Rivalry leaderboard
Pittsburgh-Syracuse Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 57/100
- Overtime
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 81
- Series record
- Pittsburgh 45-33-3 Syracuse
- Tracked years
- 1916-2025
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
17 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1989Week 4
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 23, Pittsburgh 30
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 10 Syracuse vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh · 7-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1956Week 3
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 7, Pittsburgh 14
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 18 Syracuse vs. No. 7 Pittsburgh · 7-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1960Week 8
Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Pittsburgh 10, Syracuse 0
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 14 Pittsburgh vs. No. 9 Syracuse · 10-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1976Week 9
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 13, Pittsburgh 23
Winner: Pittsburgh
Unranked Syracuse vs. No. 2 Pittsburgh · 10-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1981Week 8
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 10, Pittsburgh 23
Winner: Pittsburgh
Unranked Syracuse vs. No. 2 Pittsburgh · 13-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1958Week 8
Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Pittsburgh 13, Syracuse 16
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked Pittsburgh vs. No. 12 Syracuse · 3-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1982Week 8
Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Pittsburgh 14, Syracuse 0
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 2 Pittsburgh vs. Unranked Syracuse · 14-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1963Week 8
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 27, Pittsburgh 35
Winner: Pittsburgh
Unranked Syracuse vs. No. 8 Pittsburgh · 8-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1955Week 2
Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Pittsburgh 22, Syracuse 12
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 7 Pittsburgh vs. Unranked Syracuse · 10-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1979Week 10
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 21, Pittsburgh 28
Winner: Pittsburgh
Unranked Syracuse vs. No. 12 Pittsburgh · 7-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1977Week 8
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 21, Pittsburgh 28
Winner: Pittsburgh
Unranked Syracuse vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh · 7-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1978Week 10
Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Pittsburgh 18, Syracuse 17
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 20 Pittsburgh vs. Unranked Syracuse · 1-point margin
Ranking 6/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1987Week 10
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 24, Pittsburgh 10
Winner: Syracuse
No. 8 Syracuse vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 14-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1991Week 8
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 31, Pittsburgh 27
Winner: Syracuse
No. 24 Syracuse vs. No. 20 Pittsburgh · 4-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 2004Week 111OT
Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Pittsburgh 31, Syracuse 38
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked Pittsburgh vs. Unranked Syracuse · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 9/15
37
Game score
- 1999Week 7
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 24, Pittsburgh 17
Winner: Syracuse
No. 18 Syracuse vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 7-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1997Week 13
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 32, Pittsburgh 27
Winner: Syracuse
No. 21 Syracuse vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 5-point margin
Ranking 5/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1990Week 5
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 20, Pittsburgh 20
Result: Tie
Unranked Syracuse vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1924Week 7
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 7, Pittsburgh 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Syracuse vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1920Week 4
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 7, Pittsburgh 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Syracuse vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1993Week 8
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 24, Pittsburgh 21
Winner: Syracuse
No. 24 Syracuse vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 3-point margin
Ranking 2/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1969Week 8
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse 20, Pittsburgh 21
Winner: Pittsburgh
Unranked Syracuse vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.