2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL

SYRACUSE vs. #25/ARV RUTGERS (3-7 overall, 0-5 BIG EAST) (7-2 overall, 2-2 BIG EAST) • Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. • ESPN360.com •

ORANGE SLICES SENIOR DAY TO HONOR 19 Nineteen seniors, including 15 student-athletes and four team managers, will be honored prior Orange on ESPN360.com to the game on 2009 Senior Day … Each of the honorees is scheduled to earn his degree in May, The game will be live on ESPN360.com … Dave 2010 … The group of 15 student-athletes includes, Ryan Bartholomew, Tucker Baumbach, Cam Popkin and Jermy Bloom will call the action Dantley, Donte Davis, Arthur Jones, Max Leo, Lavar Lobdell, Jim McKenzie, Mike Owen, Greg with Chris Ackerknecht as the producer. Paulus, Dalton Phillips, Andrew Robinson, Nico Scott , Derrell Smith and Mike Stenclik … The four senior student managers are head manager Mike Kravec, Joe Meyer, Jeremiah Standifer Orange on Radio and Edwin Dei. Syracuse ISP Sports Network CARTER JUST SHY OF TOP 20 Voice of the Orange Matt Park ‘97 and Senior running back Delone Carter recorded his third 100-yard rushing game of former Orange All-American tight end Chris the season and the fi ft h of his career at Louisville (129 yards on 28 carries) … He Gedney ‘93 call the game action and Brian moved into the 22nd spot on Syracuse’s career rushing yards record list … Carter Higgins ‘04 provides sideline reports … has 1,702 yards in 27 games … He has earned his three BIG EAST Weekly Honor Higgins also hosts the pre-game and post- Roll recogniti on for his performances at Pitt sburgh, against Maine and against game shows. Former Orange head coach Dick Akron … He ranks 44th in the nati on and fourth in the BIG EAST in rushing MacPherson provides insight and analysis average (84.2 yards per game). during the pre- and post-game shows and Delone Carter at halftime … TK-99.5 FM is the flagship for HOGUE MAKES PLAYS AT LOUISVILLE the ISP Sports Network … The Syracuse ISP Junior linebacker Doug Hogue is making a strong impression in his fi rst season Sports Network covers New York, New Jersey, at linebacker … He ranks eighth among BIG EAST defenders with 0.60 sacks per Vermont and Pennsylvania … For a complete game and is ti ed for eighth in the league with 1.00 tackles for loss per game ... list of stations on the network, see page 17. He is fourth on the Orange defense with 59 tackles, including 37 solo, 9.5 for a Sirius Satellite Radio loss of yards and six sacks … He also has one intercepti on one fumble recovery SU game broadcasts are also available on and fi ve quarterback hurries … At Louisville, he had eight tackles, including seven SIRIUS/XM satellite radio (channel 158). solo, and a pair of sacks. Doug Hogue WAER INJURY TOLL REACHES 10 Located on the SU campus, WAER-FM88 SU has lost 10 players, including six starters, to season-ending injuries in 2009 … The most also carries every SU football game … recent losses are starting middle linebacker Derrell Smith, who injured his knee against Akron David Resnick is the sports director … The and played through the Louisville game with the injury, will miss the final two games of the broadcast team for SU’s game against season, in addition to running back/kick returner Mike Jones and long snapper/tight end Dalton Rutgers includes Andrew Allegretta, Kevin Phillips, who suffered injuries in the game at Louisville … The group of starters includes tight Brown and Tim Bickford. ends Nick Provo and Cody Catalina, defensive end Jared Kimmel, strong safety Max Suter, nose Orange on the Internet tackle Arthur Jones, and offensive tackle Jonathan Meldrum … Starting center Jim McKenzie missed three games due to injury, but returned to start at Pitts and at Louisville … Cornerback Every Syracuse ISP Sports Network broadcast Dorian Graham suffered an injury during pre-season practice that sidelined him for the season. is available on the official Syracuse Athletics website – suathletics.com … The site is JONES EARNS BIG EAST WEEKLY HONOR home of Orange All Access, SU’s multi-media Defensive end Chandler Jones earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition for his performance at package, which features live game webcasts, Louisville … He had a team-leading 10 tackles, including one sack and 2.5 tackles for a loss of seven yards. highlights and news conferences. 2009 SYRACUSE SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (3-7 overall, 0-5 BIG EAST) The Coaches Date Opponent Result (Televison) Time/Attendance Syracuse: Doug Marrone September 5 #-/ARV MINNESOTA L, 20-23 OT (ESPN2) 48,617 Year as a head coach: First 12 at #9/8 Penn State L, 28-7 (Big Ten Network) 106,387 Overall Record: 3-7 19 #-/ARV NORTHWESTERN W, 37-34 (Time Warner) 40,251 Year at SU: Same 26 MAINE W, 41-24 (OAA/Time Warner) 35,632 Record at SU: Same October 3 #ARV/ARV SOUTH FLORIDA * L, 34-20 (BIG EAST Network) 40,147 BIG EAST Record: 0-5 10 #ARV/ARV WEST VIRGINIA * L, 13-34 (BIG EAST Network) 40,144 Alma Mater: Syracuse University ‘91 17 OPEN Rutgers: Greg Schiano 24 AKRON W, 28-14 (Time Warner) 36,991 Year as a head coach: 9th 31 #5/7 CINCINNATI * L, 28-7 (ESPNU) 33,802 Overall Record: 53-53 November 7 at #14/14 Pittsburgh * L, 37-10 (ESPNU) 46,885 Year at Rutgers: Same 14 at Louisville * L, 10-9 (BIG EAST Network) 33,223 Record at Rutgers: Same 21 #25/ARV RUTGERS * ESPN360.com 3:30 p.m. BIG EAST Record: 22-37 28 at Connecticut * BIG EAST Network 12:00 p.m. Alma Mater: Bucknell ‘88 * Indicates BIG EAST Conference game • All times are Eastern SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. ORANGE SLICES THE SYRACUSE-RUTGERS SERIES Syracuse vs. Rutgers Series Syracuse holds a 28-10-1 THE SYRACUSE-RUTGERS SERIES: YEAR-BY-YEAR edge in the all-time series, Score Series Record Series Record: SU leads, 28-10-1 (Current Streak: RU, 4) including a 12-6 record since Year H/A SU Opp. W L T Stadium at Syracuse: SU leads, 14-5-1 (Current Streak: RU, 2) BIG EAST play began in 1991 1914 H 14 14 0 0 1 at Carrier Dome: SU leads, 10-5 (Current Streak: RU, 2) … Syracuse holds 14-5-1 1917 H 14 10 1 0 1 1918 21 0 2 0 1 Polo Grounds at Rutgers: SU leads, 12-5 (Current Streak: RU, 3) advantage in games played 1919 14 6 3 0 1 Polo Grounds Neutral: SU leads, 2-0 (Current Streak: SU, 2) in Syracuse, including 10-5 in 1930 H 27 0 4 0 1 Last Syracuse Win: 2004 (41-31) the Carrier Dome … In 1990, 1941 H 49 7 5 0 1 1942 A 12 7 6 0 1 Last Rutgers Win: 2008 (35-17) the Orange defense set a 