FOOTBALL 1959 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS // 5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS // 18 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS SEASON REVIEW • Syracuse was 5-7 overall in Dino Babers' fourth season as head coach. The Orange were 3-1 in non-conference play, including a season-opening shutout at Liberty. They won two of their last three games, however, a four-game losing streak in the middle of the season caused the team to just miss bowl eligibility. • Redshirt senior P Sterling Hofrichter earned All-America honors from seven diff erent media outlets and organiza ons. A 2019 Ray Guy Award fi nalist, Hofrichter ranked third in the FBS with SYRACUSE ORANGE a 43.03 net pun ng average. He was a key component for an Orange punt coverage team that 2019 Record: 5-7 set the program single-season record for fewest punt return yards allowed (17). • Six members of the Orange received All-ACC honors from the league: Hofrichter (fi rst team), S Home: 3-3, Away: 2-4, Neutral: 0-0 Andre Cisco (second team), WR Trishton Jackson (second team), PK Andre Szmyt (third team), ACC Record: 2-6 LB Lakiem Williams (third team) and DE Alton Robinson (honorable men on). Non-Conference: 3-1 • Syracuse ranked in the top 25 na onally in eight sta s cal categories in 2019: net pun ng vs. AP Top 25: 0-1 (3rd - 43.03), punt return defense (5th - 1.7), fourth-down defense (11th - 36.8 pct.), fumbles Last Game: W, 39-30 (OT) vs. Wake Forest recovered (11th - 12), turnovers gained (12th - 25), turnover margin (13th - 0.75), passes had intercepted (25th - 7) and passes intercepted (25th - 13). HEAD COACH Dino Babers (Hawaii '84) HOFRICHTER COLLECTS ALL-AMERICA HONORS Career Record: 60-42 • Following a standout senior season, P Sterling Hofrichter was named to seven All-America Record at Syracuse: 23-26 teams (Pro Football Focus - 1, Bleacher Report - 1, FWAA - 2, USA Today - 2, Phil Steele - 2, Associated Press - 3, Athlon - 3). ALL-AMERICANS • Syracuse's all- me leader in pun ng yardage, Hofrichter was the fi h player to earn All- America honors in Dino Babers' four years as head coach. By comparison, the Orange had one Sterling Hofrichter, P All-American in the four seasons before Babers' arrival. Pro Football Focus First Team • Addi onally, by being named to the All-ACC First Team for the second year in a row, Hofrichter Bleacher Report First Team became the fi rst Syracuse player to earn mul ple fi rst-team all-conference awards since the FWAA Second Team Orange joined the league in 2013. 2019 FINAL RELEASE FINAL 2019 USA Today Second Team Phil Steele Second Team INTERCEPTION-FREE , Active Interceptionless Streaks • From Sept. 28 against Holy Cross to Nov. 30 Associated Press Third Team (FBS) against Wake Forest, Syracuse went 202 passes Athlon Third Team Rk. Name, Team No. without throwing an intercep on, including a 1. Trevor Lawrence, Clemson 239 ALL-ACC streak of 167 throws by star ng QB Tommy 2. Bo Nix, Auburn 191 DeVito. The Orange's team intercep onless Sterling Hofrichter, First Team 3. Tommy DeVito, Syracuse 170 streak ended when backup QB Clayton Welch Andre Cisco, Second Team 4. Jayden Daniels, Arizona State 157 was picked off in the fi rst quarter against the Trishton Jackson, Second Team Demon Deacons. Andre Szmyt, Third Team • DeVito fi nished the campaign with a personal intercep on-free stretch of 170 throws, which Lakiem Williams, Third Team is the third-longest among ac ve FBS signal-callers entering the 2020 season. In the Syracuse Alton Robinson, Honorable Men on annals, DeVito's streak ranks second to only R.J. Anderson (190 from 2002-03). • The last DeVito intercep on happened on his fi nal throw versus Holy Cross. Over the last STATISTICAL LEADERS seven games of 2019, the redshirt sophomore completed 62.9 percent (107-170) of his passes Rushing: Moe Neal (846 yds) for 1,126 yards and eight touchdowns. Passing: Tommy DeVito (2,360 yds) Receiving: Trishton Jackson (1,023 yds) 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (5-7, 2-6 ACC) Tackles: Lakiem Williams (110) Scoring: Andre Szmyt (90 pts) Overall Record: 5-7 • ACC Record: 2-6 Home: 3-3 • Away: 2-4 • Neutral: 0-0 • Streak: W1 WHAT'S INSIDE Date Opponent (TV) Result Record Time A end Aug. 31 at Liberty (ESPN+) W, 24-0 1-0 3:08 21,671 Sept. 7 at Maryland (ESPN) L, 20-63 1-1 3:15 33,493 Team Notes..................... 1-2 Roster/Pronunciations ......13 Sept. 14 #1 CLEMSON * (ABC) L, 6-41 1-2 3:27 50,248 Media Contacts ..................2 Player Notes ............... 