Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry

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Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry
First meetingOctober 21, 1916
Latest meetingNovember 11, 2023
Next meetingOctober 24, 2024
Statistics
Meetings total79
All-time seriesPittsburgh leads, 43–32–3[1]
Largest victorySyracuse, 55–7 (1996)
Longest win streakPittsburgh, 11 (1973–1983)
Syracuse, 11 (1991–2001)
Current win streakSyracuse, 1 (2023–present)
Locations of Pittsburgh and Syracuse

The Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry is an American college football rivalry[2][3] between the Pittsburgh Panthers and Syracuse Orange. It began in 1916 and has been played every year since 1955.[4] The Panthers and Orange were both Eastern football independents for most of their history but have shared the same football conference since 1991 when the Big East Football Conference was formed from Eastern football independents. Pitt is the most played opponent for Syracuse and Syracuse is the third most played opponent for Pitt. Sharing membership in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since 2013,[4] the Panthers and Orange are designated cross-divisional opponents.[5] Beginning in 2023, the ACC eliminated the Atlantic and Coastal divisions, going to one division. The Panthers and Orange were designated primary opponents, ensuring they will meet annually.[6] They have played a total of 79 times, with Pittsburgh leading the series 43–32–3.[n 1][8]

History[edit]

Series record[edit]

From 1916–56, Pittsburgh led 8–2–2, but Syracuse went 11–5 to tie the series up. Pittsburgh then went on an 11-year winning streak from 1973–83. However, Syracuse went 16–1–1 from 1984–2001 to take the series lead (29–25–3). Pittsburgh has gone 18–2[n 1] since to retake the lead.

Big East Conference (1991–2012)[edit]

Syracuse was a charter member of the Big East Conference, founded as a basketball prioritized conference in 1979 that did not sponsor football.[9] Pitt joined Syracuse as a member of the Big East Conference in 1982.[10] Both Pitt and Syracuse moved their football teams, both playing as Independents, into the Big East Football Conference in 1991 when they and other football-playing members of the Big East, along with additional Eastern independent teams, decided to form a football conference under the auspices of the existing Big East Conference.

Since 1991, Pittsburgh and Syracuse have played twenty-two times while in the Big East until trouble started to rumble through the conference starting in 2005 with the "football" and "non-football" schools of the conference, led to instability in the conference. Several schools left the conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Big East became more unstable starting in 2011 when Pittsburgh and Syracuse submitted formal applications to join the ACC, which were accepted on September 18, 2011.[11]

Atlantic Coast Conference (2013–present)[edit]

Pittsburgh and Syracuse officially joined the ACC on July 1, 2013.[12][13]

Pittsburgh is placed in the Coastal division of the ACC and Syracuse is in the Atlantic division.[14] The teams of the ACC have a permanent inter-divisional opponent, where a team from the Atlantic and Coastal divisions will play annually which was added for traditional rivalries like the North Carolina–NC State football rivalry to continue annually despite not being in the same division. When Pittsburgh and Syracuse joined the conference they were made each other's permanent inter-divisional opponent.[5]

Game results[edit]

