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11/9/1901 Syracuse 11 Columbia 5 at the Polo Grounds
10/16/1909 Carlisle 14 Syracuse 11 at the Polo Grounds
11/25/1909 Syracuse 5 Fordham 5 at the Polo Grounds
11/30/1918 Syracuse 21 Rutgers 0 at the Polo Grounds
11/4/1919 Syracuse 14 Rutgers 0 at the Polo Grounds
11/19/1921 Syracuse 14 Dartmouth 7 at the Polo Grounds
10/28/1922 Syracuse 0 Penn State 0 at the Polo Grounds
10/20/1923 Syracuse 3 Pittsburgh 0 at Yankee Stadium
11/27/1924 Syracuse 9 Columbia 6 at the Polo Grounds
11/26/1925 Syracuse 16 Columbia 5 at the Polo Grounds
11/24/1927 Columbia 14 Syracuse 7 at the Polo Grounds
10/24/1936 Maryland 20 Syracuse 0 at the Polo Grounds
10/12/1940 Syracuse 47 NYU 13 at Yankee Stadium
10/22/1949 Fordham 47 Syracuse 21 at the Polo Grounds
12/2/1950 Fordham 13 Syracuse 6 at the Polo Grounds
11/20/1954 Syracuse 20 Fordham 7 at the Polo Grounds
11/5/1960 Army 9 Syracuse 6 at Yankee Stadium
9/29/1962 Army 9 Syracuse 2 at the Polo Grounds
11/28/1963 Syracuse 14 Notre Dame 7 at Yankee Stadium
11/7/1964 Syracuse 27 Army 15 at Yankee Stadium
10/30/1965 Syracuse 51 Pittsburgh 13 at Shea Stadium
9/15/1979 Syracuse 24 West Virginia 14 at Giants Stadium
10/20/1979 Penn State 35 Syracuse 7 at Giants Stadium
9/4/1982 Syracuse 31 Rutgers 8 at Giants Stadium
8/11/1990 Southern California 34 Syracuse 16 at Giants Stadium
11/26/1993 Syracuse 31 Rutgers 18 at Giants Stadium
8/24/1997 Syracuse 34 Wisconsin 0 at Giants Stadium
8/26/2001 Georgia Tech 13 Syracuse 7 at Giants Stadium
12/30/2010 Syracuse 36 Kansas State 34 at Yankee Stadium
9/8/2012 Southern California 42 Syracuse 29 at MetLife Stadium
Total record: 17-11-2
The Polo grounds that Syracuse played in in 1901 and 1909 was not the famous Polo grounds you see in old films. It was a previous, wooden stadium with the same name on the same site. It burned down in 1911 and was replaced by the famous “Polo Grounds where subsequent games were played. The Giants began playing on a real polo grounds in the 1880’s, located on 110th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. They moved to a new park built for baseball at 155th Street and 8th Avenue in 1889 and the new park was at first informally called “the new Polo Grounds” and then simply “the Polo Grounds” and that’s what subsequent stadiums the Giants played in were called. In 1891 another park, (both were wooden), was built on the same site but adjacent to the second Polo grounds, (which became Manhattan Field), and this is where the 1901 and 1909 games took place. When that burned down the famous concrete and steel edifice know in the 20th century as the “Polo Grounds” was constructed and subsequent games were played there.
Yankee Stadium was built in 1923 and SU played a scoreless tie with Pittsburgh there five days after the Yankees had won their first World Series in the same park. The 2010 game was, of course at the new Yankees Stadium. The place was renovated in the mid-70s and some call the new one Yankee Stadium III.
Thirteen of these games were against New York City Teams, (depending on how you regard Army: I didn’t include them). Two more were in 1979 when we had to farm out our home games because the Carrier Dome was being built. The others were similar to this game: an opponent we might normally have played in the Dome but instead played in New York for the extra publicity and a financial guarantee.
It may or may not be a good thing but it’s not like we’ve never done it before.