1949 A 21 9 7 0 1 Largest Margin of Syracuse Victory: 56 (1998) Syracuse standard with nine 1950 H 42 12 8 0 1 Archbold Stadium Largest Margin of Rutgers Victory: 31 (2006) sacks … In 1992, quarterback 1975 A 10 21 8 1 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ 1980 H 17 9 9 0 1 Carrier Dome Marvin Graves set SU records Rushing: SU, Walter Reyes 19-241 (10/2/04) 1981 H 27 29 9 2 1 Carrier Dome for passing yards (425), total 1982 A 31 8 10 2 1 Meadowlands RU, Ravon Anderson 13-163 (10/6/01) offense (476) and directed 1983 H 17 13 11 2 1 Carrier Dome Passing: SU, Marvin Graves 18-28-425 (10/10/92) 1984 H 0 19 11 3 1 Carrier Dome the Orange to a program-best RU, Ryan Hart 29-49-311 (10/2/04) 1985 A 31 14 12 3 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ 675 total yards versus the 1986 H 10 16 12 4 1 Carrier Dome Receiving: SU, Marvin Harrison 7-155 (11/26/93) Scarlet Knights … Two of the 1987 A 20 3 13 4 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ RU, Reggie Funderburk 9-159 (9/17/94) 1988 H 34 20 14 4 1 Carrier Dome top five rushing performances 1989 A 49 28 15 4 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ Tale of the Tape in school history came 1990 H 42 0 16 4 1 Carrier Dome against the Scarlet Knights, 1991 * A 21 7 17 4 1 Meadowlands 2009 SU OFFENSE 2009 RU DEFENSE 1992 * H 50 28 18 4 1 Carrier Dome including Dee Brown’s 239 1993 * A 31 18 19 4 1 Meadowlands 19.2 Scoring 15.6 yards in 2000, which is the 1994 * H 37 36 20 4 1 Meadowlands 305.2 Total Yardage 304.7 third-highest SU single-game 1995 * A 27 17 21 4 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ 117.7 Rushing Yardage 98.2 1996 * A 42 0 22 4 1 Carrier Dome 187.5 Passing Yardage 206.4 total, and Walter Reyes’ 237 1997 * A 50 3 23 4 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ 62.5 Total Plays 62.4 yards in 2004, which ranks 1998 * H 70 14 24 4 1 Carrier Dome 33.4 Rushing Plays 32.0 fourth … In 1998, Donovan 1999 * A 21 24 24 5 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ 2000 * H 49 21 25 5 1 Carrier Dome 29.1 Passing Plays 30.4 McNabb and the Orange tied 2001 * A 24 17 26 5 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ 4.9 Avg. Per Play 4.9 the school record, scoring 10 2002 * H 45 14 27 5 1 Carrier Dome 3.5 Avg. Per Rush 3.1 touchdowns and kicker Nate 2003 * A 7 24 27 6 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ 6.4 Avg. Per Pass 6.8 Trout went 10-for-10 to set 2004 * H 41 31 28 6 1 Carrier Dome 10.4 Avg. Per Catch 12.3 2005 * H 9 31 28 7 1 Carrier Dome 2.5 Turnovers 3.2 the SU records for PATs made 2006 * A 7 38 28 8 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ and attempted in a game in a 2007 * H 14 38 28 9 1 Carrier Dome 70-14 victory. 2008 * A 17 35 28 10 1 Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ 2009 SU DEFENSE 2009 RU OFFENSE Totals 1,064 641 28 10 1 26.6 Scoring 29.1 * BIG EAST Conference game 353.7 Total Yardage 345.8 99.2 Rushing Yardage 147.9 254.5 Passing Yardage 197.9 SYRACUSE-RUTGERS CONNECTIONS 63.6 Total Plays 64.1 Orange from New Jersey 33.3 Rushing Plays 38.0 • Seven SU student-athletes are from New Jersey, including junior nose tackle Ollie Haney, freshman center 30.3 Passing Plays 26.1 Zack Chibane, junior wide receiver Da’Mon Merkerson, sophomore nose tackle Jarel Lowery, sophomore 5.6 Avg. Per Play 5.4 cornerback Grant Mayes, senior cornerback George Mayes and sophomore tight end David Stevens. 3.0 Avg. Per Rush 3.9 Hometown Connections 8.4 Avg. Per Pass 7.6 12.7 Avg. Per Catch 14.4 • SU freshman wide receiver Torian Phillips and RU senior linebacker Edmond Laryea hail from Staten Island, N.Y. 1.8 Turnovers 0.9 • Orange freshman free safety Phillip Thomas and Rutgers senior defensive end Sorie Bayoh, senior wide receiver Tim Brown, junior linebacker Antonio Lowery, freshman defensive lineman Antwan Lowery, senior linebacker Damaso Munoz and junior tight end Fabian Ruiz call Miami, Fla. home. 2009 Statistical Leaders • SU senior center Jim McKenzie and Rutgers freshman quarterback Tom Savage are from Springfield, Pa. Rushing Leaders (YPG) High School Connections Syracuse Rutgers • Syracuse sophomore cornerback Grant Mayes, senior cornerback George Mayes, Rutgers senior Carter...... 85.2 Martinek ...... 81.0 linebacker Alan Ajamian and sophomore place kicker Tyler Thomas played at Seton Hall Prep (NJ). Bailey ...... 24.7 Williams ...... 58.8 • SU sophomore defensive end Mikhail Marinovich, senior offensive guard Adam Rosner and Rutgers Passing Leaders (YPG) senior linebacker Jim Dumont attended Milford Academy. Syracuse Rutgers • Orange junior offensive tackle Jonathan Meldrum and Rutgers senior defensive back Zaire Kitchen played Paulus ...... 158.6 Savage ...... 191.9 at Virginia’s Hargrave Military Academy. Nassib ...... 41.3 Natale ...... 42.6 • SU sophomore nose tackle Jarel Lowery and Rutgers junior linebacker Al-Ghaffaar Lane attended Paterson Catholic High School (NJ). Receiving Leaders (YPG) • Syracuse senior linebacker Derrell Smith and Rutgers freshman linebacker Jamal Merrell and freshman Syracuse Rutgers defensive lineman Jamil Merrell attended Paul Hodgson Vocational Tech (Del.). Sales ...... 19.1 Brown ...... 95.6 • SU senior center Jim McKenzie and Rutgers senior defensive tackle Charlie Noonan played at St. Joseph’s Davis ...... 18.8 Sanu ...... 44.0 Prep in Pennsylvania. Tackle Leaders (TPG) • Syracuse junior offensive tackle Josh White and Rutgers sophomore defensive back Wayne Warren Syracuse Rutgers attended Wicomico High School in Salisbury, Md. Smith ...... 8.2 McCourty ...... 6.2 Coaching Connections Suter ...... 7.1 Munoz ...... 