 0at Yale
Oct 25, 1902Yale 24, Syracuse 0at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.