Pittsburgh victoriesSyracuse victoriesVacated wins[n 1]
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
1 October 21, 1916 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 30 Syracuse 0
2 October 20, 1917 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 28 Syracuse 0
3 October 18, 1919 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 24 Pittsburgh 3
4 October 16, 1920 Syracuse, NY Tie7Tie7
5 October 22, 1921 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 35 Syracuse 0
6 October 21, 1922 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 21 Syracuse 14
7 October 20, 1923 Bronx, NY Syracuse 3 Pittsburgh 0
8 November 1, 1924 Syracuse, NY Tie7Tie7
9 November 3, 1928 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 18 Syracuse 0
10 October 18, 1930 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 14 Syracuse 0
11 September 24, 1955 Syracuse, NY #7 Pittsburgh 22 Syracuse 12
12 September 29, 1956 Pittsburgh, PA #10 Pittsburgh 14 #7 Syracuse 7
13 November 2, 1957 Pittsburgh, PA Syracuse 24 Pittsburgh 21
14 November 1, 1958 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 16 #12 Pittsburgh 13
15 October 31, 1959 Pittsburgh, PA #5 Syracuse 35 Pittsburgh 0
16 October 29, 1960 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 10 #3 Syracuse 0
17 November 4, 1961 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 28 Pittsburgh 9
18 November 3, 1962 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 24 Syracuse 6
19 November 2, 1963 Pittsburgh, PA #10 Pittsburgh 35 Syracuse 27
20 October 31, 1964 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 21 Pittsburgh 6
21 October 30, 1965 Flushing, NY Syracuse 51 Pittsburgh 13
22 October 29, 1966 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 33 Pittsburgh 7
23 November 4, 1967 Pittsburgh, PA Syracuse 14 Pittsburgh 7
24 October 12, 1968 Syracuse, NY #15 Syracuse 50 Pittsburgh 17
25 November 1, 1969 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 21 Syracuse 20
26 October 31, 1970 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 43 #15 Pittsburgh 13
27 October 30, 1971 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 31 Syracuse 21
28 October 28, 1972 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 10 Pittsburgh 6
29 November 3, 1973 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 28 Syracuse 14
30 November 2, 1974 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 21 Syracuse 13
31 November 1, 1975 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 38 Syracuse 0
32 October 30, 1976 Pittsburgh, PA #2 Pittsburgh 23 Syracuse 13
33 October 22, 1977 Pittsburgh, PA #14 Pittsburgh 28 Syracuse 21
34 November 4, 1978 Syracuse, NY #19 Pittsburgh 18 Syracuse 17
35 November 3, 1979 Pittsburgh, PA #12 Pittsburgh 28 Syracuse 21
36 November 1, 1980 Syracuse, NY #11 Pittsburgh 43 Syracuse 6
37 October 24, 1981 Pittsburgh, PA #2 Pittsburgh 23 Syracuse 10
38 October 23, 1982 Syracuse, NY #2 Pittsburgh 14 Syracuse 0
39 October 29, 1983 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 13 Syracuse 10
40 November 3, 1984 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 13 Pittsburgh 7
41 November 2, 1985 Pittsburgh, PA Syracuse 12 Pittsburgh 0
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
42 November 1, 1986 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 24 Pittsburgh 20
43 October 31, 1987 Pittsburgh, PA #8 Syracuse 24 Pittsburgh 10
44 December 3, 1988 Syracuse, NY #18 Syracuse 24 Pittsburgh 7
45 September 23, 1989 Pittsburgh, PA #13 Pittsburgh 30 #10 Syracuse 23
46 September 22, 1990 Syracuse, NY Tie20Tie20
47 October 19, 1991 Pittsburgh, PA #24 Syracuse 31 #20 Pittsburgh 27
48 October 31, 1992 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 41 Pittsburgh 10
49 October 16, 1993 Pittsburgh, PA Syracuse 24 Pittsburgh 21
50 October 8, 1994 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 31 Pittsburgh 7
51 November 11, 1995 Pittsburgh, PA Syracuse 42 Pittsburgh 10
52 October 12, 1996 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 55 Pittsburgh 7
53 November 15, 1997 Pittsburgh, PA Syracuse 32 Pittsburgh 27
54 October 31, 1998 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 45 Pittsburgh 28
55 October 7, 1999 Pittsburgh, PA Syracuse 24 Pittsburgh 17
56 October 7, 2000 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 24 Pittsburgh 172OT
57 October 13, 2001 Pittsburgh, PA Syracuse 42 Pittsburgh 10
58 October 5, 2002 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 48 Syracuse 24
59 October 25, 2003 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 34 Syracuse 14
60 November 6, 2004 Syracuse, NY Syracuse† 38 Pittsburgh 312OT
61 October 22, 2005 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 34 Syracuse 17
62 October 7, 2006 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 21 Syracuse 11
63 November 3, 2007 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 20 Syracuse 17
64 September 27, 2008 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 34 Syracuse 24
65 November 7, 2009 Pittsburgh, PA #14 Pittsburgh 37 Syracuse 10
66 October 16, 2010 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 45 Syracuse 14
67 December 3, 2011 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 33 Syracuse 20
68 October 5, 2012 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 14 Pittsburgh 13
69 November 23, 2013 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 17 Syracuse 16
70 November 22, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 30 Syracuse 7
71 October 24, 2015 Syracuse, NY #25 Pittsburgh 23 Syracuse 20
72 November 26, 2016 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 76 Syracuse 61
73 October 7, 2017 Syracuse, NY Syracuse 27 Pittsburgh 24
74 October 6, 2018 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 44 Syracuse 37OT
75 October 18, 2019 Syracuse, NY Pittsburgh 27 Syracuse 20
76 September 19, 2020 Pittsburgh, PA #25 Pittsburgh 21 Syracuse 10
77 November 27, 2021 Syracuse, NY #17 Pittsburgh 31 Syracuse 14
78 November 5, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh 19 #20 Syracuse 9
79 November 11, 2023 Bronx, NY Syracuse 28 Pittsburgh 13
Series: Pittsburgh leads 43–32–3[1]
† Vacated by Syracuse

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Syracuse vacated 11 football victories from the 2004 to 2006 seasons due to an athletic scandal. These wins are not included in Syracuse's all-time record, and consequently the 2004 Syracuse victory against Pittsburgh is not included in the series record between the two teams.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Winsipedia – Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Syracuse Orange football series history". Winsipedia.
  2. ^ Riskis, John (October 16, 2019). "Panthers trek north for 75th renewal of Syracuse football rivalry". The Pitt News. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Ross, Brandon (October 17, 2019). "Syracuse football consensus vs. Pitt: Yeah, it's a rivalry". SBNation Nunes Magician. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Football renews old rivalry with Syracuse in new ACC era". Pittsburgh Panthers Athletics. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  5. ^ a b Adelson, Andrea (January 11, 2013). "Syracuse, Pitt part of '13 ACC sked". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  6. ^ "ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2023–26". theacc.com. June 28, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  7. ^ Mink, Nate (March 6, 2015). "NCAA report: Syracuse football placed on 5-year probation, self-vacates 11 wins". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  8. ^ "Winsipedia – Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Syracuse Orange football series history". Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  9. ^ Crouthamel, Jake (December 8, 2000). "A Big East History and Retrospective, Part 1". SUAthletics.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  10. ^ Hanley, Richard F. (November 19, 1981). "Pittsburgh To Join Big East". Record-Journal.
  11. ^ "ACC Extends Formal Invitations for Membership to Pittsburgh and Syracuse – The Official Athletic Site of the Atlantic Coast Conference" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. September 18, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  12. ^ "SU, BIG EAST Reach Agreement for Orange to Move to ACC in 2013". Syracuse Athletics. July 16, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  13. ^ "BIG EAST Conference, University of Pittsburgh Reach Agreement on Pittsburgh Departure From The BIG EAST". Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  14. ^ "ACC sticks with 8-game schedule". ESPN. October 2, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2014.