5.8 • Rutgers running backs coach Randy Trivers was part of the Syracuse staff from 2007-08. • SU assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Bob Casullo (1985-94, special teams, tight ends and running backs) and Rutgers defensive line coach Gary Emanuel (1991-93, defensive line) worked together on the Syracuse staff. • SU offensive coordinator Rob Spence and Rutgers assistant head coach/co-offensive coordinator/ offensive line coach Kyle Flood worked together at Hofstra from 1997-99. Spence was the associate head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach, while Flood mentored the offensive line. SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. ORANGE SLICES DEFENSE FORCES TURNOVERS Orange in the National Rankings The Syracuse defense has forced at least one 2009 Turnover Chart turnover in 9-of-10 games this season … It has Fumble • Delone Carter ranks 44th with 85.2 rushing forced 18 turnovers (six interceptions and 12 Interceptions Recoveries Total yards per game. vs. Minnesota 1 1 2 fumble recoveries) … It is the most turnovers • Rob Long is 22nd in punti ng (43.32 avg). at Penn State 1 2 3 forced by a Syracuse defense since 2006 (28 • In the team rankings: vs. Northwestern 1 2 3 total) … The 12 fumble recoveries ties for 12th vs. Maine 2 0 2 • SU’s 99.2 rushing yards per game allowed ranks 13th. nationally … The total is the most since 2004 vs. South Florida 0 3 3 • SU’s 6.8 tackles for loss per game ranks 27th vs. West Virginia 0 1 1 and its 2.6 sacks per game ranks 25th. when the Orange recovered 15 fumbles. vs. Akron 0 2 2 • SU has recovered 12 fumbles, which ti es for 12th. Senior linebacker Derrell Smith has forced four vs. Cincinnati 0 0 0 • The off ense is allowing 4.9 tackles for loss, at Pittsbugh 0 1 1 fumbles and recovered two … Senior nosetackle which ti es for 30th. at Louisville 1 0 1 Totals 6 12 19 • The kick return unit is averaging 23.61 yards Arthur Jones has two fumble recoveries … Junior per return, which ranks 34th. cornerback Kevyn Scott leads the team with two interceptions. Youth in the Lineup Eleven true freshmen have contributed on the ORANGE STOPS THE RUN field in 2009, including four first-year players Syracuse’s defense ranks 13th nationally and is second in the BIG EAST in run defense, allowing who started at Louisville … Wide receiver Alec just 99.2 yards per contest … The Orange defense has allowed just one opposing rusher to gain Lemon has started six of the nine games he more than 10 yards (Dion Lewis, Pitt , 110 yards) … The Orange has held opposing teams to has played, while on defense strong safety less than 100 rushing yards per game in five contests this season … The last time an SU defense Shamarko Thomas made his fifth start in his played the run that well was 2003 when SU held six opponents to less than 100 yards on the third postion (he also started at linebacker ground … SU finished the 2003 campaign ranked 42nd nationally in rush defense, allowing ___ and cornerback this season) … Linebacker E.J. 138.17 yards per game … The 353.7 yards per game the defense is allowing is the best effort Carter has started six of the eight games he has since 2000 when SU allowed 311.9 yards per game … The Syracuse defense gave up zero rushing played and cornerback Phillip Thomas made yards against Akron, marking the best run-stop performance by an SU defense since 1991 when his debut in the starting unit at Louisville. the Orange held the University of Florida to minus 17 yards rushing. Orange “D” in Enemy Territory SYRACUSE SCORING DRIVE DETAILS Syracuse has 26 sacks in 10 games, the Syracuse’s longest scoring drives in 2009: highest single-season total since 2006 when By plays: 17 vs. Maine (79 yards; 9:49; capped by a three-yard touchdown run by Delone Carter) SU had 34 sacks … The Orange has had at By yards: 87 vs. South Florida (11 plays; 4:14; capped by a 29-yard touchdown pass from Greg Paulus to least one in all 10 games this year … The Mike Williams) Orange has 68 tackles for loss of 275 yards By time: 9:49 vs. Maine (17 plays, 79 yards; capped by a three-yard touchdown run by Delone Carter) through 10 games, the most since 2003 (83 for a loss of 310 yards) … At Louisville, the Syracuse’s shortest scoring drives in 2009: Orange had 11 tackles for a loss of 44 yards, By plays: 1 vs. Penn State (16 yards; 0:07; a 16-yard touchdown pass from Greg Paulus to Donte Davis); 1 the most since the defense had 12 tackles for vs. West Virginia (50 yards, 0:09; a 50-yard touchdown pass from Greg Paulus to Mike Williams) loss against Miami (OH) in 2006 … In 2009, By yards: 9 vs. Penn State (four plays; 1:40; capped by a 23-yard field goal by Ryan Lichtenstein) By time: 0:07 vs. Penn State (1 play; capped by a 16-yard touchdown pass from Greg Paulus to Donte Davis) Derrell Smith leads the team with 10.5 tackles for a loss of 47 yards. OFFENSE IS ACCURATE AND MOST PRODUCTIVE SINCE 2004 Syracuse’s passing game is producing 187.5 yards per outing, which ranks 11th on the school 2009 Honors single-season record list … Orange quarterbacks Greg Paulus and Ryan Nassib have completed ESPN Helmet Sticker 62.2 percent of their passes (181-291), which is third-best in SU history … The school record Sept. 19 Greg Paulus and Mike Williams vs. Northwestern for highest completion percentage is 66.5 set in 1898 … The 2009 Syracuse offense is the most BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week productive it has been since 2004, including scoring average (19.2 points per game this season; Sept. 19 Mike Williams vs. Northwestern 24.0 in 2004), rushing yards er game (117.7 ypg this season; 178.8 in 2004), and total offense BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week (305.2 ypg; 349.0 in 2004). Sept. 19 Ryan Lichtenstein vs. Northwestern BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll ON THIS DATE: NOVEMBER 21 Sept. 5 Mike Holmes vs. Minnesota • Syracuse is 9-6-1 in games played on Nov. 21 Sept. 19 Derrell Smith vs. Northwestern Syracuse on November 21 • SU’s 32-31 victory against West Virginia in 1987 gave Sept. 26 Delone Carter vs. Maine 1891 Rochester W, 18-16 the Orange a perfect 11-0 regular season record. Oct. 3 Mike Williams vs. South Florida 1894 Union L, 10-20 • Tony Gabriel caught an SU single-game record four 1908 Michigan W, 28-4 Oct. 24 Delone Carter vs. Akron touchdown passes against Miami in 1970. 1914 at Dartmouth L, 0-40 Nov. 7 Delone Carter vs. Pittsburgh • Mike Gyetvay had 23 tackles against West Virginia 1925 Niagara W, 17-0 Nov. 14 Chandler Jones vs. Louisville in 1981, the 10th-best single-game performance by 1931 at Columbia T, 0-0 National Football Foundation William C. Campbell an SU player. 1936 Colgate L, 0-13 Trophy (National Scholar-Athlete of the Year) 1942 at Rutgers W, 12-7 • In 1959, Syracuse rushed for 417 yards against 1953 at Villanova L, 13-14 Andrew Robinson, semifinalist Boston University, the 10th-highest output by the 1959 at Boston W, 46-0 CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Orange in school history. 1964 at West Virginia L, 27-28 Jim McKenzie (second year) • In 1959, the Syracuse defense allowed Boston 1970 Miami (FL) W, 56-16 Kevyn Scott University just 24 total yards, which is the second- 1981 West Virginia W, 27-24 lowest for an opponent in SU history. 1987 West Virginia W, 32-31 1992 Miami (FL) L, 10-16 1998 at Temple W, 38-7 SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