14-17 Sept. 21 WESTERN MICHIGAN (ACCN) W, 52-33 2-2 3:44 40,700 Offense Notes .................3-4 Stats ............................ 18-27 Sept. 28 HOLY CROSS (ACCN) W, 41-3 3-2 3:12 40,575 Defense Notes ....................5 Long Plays .........................28 Oct. 10 at NC State * (ESPN) L, 10-16 3-3 3:18 55,860 Special Teams Notes ...........6 Starting Lineups ................29 Oct. 18 PITTSBURGH * (ESPN) L, 20-27 3-4 3:38 44,886 Miscellaneous Notes ...... 7-8 Scoring Drives ...................30 Oct. 26 at Florida State * (ESPN2) L, 17-35 3-5 3:21 50,517 Carrier Dome ......................7 Conversions/TOP ..............31 Nov. 2 BOSTON COLLEGE * (ACCN) L, 27-58 3-6 3:11 42,857 Team Awards ......................7 Red-Zone Stats .................32 Nov. 16 at Duke * (ACCN) W, 49-6 4-6 3:17 16,286 Overtime History ................7 Superlatives ......................33 Nov. 23 at Louisville * (ACCN) L, 34-56 4-7 3:22 46,769 Orange in the NFL ..............8 Game Summaries ....... 34-37 Nov. 30 WAKE FOREST * (RSN) W, 39-30 (OT) 5-7 3:46 33,719 ACC Standings/Polls ............9 The Last Time ............. 38-40 HC Dino Babers........... 10-11 * - ACC game Assistant Coaches/Staff ....12 Home games in BOLD CAPS ORANGE IS THE NEW FAST 1 2019 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL MEDIA CONTACTS GAME NOTES: TEAM SYRACUSE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN PACKED HOUSE 1301 East Colvin Street, Syracuse, NY 13244 • Senior RB Moe Neal (co-off ense), redshirt junior • A raucous crowd of 50,428 fans were on hand for Offi ce: 315-443-2608 | Web: Cuse.com OL Airon Servais (co-off ense), senior DE Kendall Syracuse's home opener versus top-ranked Clemson Coleman (defense) and redshirt senior P Sterling on Sept. 14. It was the ninth Dome sellout for MIKE MORRISON Hofrichter (special teams) were elected 2019 season football and the eighth gathering of 50,000+ in the Football SID captains in a team vote before the Oct. 18 game stadium's history, which dates back to 1980. (315) 443-2608 (O) versus Pi sburgh. Prior to the vote, captains rotated • The game marked the fi rst me Syracuse sold out (315) 952-4809 (C) on a game-by-game basis. a conference game as either a member of the BIG [email protected] • Hofrichter was voted captain for the third me. He EAST or ACC. is one of three men to captain the Orange for three seasons and the second three-year SU captain in the Syracuse Football Carrier Dome Sellouts modern era. Hofrichter joined Zaire Franklin (2015- TYLER CADY Date Opponent A end 17) and Robert Adams (1894-96) in that elite club. Assistant Director/ Sept. 20, 1980 Miami (Ohio) 50,564 Athle c Communica ons • Hofrichter was one of fi ve FBS players, and the Nov. 1, 1980 Pi sburgh 50,243 (315) 443-2608 (O) only specialist, in 2019 to serve as captain of their Nov. 8, 1980 Navy 50,350 (315) 941-6569 (C) squad three years in a row. Oct. 18, 1981 Penn State 50,037 [email protected] Oct. 15, 1983 Penn State 50,010 Three-Year Captains (2019 FBS) Oct. 19, 1985 Penn State 50,021 Name, Year School Pos. Oct. 17, 1987 Penn State 50,011 WILL EDMONDS Sterling Hofrichter, R-Sr. Syracuse P Sept. 5, 1998 Tennessee 49,550 Athle c Communica ons Assistant Bryan London II, Sr. Texas State LB Sept. 14, 2019 Clemson 50,248 (315) 443-2608 (O) Alex Hart, Sr. New Mexico LB (614) 716-8847 (C) Javon Hagan, R-Sr. Ohio S INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR [email protected] Shaq Vann, Sr. Eastern Michigan RB • The Orange roster featured nine players born outside the United States in 2019, including fi ve DOME-INATION from Canada. That number ranked third among FBS SUE EDSON • Syracuse is 9-3 in the last two years at home, teams behind Hawaii and Temple, who led major Execu ve Sr. Associate AD/ including a 3-3 record in 2019. college football with 13 foreign-born players. Chief Communica ons Offi cer • The Orange were undefeated at the Dome in 2018, (Creden al Contact) going 6-0 in the building. The 2018 campaign was Syracuse Foreign-Born Players (315) 443-2608 (O) SU's fourth perfect home season since the Dome Name, Pos. Country (315) 952-4787 (C) opened in 1980. The three previous unbeaten Dome Ma hew Bergeron, OL Canada [email protected] campaigns (all 6-0) were in 1987, 1988 and 2001. Geoff Can n-Arku, LB Canada • Under Dino Babers, Syracuse is 15-10 in the Dome. Adrian Cole, DB Puerto Rico ACC COMMUNICATIONS Home success has been a staple at all three of his Patrick Davis, OL Canada 4512 Weybridge Lane, Greensboro, NC 27407 coaching stops, with Babers' teams combining to go Kingsley Jonathan, DL Nigeria Offi ce: 336-854-8787 | Web: theACC.com 33-15 when defending their home fi eld.