# 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.

## History

The Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy 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 Jimmy 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 34–27. 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 victories | West Virginia victories |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 1 | October 12, 1945 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 12–0 |
| 2 | October 26, 1946 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 13–0 |
| 3 | November 19, 1955 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 20–13 |
| 4 | October 13, 1956 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 27–20 |
| 5 | November 23, 1957 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 7–0 |
| 6 | November 22, 1958 | Morgantown, WV | #10 Syracuse | 15–12 |
| 7 | October 24, 1959 | Syracuse, NY | #6 Syracuse | 44–0 |
| 8 | October 22, 1960 | Morgantown, WV | #3 Syracuse | 45–0 |
| 9 | September 30, 1961 | Syracuse, NY | #5 Syracuse | 29–14 |
| 10 | November 24, 1962 | Syracuse, NY | West Virginia | 17–6 |
| 11 | November 9, 1963 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 15–13 |
| 12 | November 21, 1964 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 28–27 |
| 13 | November 13, 1965 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 41–19 |
| 14 | November 19, 1966 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 34–7 |
| 15 | September 30, 1967 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 23–6 |
| 16 | November 23, 1968 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 23–16 |
| 17 | November 22, 1969 | Syracuse, NY | #18 West Virginia | 13–10 |
| 18 | November 14, 1970 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 28–19 |
| 19 | November 20, 1971 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 28–24 |
| 20 | November 18, 1972 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 43–12 |
| 21 | November 24, 1973 | Syracuse, NY | West Virginia | 24–14 |
| 22 | November 9, 1974 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 39–11 |
| 23 | November 22, 1975 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 20–19 |
| 24 | November 20, 1976 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 34–28 |
| 25 | November 19, 1977 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 28–9 |
| 26 | October 7, 1978 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 31–15 |
| 27 | September 15, 1979 | East Rutherford, NJ | Syracuse | 24–14 |
| 28 | November 22, 1980 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 20–7 |
| 29 | November 21, 1981 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 27–24 |
| 30 | November 20, 1982 | Morgantown, WV | #16 West Virginia | 26–0 |
| 31 | November 19, 1983 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 27–16 |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 32 | October 13, 1984 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 20–10 |
| 33 | November 30, 1985 | Syracuse, NY | West Virginia | 13–10 |
| 34 | November 22, 1986 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 34–23 |
| 35 | November 21, 1987 | Syracuse, NY | #6 Syracuse | 32–31 |
| 36 | November 19, 1988 | Morgantown, WV | #4 West Virginia | 31–9 |
| 37 | November 24, 1989 | Syracuse, NY | #17 West Virginia | 24–17 |
| 38 | November 17, 1990 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 31–7 |
| 39 | November 23, 1991 | Syracuse, NY | #16 Syracuse | 16–10 |
| 40 | October 17, 1992 | Morgantown, WV | #14 Syracuse | 20–17 |
| 41 | October 30, 1993 | Syracuse, NY | #13 West Virginia | 43–0 |
| 42 | November 24, 1994 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 13–0 |
| 43 | October 21, 1995 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 22–0 |
| 44 | November 2, 1996 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 30–7 |
| 45 | November 1, 1997 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 40–10 |
| 46 | November 7, 1998 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 35–28 |
| 47 | September 25, 1999 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 30–7 |
| 48 | November 4, 2000 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 31–27 |
| 49 | November 10, 2001 | Syracuse, NY | #14 Syracuse | 24–13 |
| 50 | October 19, 2002 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 34–7 |
| 51 | November 22, 2003 | Syracuse, NY | #25 West Virginia | 34–23 |
| 52 | October 21, 2004 | Morgantown, WV | #15 West Virginia | 27–6 |
| 53 | September 4, 2005 | Syracuse, NY | West Virginia | 15–7 |
| 54 | October 14, 2006 | Morgantown, WV | #5 West Virginia | 41–17 |
| 55 | October 6, 2007 | Syracuse, NY | #13 West Virginia | 55–14 |
| 56 | October 11, 2008 | Morgantown, WV | West Virginia | 17–6 |
| 57 | October 10, 2009 | Syracuse, NY | West Virginia | 34–13 |
| 58 | October 23, 2010 | Morgantown, WV | Syracuse | 19–14 |
| 59 | October 21, 2011 | Syracuse, NY | Syracuse | 49–23 |
| 60 | December 29, 2012 | Bronx, NY | Syracuse | 38–14 |
| 61 | December 28, 2018 | Orlando, FL | #20 Syracuse | 34–18 |
| Series: Syracuse leads 34–27 |||||