10/16/1909 Carlisle 14 Syracuse 11 at the Polo Grounds
11/25/1909 Syracuse 5 Fordham 5 at the Polo Grounds
11/30/1918 Syracuse 21 Rutgers 0 at the Polo Grounds
11/4/1919 Syracuse 14 Rutgers 0 at the Polo Grounds
11/19/1921 Syracuse 14 Dartmouth 7 at the Polo Grounds
10/28/1922 Syracuse 0 Penn State 0 at the Polo Grounds
10/20/1923 Syracuse 3 Pittsburgh 0 at Yankee Stadium
11/27/1924 Syracuse 9 Columbia 6 at the Polo Grounds
11/26/1925 Syracuse 16 Columbia 5 at the Polo Grounds
11/24/1927 Columbia 14 Syracuse 7 at the Polo Grounds
10/24/1936 Maryland 20 Syracuse 0 at the Polo Grounds
10/12/1940 Syracuse 47 NYU 13 at Yankee Stadium
10/22/1949 Fordham 47 Syracuse 21 at the Polo Grounds
12/2/1950 Fordham 13 Syracuse 6 at the Polo Grounds
11/20/1954 Syracuse 20 Fordham 7 at the Polo Grounds
11/5/1960 Army 9 Syracuse 6 at Yankee Stadium
9/29/1962 Army 9 Syracuse 2 at the Polo Grounds
11/28/1963 Syracuse 14 Notre Dame 7 at Yankee Stadium
11/7/1964 Syracuse 27 Army 15 at Yankee Stadium
10/30/1965 Syracuse 51 Pittsburgh 13 at Shea Stadium
9/15/1979 Syracuse 24 West Virginia 14 at Giants Stadium
10/20/1979 Penn State 35 Syracuse 7 at Giants Stadium
9/4/1982 Syracuse 31 Rutgers 8 at Giants Stadium
8/11/1990 Southern California 34 Syracuse 16 at Giants Stadium
11/26/1993 Syracuse 31 Rutgers 18 at Giants Stadium
8/24/1997 Syracuse 34 Wisconsin 0 at Giants Stadium
8/26/2001 Georgia Tech 13 Syracuse 7 at Giants Stadium
12/30/2010 Syracuse 36 Kansas State 34 at Yankee Stadium
9/8/2012 Southern California 42 Syracuse 29 at MetLife Stadium
Total record: 17-11-2
The Polo grounds that Syracuse played in in 1901 and 1909 was not the famous Polo grounds you see in old films. It was a previous, wooden stadium with the same name on the same site. It burned down in 1911 and was replaced by the famous “Polo Grounds where subsequent games were played. The Giants began playing on a real polo grounds in the 1880’s, located on 110th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. They moved to a new park built for baseball at 155th Street and 8th Avenue in 1889 and the new park was at first informally called “the new Polo Grounds” and then simply “the Polo Grounds” and that’s what subsequent stadiums the Giants played in were called. In 1891 another park, (both were wooden), was built on the same site but adjacent to the second Polo grounds, (which became Manhattan Field), and this is where the 1901 and 1909 games took place. When that burned down the famous concrete and steel edifice know in the 20th century as the “Polo Grounds” was constructed and subsequent games were played there.
Yankee Stadium was built in 1923 and SU played a scoreless tie with Pittsburgh there five days after the Yankees had won their first World Series in the same park. The 2010 game was, of course at the new Yankees Stadium. The place was renovated in the mid-70s and some call the new one Yankee Stadium III.
Thirteen of these games were against New York City Teams, (depending on how you regard Army: I didn’t include them). Two more were in 1979 when we had to farm out our home games because the Carrier Dome was being built. The others were similar to this game: an opponent we might normally have played in the Dome but instead played in New York for the extra publicity and a financial guarantee.
It may or may not be a good thing but it’s not like we’ve never done it before.
Some of those matchups were either great defensively or terrible offensive teams.
