Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy

The Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy is a college football trophy that annually goes to the winner of the West Virginia University and Syracuse University football game. The trophy was introduced in 1993 and is named after former WVU football player and Syracuse head coach Ben Schwartzwalder, who had died in March of that year. The trophy itself weights 55 pounds and 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 overall series, 32-27.

Game results

Syracuse victories shaded in ¦¦ orange. West Virginia victories are shaded ¦¦ blue.

Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Site	Series
Oct. 12, 1945	Syracuse	12	West Virginia	0	Syracuse, NY	SU 1-0
Oct. 26, 1946	West Virginia	13	Syracuse	0	Morgantown, WV	Tied 1-1
Nov. 19, 1955	Syracuse	20	West Virginia	13	Morgantown, WV	SU 2-1
Oct. 13, 1956	Syracuse	27	West Virginia	20	Syracuse, NY	SU 3-1
Nov. 23, 1957	West Virginia	7	Syracuse	0	Morgantown, WV	SU 3-2
Nov. 22, 1958	Syracuse	15	West Virginia	12	Morgantown, WV	SU 4-2
Oct. 24, 1959	Syracuse	44	West Virginia	0	Syracuse, NY	SU 5-2
Oct. 22, 1960	Syracuse	45	West Virginia	0	Morgantown, WV	SU 6-2
Nov. 19, 1961	Syracuse	29	West Virginia	14	Syracuse, NY	SU 7-2
Nov. 24, 1962	West Virginia	17	Syracuse	6	Syracuse, NY	SU 7-3
Nov. 9, 1963	Syracuse	15	West Virginia	13	Syracuse, NY	SU 8-3
Nov. 21, 1964	West Virginia	28	Syracuse	27	Morgantown, WV	SU 8-4
Nov. 13, 1965	Syracuse	41	West Virginia	19	Morgantown, WV	SU 9-4
Nov. 19, 1966	Syracuse	34	West Virginia	7	Morgantown, WV	SU 10-4
Sept. 30, 1967	Syracuse	23	West Virginia	6	Syracuse, NY	SU 11-4
Nov. 23, 1968	West Virginia	23	Syracuse	16	Morgantown, WV	SU 11-5
Nov. 22, 1969	West Virginia	13	Syracuse	10	Syracuse, NY	SU 11-6
Nov. 14, 1970	West Virginia	28	Syracuse	19	Morgantown, WV	SU 11-7
Nov. 20, 1971	Syracuse	28	West Virginia	24	Syracuse, NY	SU 12-7
Nov. 18, 1972	West Virginia	43	Syracuse	12	Morgantown, WV	SU 12-8
Nov. 24, 1973	West Virginia	24	Syracuse	14	Syracuse, NY	SU 12-9
Nov. 9, 1974	West Virginia	39	Syracuse	11	Morgantown, WV	SU 12-10
Nov. 22, 1975	Syracuse	20	West Virginia	19	Syracuse, NY	SU 13-10
Nov. 20, 1976	West Virginia	34	Syracuse	28	Morgantown, WV	SU 13-11
Nov. 19, 1977	Syracuse	28	West Virginia	9	Syracuse, NY	SU 14-11
Oct. 7, 1978	Syracuse	31	West Virginia	15	Morgantwon, WV	SU 15-11
Sept. 15, 1979	Syracuse	24	West Virginia	14	East Rutherford, NJ	SU 16-11
Nov. 22, 1980	Syracuse	29	West Virginia	7	Morgantown, WV	SU 17-11
Nov. 21, 1981	Syracuse	27	West Virginia	24	Syracuse, NY	SU 18-11
Nov. 20, 1982	West Virginia	26	Syracuse	0	Morgantown, WV	SU 18-12
Nov. 19, 1983	Syracuse	27	West Virginia	16	Syracuse, NY	SU 19-12
Oct. 13, 1984	West Virginia	20	Syracuse	10	Morgantown, WV	SU 19-13
Nov. 30, 1985	West Virginia	13	Syracuse	10	Syracuse, NY	SU 19-14
Nov. 22, 1986	Syracuse	34	West Virginia	23	Morgantown, WV	SU 20-14
Nov. 21, 1987	Syracuse	32	West Virginia	31	Syracuse, NY	SU 21-14
Nov. 19, 1988	West Virginia	31	Syracuse	9	Morgantown, WV	SU 21-15
Nov. 24, 1989	West Virginia	24	Syracuse	17	Syracuse, NY	SU 21-16
Nov. 17, 1990	Syracuse	31	West Virginia	7	Morgantown, WV	SU 22-16
Nov. 23, 1991	Syracuse	16	West Virginia	10	Syracuse, NY	SU 23-16
Oct. 17, 1992	Syracuse	20	West Virginia	17	Morgantown, WV	SU 24-16
Oct. 30, 1993	West Virginia	43	Syracuse	0	Syracuse, NY	SU 24-17
Nov. 24, 1994	West Virginia	13	Syracuse	0	Morgantown, WV	SU 24-18
Oct. 21, 1995	Syracuse	49	West Virginia	0	Syracuse, NY	SU 25-18
Nov. 2, 1996	Syracuse	30	West Virginia	7	Morgantown, WV	SU 26-18
Nov. 1, 1997	Syracuse	40	West Virginia	10	Syracuse, NY	SU 27-18
Nov. 7, 1998	West Virginia	35	Syracuse	28	Morgantown, WV	SU 27-19
Sept. 25, 1999	Syracuse	30	West Virginia	7	Syracuse, NY	SU 28-19
Nov. 4, 2000	Syracuse	31	West Virginia	27	Morgantown, WV	SU 29-19
Nov. 10, 2001	Syracuse	24	West Virginia	13	Syracuse, NY	SU 30-19
Oct. 19, 2002	West Virginia	34	Syracuse	7	Morgantown, WV	SU 30-20
Nov. 22, 2003	West Virginia	34	Syracuse	23	Syracuse, NY	SU 30-21
Oct. 21, 2004	West Virginia	27	Syracuse	6	Morgantown, WV	SU 30-22
Sept. 4, 2005	West Virginia	15	Syracuse	7	Syracuse, NY	SU 30-23
Oct. 14, 2006	West Virginia	41	Syracuse	17	Morgantown, WV	SU 30-24
Oct. 6, 2007	West Virginia	55	Syracuse	14	Syracuse, NY	SU 30-25
Oct. 11, 2008	West Virginia	17	Syracuse	6	Morgantown, WV	SU 30-26
Oct. 10, 2009	West Virginia	34	Syracuse	13	Syracuse, NY	SU 30-27
Oct. 23, 2010	Syracuse	19	West Virginia	14	Morgantown, WV	SU 31-27
Oct. 22, 2011	Syracuse	49	West Virginia	23	Syracuse, NY	SU 32-27