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Syracuse–West Virginia football rivalry

Syracuse–West Virginia football rivalry

The Syracuse–West Virginia football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Syracuse Orange football team of Syracuse University and West Virginia Mountaineers football team of West Virginia University.

Syracuse–West Virginia football rivalry
West Virginia Mountaineers logo.svg
Syracuse Orange logo.svg
First meetingOctober 12, 1945
Latest meetingDecember 28, 2018
Next meetingTBD
TrophyBen Schwartzwalder Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total61 [1]
All-time seriesSyracuse leads, 34–27[2]
Largest victorySyracuse, 45–0 (1960)
Longest win streakWest Virginia, 8 (2002–2009)
Current win streakSyracuse, 4 (2010–present)
Syracuse–West Virginia football rivalry is located in USA Northeast
Syracuse
Syracuse
West Virginia
West Virginia
Locations of Syracuse and West Virginia

History

The Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy[3] is the trophy that went annually to the winner of the game. It was introduced in 1993 and is named after former WVU football player and Syracuse head coach Ben Schwartzwalder, who died in April of that year. It was sculpted by Syracuse player Jim Ridlon.

West Virginia won the first trophy game 43–0 at Syracuse and has gone on to win 11. Syracuse has won the trophy eight times and leads the series 33–27. With West Virginia's move to the Big 12 Conference in 2012 and Syracuse's move to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013, the future of the series is in doubt with no meetings currently planned.

The two teams met in the 2012 Pinstripe Bowl and 2018 Camping World Bowl, which Syracuse won 38–14 and 34–18 respectively. However, the trophy was not exchanged.

Game results

Syracuse victoriesWest Virginia victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1October 12, 1945Syracuse, NYSyracuse12–0
2October 26, 1946Morgantown, WVWest Virginia13–0
3November 19, 1955Morgantown, WVSyracuse20–13
4October 13, 1956Syracuse, NYSyracuse27–20
5November 23, 1957Morgantown, WVWest Virginia7–0
6November 22, 1958Morgantown, WV

10 Syracuse
15–12
7October 24, 1959Syracuse, NY

6 Syracuse
44–0
8October 22, 1960Morgantown, WV

3 Syracuse
45–0
9November 19, 1961Syracuse, NY

5 Syracuse
29–14
10November 24, 1962Syracuse, NYWest Virginia17–6
11November 9, 1963Syracuse, NYSyracuse15–13
12November 21, 1964Morgantown, WVWest Virginia28–27
13November 13, 1965Morgantown, WVSyracuse41–19
14November 19, 1966Morgantown, WVSyracuse34–7
15September 30, 1967Syracuse, NYSyracuse23–6
16November 23, 1968Morgantown, WVWest Virginia23–16
17November 22, 1969Syracuse, NY

18 West Virginia
13–10
18November 14, 1970Morgantown, WVWest Virginia28–19
19November 20, 1971Syracuse, NYSyracuse28–24
20November 18, 1972Morgantown, WVWest Virginia43–12
21November 24, 1973Syracuse, NYWest Virginia24–14
22November 9, 1974Morgantown, WVWest Virginia39–11
23November 22, 1975Syracuse, NYSyracuse20–19
24November 20, 1976Morgantown, WVWest Virginia34–28
25November 19, 1977Syracuse, NYSyracuse28–9
26October 7, 1978Morgantown, WVSyracuse31–15
27September 15, 1979East Rutherford, NJSyracuse24–14
28November 22, 1980Morgantown, WVSyracuse20–7
29November 21, 1981Syracuse, NYSyracuse27–24
30November 20, 1982Morgantown, WV

16 West Virginia
26–0
31November 19, 1983Syracuse, NYSyracuse27–16
32October 13, 1984Morgantown, WVWest Virginia20–10
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
33November 30, 1985Syracuse, NYWest Virginia13–10
34November 22, 1986Morgantown, WVSyracuse34–23
35November 21, 1987Syracuse, NY

6 Syracuse
32–31
36November 19, 1988Morgantown, WV

4 West Virginia
31–9
37November 24, 1989Syracuse, NY

17 West Virginia
24–17
38November 17, 1990Morgantown, WVSyracuse31–7
39November 23, 1991Syracuse, NY

16 Syracuse
16–10
40October 17, 1992Morgantown, WV

14 Syracuse
20–17
41October 30, 1993Syracuse, NY

13 West Virginia
43–0
42November 24, 1994Morgantown, WVWest Virginia13–0
43October 21, 1995Syracuse, NYSyracuse22–0
44November 2, 1996Morgantown, WVSyracuse30–7
45November 1, 1997Syracuse, NYSyracuse40–10
46November 7, 1998Morgantown, WVWest Virginia35–28
47September 25, 1999Syracuse, NYSyracuse30–7
48November 4, 2000Morgantown, WVSyracuse31–27
49November 10, 2001Syracuse, NY

14 Syracuse
24–13
50October 19, 2002Morgantown, WVWest Virginia34–7
51November 22, 2003Syracuse, NY

25 West Virginia
34–23
52October 21, 2004Morgantown, WV

15 West Virginia
27–6
53September 4, 2005Syracuse, NYWest Virginia15–7
54October 14, 2006Morgantown, WV

5 West Virginia
41–17
55October 6, 2007Syracuse, NY

13 West Virginia
55–14
56October 11, 2008Morgantown, WVWest Virginia17–6
57October 10, 2009Syracuse, NYWest Virginia34–13
58October 23, 2010Morgantown, WVSyracuse19–14
59October 21, 2011Syracuse, NYSyracuse49–23
60December 29, 2012Bronx, NY*Syracuse38–14
61December 28, 2018Orlando, FL**

20 Syracuse
34–18
Series: Syracuse leads 34–27
2012 Pinstripe Bowl
**2018 Camping World Bowl

See also

  • List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

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