ORANGE SLICES 2009 ORANGE SCHEDULE IS 13TH-TOUGHEST NATIONALLY Syracuse in Overtime Syracuse’s 2009 schedule is the 13th-toughest in all of college football and the 17th-hardest in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The NCAA instituted overtime periods in • SU opened with three straight automatic-qualifying BCS conferences for the third time in four years. 1996. Syracuse has a 5-5 record in the nine • SU’s 12 opponents have a 76-44 (.633 win percentage) record through 10 weeks of the 2009 season extra-session games it has played since the • The Orange’s 2009 FBS opponents had a 90-50 (.643 win percentage) record in 2008 rule was instituted … In 2002, SU became • Five teams on SU’s 2009 schedule are listed in the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll the first team in NCAA history to have two • Syracuse’s 2008 schedule was rated the ninth toughest in the FBS, based on opponents win percentage. 2009 Record 2008 Record games settled in triple overtime in the same TEAM W L Pct. W L Pct. 2008 Bowl season … In 1996, California had triple and Minnesota 6 5 .545 7 4 .636 Insight Bowl (lost to Kansas State, 42-21) quadruple overtime games. Penn State 9 2 .868 11 2 .846 Rose Bowl (lost to Southern Cal, 38-24) Northwestern 7 4 .636 9 4 .692 Alamo Bowl (lost to Missouri, 30-23 SYRACUSE’S OVERTIME GAMES Maine 5 5 .500 8 5 .615 Year Opponent W/L Score South Florida 6 3 .667 8 5 .615 St. Petersburg Bowl (beat Memphis, 41-14) 8/30/97 N.C. STATE L 31-32 ot West Virginia 7 3 .700 9 4 .692 Meineke Car Car Bowl (beat North Carolina, 31-30) 11/13/99 at Rutgers+ L 21-24 ot Akron 2 8 .200 5 7 .417 10/7/00 PITTSBURGH+ W 24-17 2 ot Cincinnati 10 0 1.000 11 3 .786 Orange Bowl (lost to Virginia Tech, 20-7) 9/28/02 #-/25 at Auburn L 37-34 3 ot Pittsburgh 9 1 .900 9 4 .692 Brut Sun Bowl (lost to Oregon State, 3-0) 11/9/02 #8/7 VIRGINIA TECH + W 50-42 3 ot Louisville 4 6 .400 5 7 .417 9/6/03 at North Carolina W 49-47 3 ot Rutgers 7 2 .778 8 5 .615 Papajohns Bowl (beat N.C. State, 29-23) 11/6/04 PITTSBURGH + W 38-31 2 ot Connecticut 4 5 .444 8 5 .615 International Bowl (beat Buffalo, 38-20) 9/9/06 #14/15 IOWA L 13-20 2 ot 9/30/06 WYOMING W 40-34 2 ot 9/5/09 MINNESOTA L 20-23 ot SHARING THE WEALTH + indicates BIG EAST Conference game Syracuse quarterbacks have connected with 13 different receivers through nine games … Against Pittsburgh, quarterbacks Greg Paulus and Ryan Nassib connected with nine different receivers … Against Maine, quarterback Greg Paulus had completions to 11 receivers … Paulus Gridiron and Hardwood Success and Ryan Nassib have completed 181-of-291 passes for a 62.2 completion percentage … The Syracuse is one of 14 schools in the country Syracuse single-season completion percentage record is 66.5 (177-of-266, in 1989) … Paulus’ 25 to have played in a bowl game that is completions against South Florida ranks third on the Syracuse single-game record list, while his currently part of the Bowl Championship 24 against Northwestern ties for fourth. Series and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in the ERNIE DAVIS LEGENDS FIELD AT THE CARRIER DOME same year … The Orange accomplished that To honor one of its most inspirational icons, Syracuse University is dedicated the field in the Carrier feat in 1997-98. Dome ‘Ernie Davis Legends Field’ in a halftime ceremory on October 10. The field was named in School Bowl Game NCAA Tour. Round honor of Davis, who in 1961 was the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Orange Syracuse 1998 Fiesta Bowl Sweet 16 legend Jim Brown, Martin Luther King III, Chuck Davis, the uncle of Ernie Davis, and eight additional Arizona 1994 Fiesta Bowl* Final Four members of the Davis family participated in the ceremony. The ceremony also included a video Florida 1999 Orange Bowl* Sweet 16 2006 Rose Bowl* NCAA Champs address from United States Vice President Joseph Biden. In addition, Carrier Corporation president 2007 Fiesta Bowl* NCAA Champs Mark Cywilko, Lacrosse Hall of Famer Chief Oren Lyons, former Syracuse football and lacrosse Illinois 2002 Sugar Bowl Sweet 16 student-athletes, and members of civic organizations from Syracuse and Elmira were on the field for Kansas 2008 Orange Bowl* NCAA Champs the special moment. Kentucky 1951 Sugar Bowl* NCAA champs Maryland 2002 Orange Bowl NCAA champs The tribute to the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner comes a year after he was Oregon 2002 Fiesta Bowl* Elite Eight honored on film in the Universal Pictures movie, “The Express,” which premiered in Syracuse on Ohio State 1999 Sugar Bowl* Final Four 2007 Fiesta Bowl Final Four September 12, 2008, and was inspired by Sam and Carol Nappi, who stepped forward with the idea UCLA 1976 Rose Bowl* Final Four and gift. 1962 Rose Bowl Final Four A trailblazer on and off the field, Davis was a conscientious student, a quiet and unassuming USC 2007 Rose Bowl* Sweet 16 Utah 2005 Fiesta Bowl* Sweet 16 leader, and gentleman who touched many lives. He is a true role model for Syracuse University West Virginia 2006 Sugar Bowl* NCAA Sweet 16 student-athletes, who have carried on the standards he set for work ethic, social responsibility, and 2008 Fiesta Bowl* NCAA Sweet 16 perseverance. Wisconsin 2000 Rose Bowl * Final Four * Indicates school won the bowl game “The Syracuse University football teams from 1959 to 1961, led by Ernie Davis, were comprised of men of many different ethnic backgrounds, but they were one team with one spirit. They were united as students of Syracuse University, citizens of the United States, and human beings in striving for a better future,” said Sam and Carol Nappi. “It is our hope that Ernie Davis Legends Field at the Carrier Dome will remind people of the courage, athleticism, honor, dignity and grace of a man and his teammates who gave their all to make this world a better place. Ernie Davis Legends Field at the Carrier Dome is America’s field. “We know that the men and women using Ernie Davis Legends Field at the Carrier Dome will go forward in the spirit of athletic excellence to provide our community with dozens of new sports heroes who will carry on the legacy of all student-athletes who have come before them. We thank you, again, for the honor of presenting this important symbol of sports freedom and diversity.” Nestled in the heart of the Syracuse University campus, the Carrier Dome field plays host to the 11-time National Champion men’s lacrosse team and the Orange football and women’s lacrosse squads. The Carrier Corporation presented the naming gift for the building prior to its opening in September, 1980. The dedication of the football field is enabled by an amendment to the original Carrier Dome naming contract with Carrier Corp. SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

