Passage: Eight college football games were played at Yankee Stadium on Thanksgiving (United States), the first seven by New York University. Perhaps, the most famous Thanksgiving Day game was the first. Oregon State Agricultural College (now Oregon State Beavers football) was the first West Coast team to travel across the country and play an East Coast team. 8–1 NYU was a 3–1 favorite to beat 5–3 OSAC, but Oregon State upset the hometown favorites 25–13. Will Rogers lamented what the "Oregon apple knockers" had done to his "city slickers" in a column after the game. After the 1928 game, NYU beat Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1931 and 1932, defeated Fordham in 1936, lost to Carnegie Tech in 1929 and lost to Fordham in 1934 and 1935. In the eighth game, in 1963, Syracuse beat Notre Dame, 14–7. This was a rematch following the teams controversial 1961 game won by Notre Dame, 17–15.
Before being defeated by Syracuse, when did Notre Dame beat them by 2 points? How many games did NYU not play on Thanksgiving? How many more points did Notre Dame score over Syracuse in 1961? How many more points did Syracuse score than Notre Dame? How many more points were scored in the second Notre Dame vs. Syracuse game than the first? How many of the seven games NUY played at Yankee Stadium did they win? How many of the seven games NYU played at Yankee Stadium did they lose? How many points did Oregon Sate beat NYU by during the Thanksgiving Day game? How many points did Oregon State beat NYU by during the first game? How many points was Notre Drame defeated by in 1963? How many times did NYU lose to Fordham after defeated them in 1936? How many times did NYU play Carnegie Tech at Yankee Stadium on Thanksgiving? How many total points did Notre Dame score in their two games with Syracuse? How many years after NYU was first defeated by Fordham did it finally defeat them? How many years in a row did NYU beat Carnegie Tech? Which did NYU defeat less times, CarnegieTech or Fordham? Which team did NYU beat the most at Yankee Stadium on Thanksgiving? Which teams were beat two years in a row? Who played NYU in their first game played at Yankee Stadium on Thanksgiving? Who played in the last game on Thanksgiving at Yankee Stadium?