Trivia Question

[Eric15]

Prior to these two Purdue wins in 2022 and 2023, when was the last time that Syracuse played a home-and-home against a P5 opponent, and won both games?

 

[OburgOrange]

1959?

 

[Eric15]

1959?

Nope it’s in the Dome era.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Vanderbilt

1990-1991.

 

[Eric15]

Vanderbilt

1990-1991.

Very good guess. It’s close to that.

 

[atlanticuse]

Temple, 1988-89?

Or was it the split series with Maryland?

(I thought might have been Texas - first SU game I ever went to was a win - but they tied the next year in Austin)

 

[HOFCeluck]

Prior to these two Purdue wins in 2022 and 2023, when was the last time that Syracuse played a home-and-home against a P5 opponent, and won both games?

Spoiler

Maryland 91 and 94?

 

[HOFCeluck]

Thanks Wikipedia!

 

[OrangePA]

Prior to these two Purdue wins in 2022 and 2023, when was the last time that Syracuse played a home-and-home against a P5 opponent, and won both games?

UCLA?

1967 and 68?

 

[Eric15]

UCLA?

1967 and 68?

Please see HOF’s cheating above.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Please see HOF’s cheating above.

I used the spoiler function!

I may be a rotten cheater but I’m still a gentleman..

 

[billorange44]

Prior to these two Purdue wins in 2022 and 2023, when was the last time that Syracuse played a home-and-home against a P5 opponent, and won both games?

Penn State 87 and 88

 

[Eric15]

Answer is Maryland in 1991 and 1994.

 

[HOFCeluck]

I love a good insult stat.