ORANGE SLICES THE STARTING LINEUPS This and That from 2009 Forty-one Syracuse players have started at least one game in their Syracuse career … Junior free safety Mike Holmes and senior center Jim McKenzie lead the way among active players with 30 • Syracuse has held two opponents to less than starts each … Senior nose tackle Arthur Jones has 32 starts, but is out for the season with an 200 yards of total offense (Akron and Louisville), marking the first time an Orange defense has injury … Punter Rob Long has handled the punting duties for 34 games in a row. accomplished that since 1998 (Virginia Tech, 152 Offense 2009 Streak Career Defense 2009 Streak Career yards and Temple, 169 yards). Jim McKenzie (C) 7 2 30 Arthur Jones (NT) 9 – 32 • SU held Akron to 191 yards of total offense Mike Owen (TE) 8 6 22 Mike Holmes (FS) 10 29 30 Tucker Baumbach (RG) 6 – 19 and nine first downs, marking the first time the Derrell Smith (LB) 10 22 22 Ryan Bartholomew (OG/C) 10 18 20 Nico Scott (CB) 5 – 15 defense allowed fewer than 200 yards since Donte Davis (WR) 4 – 16 Kevyn Scott (CB) 8 – 16 and fewer than 10 first downs since 2005 (vs. Lavar Lobdell (WR) 2 – 13 Doug Hogue (LB) 10 10 16 Buffalo, 123 yds. and six first downs). Cameron Dantley (QB) 0 – 12 Jared Kimmel (DE) 4 – 15 Andrew Robinson (QB) 0 – 12 • Louisville attempted just nine passes against SU. Max Suter (FS) 9 – 14 Greg Paulus (QB) 10 10 10 Andrew Lewis (DT) 10 10 10 The last time an SU opponent attempted fewer Delone Carter (RB) 9 6 9 than 10 passes was Oklahoma in 1997 (six). Jonathan Meldrum (RT) 9 – 9 Mikhail Marinovich (DE) 10 10 10 • Louisville scored a touchdown in the final two Nick Speller (LT) 7 1 7 Da’Mon Merkerson (WR) 5 5 6 Chandler Jones (DE) 6 4 6 minutes for the victory. The last time a team Alec Lemon (WR) 6 1 6 E.J. Carter (LB) 6 2 6 beat SU with a touchdown in the last two Adam Rosner (RG) 4 4 5 Cody Catalina (TE) 4 – 4 Randy McKinnon (FS) 0 – 3 minutes was Tennessee (34-33) in 1998. Josh White (OT) 4 4 4 Mike Stenclik (LB) 0 – 3 • The six consecutive games at home is a first for SU. Marcus Sales (WR) 3 – 3 Shamarko Thomas (SS) 5 1 5 • The Orange has eight of 12 games at home this Andrew Tiller (RT) 3 – 3 Ryan Gillum (LB) 1 – 1 season, which marks the first time SU has played Nick Provo (TE) 2 – 2 Bud Tribbey (DT) 1 1 2 that many home games since 1927. Antwon Bailey (RB) 2 – 2 Phillip Thomas (CB) 1 1 1 Nick Lepak (OG) 0 – 2 • SU’s 20 points against USF is the most the Orange Grant Mayes (WR) 0 – 2 has scored in the five meetings between the two Van Chew (WR) 1 1 1 teams since USF joined the BIG EAST in 2005. Averin Collier (RB) 1 1 1 • The 17 penalties for 132 yards committed by Mike Jones (RB) 1 – 1 Maine (41-24 SU win) were both the most by an Specialists 2009 Streak Career opponent in the 119 years of Syracuse football. Rob Long (P) 10 34 34 • Syracuse’s 17 first-quarter points against Northwestern were the most the Orange has McKENZIE RETURNS TO CENTER scored in a quarter since it recorded 17 in the Senior center Jim McKenzie returned to action for the game at Pittsburgh after missing three fourth quarter against Miami (Ohio) on Sept. games due to injury … At Louisville, SU started its fifth offensive line grouping, including 23, 2006. • Ryan Lichtenstein’s last-second 41-yard game- McKenzie at center, tackles Nick Speller and Josh White and guards Ryan Bartholomew winning field goal against Northwestern was and Adam Rosner … At Pittsburgh, the starting line included McKenzie at center, White and the first for the Orange since 1989 when John Jonathan Meldrum at tackle with Rosner and Bartholomew at guards … The Orange lost Biskup hit a 24-yard game-winner against East Meldrum, who earned the starting right tackle spot at the start of the 2009 season, to a season- Carolina with four seconds remaining to give SU ending knee injury at Pittsburgh … McKenzie is SU’s most experienced starter on offense with an 18-16 victory. 30 career games with the first unit … Bartholomew, who has three starts at center in place of • Syracuse’s 41 points was the most the Orange the injured McKenzie, has started the last 20 games … Rosner has started three games during has scored since it defeated Boston College in his SU career (he started at fullback in 2008 at South Florida due to an injury to SU’s starter, the regular-season finale, 43-17, on November 27, 2004. The last time the Orange scored more Tony Fiammetta) and White earned his first career start at left tackle against Akron. than 35 points in back-to-back games, as it did in September against Northwestern and Maine, THE BEST OF THE BEST was 2004 (42-30 win against Connecticut and 38-31 2OT victory against Pittsburgh). The Syracuse football team has a long history Winningest NCAA FBS College Football Teams • With a 2-2 record, SU is .500 for the first time of success, including 22 trips to bowl games 1. Michigan 877 since 2006, when it started 2-2 and then beat and the 1959 national championship … During 2. Texas 842 Wyoming in double overtime to improve the its more than 100 years of varsity football, SU 3. Notre Dame 837 record to 3-2. has amassed 677 victories, which is 15th on 4. Nebraska 824 5. Ohio State 816 • Syracuse did not commit a turnover against the NCAA FBS’s ledger of winningest programs Maine, marking the first time an Orange team 6. Penn State 809 … SU’s win total is the second highest by a BIG 7. Alabama 809 has had perfect ball security since the Nov. 3, EAST school (West Virginia has 680) and is third 2007 game against Pittsburgh. 8. Oklahoma 797 • The 48,617 tickets sold marked the fourth-largest in wins among eastern schools behind Penn 9. Tennessee 780 opening day crowd in Carrier Dome history. It State and WVU. 10. Southern Cal 771 is the largest crowd to watch the Orange on a 11. Georgia 729 Dome opening day since 49,550 packed to the In 2009, SU faces three teams that rank in the 12. LSU 708 stadium to see the Orange play Tennessee in top 20 of the FBS’s winningest programs in 13. Auburn 688 14. West Virginia 680 1998. The 48,617 people in attendance marked Penn State, West Virginia and Pittsburgh. the largest crowd since November 18, 2000 15. SYRACUSE 677 against Miami. 16. Georgia Tech 672 17. Colorado 666 18. Texas A&M 664 Virginia Tech 664 20. Pittsburgh 662

SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. ORANGE SLICES SYRACUSE IN THE 2009 NCAA STATISTICS Player Category Rank Statistic SU’s Record in 2009 When … Delone Carter Rushing 44th 85.20 SU scores first 2-2 Rob Long Punting 22nd 43.32 Opponent scores first 1-5 Derrell Smith Sacks 41st (tie) .65

SU leads at the half 2-1 TEAM Tied at the half 0-1 Rushing 95th 117.7 SU trails at the half 1-5 SU leads after three quarters 2-1 Passing Offense 93rd 187.5 Tied after three quarters 0-1 Total Offense 110th 305.2 SU trails after three quarters 1-5 Scoring Offense 107th 19.2 SU in overtime 0-1 Pass Efficiency 90th 119.62 Interceptions Thrown 115th (tie) 15 SU has less than 300 yards of total offense 0-6 Fumbles Lost 80th (tie) 10 SU has 300-399 yards of total offense 2-1 Turnovers Lost 112th (tie) 25 SU has 400-499 yards of total offense 1-0 SU has 500+ yards of total offense 0-0 Tackles for Loss Allowed 30th (tie) 4.90 Opponent has less than 300 yards of total offense 1-1 Sacks Allowed 83rd 2.5 Opponent has 300-399 yards of total offense 0-4 First downs Offense 98th (tie) 17.60 Opponent has 400-499 yards of total offense 2-2 Third Down Conversion 118th 29.17 % Opponent has 500+ yards of total offense 0-0 Fourth Down Conversion 79th (tie) 44.44 % Red Zone Offense 69th (tie) 81 % SU back rushes for 100+ yards 1-2 Time of Possession 55th 30:04 SU does not have a 100-yard rusher 2-5 An individual rushes for 100+ yards against SU 0-1 An individual rushes for less than 100 yards against SU 3-6 Rush Defense 13th 99.2 Pass Defense 103rd 254.5 SU rushes for less than 100 yards 0-4 Total Defense 55th 353.7 SU rushes for 100 to 199 yards 2-3 Scoring Defense 77th 26.6 SU rushes for 200 to 299 yards 1-0 Passes Intercepted 96th (tie) 6 SU rushes for 300+ yards 0-0 Pass Efficiency Defense 116th 155.77 Opponent rushes for less than 100 yards 3-2 Opponent rushes for 100+ yards 0-5 Fumbles Recovered 12th (tie) 12 Turnovers Gained 56th (tie) 18 SU passes for 200 to 299 yards 1-1 Tackles for Loss 27th 6.80 SU passes for 300+ yards 1-0 Sacks 25th 2.60 Opponent passes for 250+ yards 2-2 First downs Defense 39th (tie) 18.10 SU rushes for 250+ & passes for 250+ yards 0-0 Third Down Conversion Defense 35th 35.88 % Opponent for 250+ & passes for 250+ yards 0-0 Fourth Down Conversion Defense 109th (tie) 66.67 % Red Zone Defense 99th (tie) 88 % SU scores less than 20 points 0-5 SU scores 20-29 points 1-2 SU scores 30-39 points 1-0 Net Punting 50th 36.3 SU scores 40+ points 1-0 Punt Returns 92nd 6.5 Opponent scores less than 20 points 1-1 Punt Return Yardage Defense 111th 13.67 Opponent scores 20-29 points 1-3 Kickoff Returns 34th 23.61 Opponent scores 30-39 points 1-3 Kickoff Return Yardage Defense 83rd 22.38 Opponent scores 40+ points 0-0

SU does not commit a turnover 0-0 Turnover Margin 97th - 0.70 SU has less than three turnovers 3-5 Fewest Penalties/game 65th (tie) 6.3 SU has three or more turnovers 0-2 Fewest Penalty Yards per Game 59th 52.6 SU has no takeaways 0-1 SU has one takeaway 0-3 SU has two takeaways 2-1 MCKENZIE AND SCOTT EARN ACADEMIC HONORS SU has three or more takeaways 1-2 Senior center Jim McKenzie and junior cornerback Kevyn Scott are 2009 CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine SU has the ball for more than 30:00 2-4 Academic All-District Team selections. The duo joins four other Syracuse University student-athletes to earn Opponent has the ball for more than 30:00 1-3 the honor this fall and will appear on the ballot to earn national honors. McKenzie earns the honor for the second time in his career. A senior biochemistry major, McKenzie has Playing on natural grass 0-2 been selected to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team twice (2007 and 2008) and has been on the Athletic Playing on AstroTurf 0-0 Director’s Honor Roll every semester. He has played in 30 career games, including a string of 29 in a row. Playing on FieldTurf 3-5 Playing in the Carrier Dome 3-4 He assumed the starting role in the third game of his freshman year. McKenzie returned to the field at Pittsburgh after missing the last three games with an injury. As a freshman he was a Rivals.com BIG EAST Day games 1-7 All-Freshman Team selection. During the summer of 2009 completed an internship at Upstate Hospital, Night games 2-0 participating in a study that analyzed the duration of a patient stay based on a number of factors once they TV games were admitted from the emergency room. McKenzie is a regular participant in the ‘Cuse Cares Community BIG EAST Network 0-3 Program, working with children, at risk youth and the elderly. Big Ten Network 0-1 ESPN2 0-1 A starting cornerback, Scott has 21 tackles, including 18 solo, and two interceptions through 10 games this ESPNU 0-2 season. He missed SU’s game at Pittsburgh due to injury. Scott earned 2008 BIG EAST All-Academic Team Time Warner Cable Sports 3-0 honors and was a 2008-09 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholars First Team selection. The junior attended the 2009 University Presidential Inaugural Conference (UPIC), including the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. as a member of the National Honor Society. Scott was named to the 2007 Fall, 2008 Spring and 2008 Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

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CARTER HAS ANOTHER 100-YARD RUN GAME CAREER RUSHING LEADERS Senior running back Delone Carter (Copley, Ohio) is 1. 4,299 Joe Morris 1978-81 22nd on SU’s all-ti me rushing yards record list with 1,702 2. 3,424 Walter Reyes 2001-04 ... He ranks 44th in the nati on and fourth in the BIG EAST 3. 2,934 Larry Csonka 1965-67 in rushing average (85.2) ... He has fi ve 100-yard rushing 4. 2,869 James Mungro 1998-01 5. 2,704 Floyd Little 1964-66 games in his career and three this season ... At Louisville, 6. 2,639 David Walker 1989-92 he rushed 129 yards on 28 carries and had one catch for 7. 2,626 Dee Brown 1997-00 15 yards ... At Pitt sburgh, Carter broke off a career-long 8. 2,461 Damien Rhodes 2002-05 58-yard run and fi nished with 143 rushing yards and had Delone Carter 9. 2,386 Ernie Davis 1959-61 one 22-yard recepti on, earning his third BIG EAST Weekly 10. 2,309 Bill Hurley 1975-79 Honor Roll recogniti on this season ... Against Cincinnati , he ran for 50 11. 2,250 Kyle McIntosh 1995-98 yards on 19 carries ... Against Akron, he rushed for a career-high 170 12. 2,188 Jamie Convington 1981-84 yards on 30 carries, including a 53-yard run, for a career-high-tying three 13, 2,180 Malcolm Thomas 1993-96 14. 2,164 Robert Drummond 1985-88 rushing touchdowns, which ti es for fourth on the SU single-game record 15. 2,132 Curtis Brinkley 2005-08 list ... His 170 rushing yards against Akron earned him BIG EAST Weekly 15. 2,091 Jim Brown 1954-56 Honor Roll recogniti on ... Carter was the fi rst Syracuse player to run for 17. 2,069 Marty Januskiewicz 1969-71 150-plus yards or carry the ball 30-plus ti mes since Curti s Brinkley rushed 18. 2,009 Michael Owens 1987-89 for 166 yards on 33 carries against Louisville in 2008 ... He was the fi rst 19. 1,772 Roger Praetorious 1970-72 to carry the ball 30-plus ti mes since Brinkley did so against Louisville 20. 1,706 Darryl Johnston 1985-88 in 2008 ... Against West Virginia, he gained 33 yards on 12 carries ... 21. 1,705 Bob Avery 1974-77 Against South Florida, Carter rushed for 43 yards on 13 carries ... Against 22. 1,702 Delone Carter 2006- 23. 1,605 Jim Nance 1962-64 Maine, he earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recogniti on when he 24. 1,561 Donovan McNabb 1996-99 gained 72 yards on 19 carries and three touchdowns, and also caught 25. 1,523 Terry Richardson 1991-93 two passes for 23 yards and had his fi rst career receiving touchdown ... His four touchdowns against Maine is ti ed for most by an individual in MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS IN A SEASON 1. 20 Walter Reyes 2003 the BIG EAST this season ... Against Northwestern, he gained 84 yards on 2. 17 Walter Reyes 2002 18 carries to became the 39th player in Syracuse football history to reach 3. 14 Floyd Little 1965 1,000 rushing yards, and had two recepti ons for 20 yards ... At Penn 14 James Mungro 2001 State, Carter rushed for 40 yards on 15 carries, and recorded one catch 5. 13 Jim Brown 1956 for nine yards ... Against Minnesota, he had a 23 carries for 88 yards and 13 Jim Nance 1964 a touchdown ... Carter missed the 2007 season due to a hip injury and 7. 12 Ernie Davis 1961 played in just fi ve games in 2008 as he was hampered with a hamstring 12 Floyd Little 1966 injury. 12 Bill Hurley 1979 10. 11 George Davis 1949 CARTER’S CAREER STATISTICS 11 Gerhard Schwedes 1959 Carries Yards Avg. TD Long 11 Roger Praetorius 1971 2006 156 713 4.6 4 47 2007 0 0 0 0 0 Up Next: 9 Delone Carter 2009 2008 23 137 5.9 0 32 2009 194 852 4.4 9 58 COLLIER STARTS AT FULLBACK Totals 373 1,702 4.6 13 58 Sophomore Averin Collier (Rochester, N.Y.) had Recpt Yards Avg. TD Long two recepti ons for 12 yards at Louisville in his fi rst 2006 9 46 5.1 0 15 career start ... At Pitt sburhg, he scored his fi rst career 2009 10 111 11.1 1 22 Totals 19 157 8.3 1 22 touchdown on a one-yard rush ... He fi nished with four yards on three carries, had one recepti on for two yards, LEMON MAKES CATCHES and recovered a fumble on an on-side kick ... Against True freshman Alec Lemon (Croft on, Md.) had two Akron, he returned two kickoff s for 31 yards ... Against catches for 23 yards at Louisville ... At Pitt sburgh, he had West Virginia, he had his fi rst career carry on a nine- Averin Collier two recepti ons for nine yards ... He did not play against yard run ... He fi nished with two carries for 10 yards and Cincinnati due to illness ... Against Akron, he had two returned two kicks for 68 yards, including a career long 44-yard return. recepti ons for 22 yards ... Against South Florida, he had COLLIER’S CAREER STATISTICS three recepti ons for 15 yards ... Against Maine, he caught one pass for a career-long 19 yards ... Against Penn State, Carries Yards Avg. TD Long 2009 5 14 2.8 1 9 Lemon recorded two catches for 10 yards in his fi rst Alec Lemon career start ... Against Minnesota, he had fi ve recepti ons KO Ret. Yards Avg. TD Long 2009 4 99 24.8 0 44 for 17 yards in his fi rst collegiate game. Recpt. Yards Avg. TD Long LEMON’S CAREER STATISTICS 2009 3 14 4.7 0 6 Recpt Yards Avg. TD Long 2009 17 115 6.8 0 19

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PAULUS TOPS SYRACUSE RECORD LIST PAULUS IN THE SYRACUSE RECORD BOOK Graduate student Greg Paulus (Syracuse, N.Y.) has SINGLE-SEASON COMPLETION PERCENTAGE completed 156-of-237 passes (65.8 percent) through (min. 100 attempts) 10 games, which is the best single-season performance 1. .658 (156/237) Greg Paulus 2009 (through 10 games) in Syracuse history (see chart on right) … The 65.8 2. .633 (107/169) Bill Scharr 1989 3. .625 (157/251) Donovan McNabb 1998 completi on percentage ranks fi ft h on the BIG EAST 4. .618 (128/207) Donovan McNabb 1995 single-season record list … His 158.6 passing yards per 5. .611 (171/280) Marvin Graves 1993 game is fi ft h in the BIG EAST in 2009 … At Louisville, 6. .610 (94/154) Troy Nunes 2000 he went 12-of-16 for 89 yards ... At Pitt sburgh, he Greg Paulus 7. .603 (146/242) Marvin Graves 1992 8. .602 (141/234) Todd Philcox 1988 completed 12-of-18 for 120 yards ... Against Cincinnati , 9. .600 (186/310) R.J. Anderson 2003 he went 12-of-17 for 85 yards and one touchdown ... Against Akron, 10. .593 (131/221) Marvin Graves 1991 he completed 12-of-17 for 105 yards and one touchdown ... Against West Virginia, he went 5-of-9 for 30 yards in two quarters of play DAVIS ON THE RETURN ... Against South Florida, he completed 25-of-46 for 269 yards and Senior Donte Davis (Chanti lly, Va.) had one punt return two touchdowns, and rushed for 11 yards on nine carries ... His 25 for 19 yards at Louisville ... At Pitt sburgh, he gained 33 completi ons ranks third on SU’s single-game record list ... Against Maine, yards on three carries and had one recepti on for four he was 21-of-28 for 270 yards and two touchdowns and he also ran for yards ... Against Cincinnati , he had fi ve catches for 51 13 yards on three carries ... Against Northwestern, he recorded his fi rst yards ... Against Akron, he returned three punts for rushing touchdown and completed 24-of-35 passes for 346 yards and 36 yards and had three carries for 26 yards ... Against two touchdowns ... The 346 yards ranks sixth on the SU single-game West Virginia, he returned one punt return for six yards passing yards record list and the 24 completi ons ti es for fourth on the and had one catch ... Against South Florida, he had Donte Davis single-game chart … At Penn State, he went 14-of-20 for 105 yards and one catch for six yards ... Against Maine, he recorded one touchdown ... Against Minnesota, he completed 19-of-31 passes for three recepti ons for 29 yards and two carries for fi ve yards ... Against 167 yards and one touchdown … Paulus earned the starti ng quarterback Northwestern, he had six catches for 73 yards and ran for 16 yards on positi on for his hometown team eight days into preseason camp … one carry ... At Penn State, he scored a 16-yard touchdown on a pass Paulus is one of four 2009 team captains, as voted on by his teammates from Greg Paulus and returned one punt return for 14 yards ... Against Minnesota, Davis had one catch for 11 yards and returned four punts for The Road to Syracuse 14 yards. Paulus transferred to Syracuse in July from Duke, where he was a four-year basketball lett erwinner … He took advantage of an NCAA DAVIS’ CAREER STATISTICS Recpt. Yards Avg. TD Long rule that allows a student-athlete to use a fi ft h year of eligibility in a 2006 9 84 9.3 0 26 diff erent sport in order to further his educati on (in order to waive the 2007 0 0 0.0 0 0 transfer year in residence, among other criteria, a student-athlete must 2008 29 312 10.3 2 34 demonstrate an academic reason for the transfer) … Paulus is enrolled 2009 19 188 9.9 1 24 Totals 57 584 10.2 3 34 in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communicati ons television, radio and fi lm Master’s program … Paulus is the fi rst men’s basketball Carries Yards Avg. TD Long student-athlete to request a waiver to transfer as a graduate student to 2009 11 77 7.0 0 20 play football … The NCAA has established a waiver process to address Punt Ret. Yards Avg. TD Long unique situati ons and extenuati ng circumstances that are not outlined 2009 11 84 7.6 0 19 in NCAA rules … Each situati on is reviewed on a case-by-case basis with BAILEY IS A DUAL OFFENSIVE THREAT the interest of all student-athletes in mind. Sophomore Antwon Bailey (Landover, Md.) rushed for PAULUS’ CAREER STATISTICS 38 yards on 10 carries and had four recepti ons for 36 Comp. Att. Pct. Yards TD Int. Long yards at Louisville ... He did not play at Pittsburgh due 2009 156 237 65.8 1,586 10 14 66 to a suspension for a violation of team rules ... Against Carries Yards Avg. TD Long Cincinnati , he ran for 34 yards on seven carries and had 2009 44 -40 -0.9 1 11 three recepti ons for 39 yards, including a career-long 30- yard recepti on ... Against Akron, he gained seven yards on one carry and had three recepti ons ... Against West Antwon Bailey Virginia, he had one catch ... Against South Florida, he ran for 26 yards on six carries ... He also had 27 yards receiving on three catches ... Against Maine, he rushed for 27 yards on fi ve carries and had two catches for 12 yards in his fi rst career start ... Against Northwestern, Bailey had four carries for 26 yards and recorded one catch for 11 yards ... At Penn State, he rushed for 26 yards on seven carries and had four recepti ons for nine yards ... Against Minnesota, he had fi ve rushes for 31 yards and caught one pass for 15 yards. LOBDELL’SBAILEY’S CAREER CAREER CAREER STATISTICS STATISTICS Carries Yards Avg. TD Long 2008 33 227 6.9 2 39 2009 47 222 4.7 0 18 Totals 80 449 5.6 2 39

Recpt. Yards Avg. TD Long 2009 21 146 7.0 0 30 SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. OWEN MAKES THE CATCH CATALINA SUFFERS SEASON-ENDING INJURY Senior Mike Owen (Riverhead, N.Y.) had one catch for Junior ti ght end Cody Catalina (Ruff s Dale, Pa.) had 18 yards at Louisville ... Against West Virginia, he had three catches for 20 yards at Pitt sburgh, marking his three recepti ons for 19 yards ... Against Maine, he had sixth consecuti ve game with a recepti on, before leaving one catch for seven yards against Maine ... At Penn the game in the second quarter with a season-ending State, he had two recepti ons for eight yards ... Against knee injury ... Catalina will have surgery soon ... Against Minnesota, Owen made two catches for 18 yards ... Cincinnati , he had two catches for 26 yards, including Owen is one of four 2009 team captains, as voted on by his fi rst career touchdown recepti on on a nine-yard his teammates … In 2008, he was SU’s second-leading Mike Owen pass ... Catalina returned to acti on against Akron aft er Cody Catalina receiver with 19 catches for 175 yards. missing the game against West Virginia due to injury ... Against South Florida, he had a career-best three recepti ons for 13 OWEN’S CAREER STATISTICS STATISTICS yards ... Against Maine, he had two recepti ons for 16 yards ... Against Recpt. Yards Avg. TD Long Northwestern, he caught two passes for 20 yards ... At Penn State, he 2007 5 51 10.2 0 18 caught a 19-yard, State, which was his fi rst career recepti on in his fi rst 2008 19 175 9.2 2 32 2009 9 70 7.8 0 18 career start ... Against Minnesota, Catalina played his fi rst game at ti ght Totals 33 296 8.9 2 32 end aft er making the transiti on from quarterback prior to 2009 Spring Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. practi ce. 2006 2 5 7 0.5-1 0 0.0 0 0 2007 3 3 5 0.0-0 0 0.0 0 0 CATALINA’S CAREER STATISTICS 2009 1 1 2 0.0-0 0 0.0 0 0 Recpt. Yards Avg. TD Long Totals 6 9 14 0.5-1 0 0.0 0 0 2009 13 104 8.0 1 19 CHEW IS INVOLVED IN GAME PLAN SALES CONTRIBUTES ON OFFENSE Sophomore wide receiver Van Chew (Manassas, Va.) had Sophomore Marcus Sales (Syracuse, N.Y.) had four one catch for 18 yards at Pitt sburgh ... Against Cincinnati , recepti ons for 36 yards at Pitt sburgh ... Against he recorded one catch for seven yards ... Against Akron, Cincinnati , he had two recepti ons for 13 yards ... Against he recorded one recepti on for a career-high 15 yards ... Akron, he had a career-high six recepti ons for a personal- Against Maine, he had one catch for nine yards. best 61 yards and one touchdown ... Against West Virginia, he had two recepti ons for 19 yards and one touchdown ... Against South Florida, he had two catches Van Chew for 22 yards ... Against Maine, he had a 17-yard recepti on Marcus Sales for a touchdown ... It was his second career touchdown CHEW’S CAREER STATISTICS catch (vs. Penn State, 2008) ... At Penn State, he had one catch for 12 Recpt. Yards Avg. TD Long yards. 2009 4 49 12.2 0 18 SALES’ CAREER STATISTICS LOBDELL HAS PRESENCE IN OFFENSE Recpt Yards Avg. TD Long Senior wide receiver Lavar Lobdell (Syracuse, N.Y.) 2008 14 160 11.4 1 28 recorded a season-high three recepti ons for 13 yards at 2009 18 191 10.6 3 24 Pitt sburgh ... Against West Virginia, he had one catch for Totals 32 351 10.9 4 28 14 yards ... Against Maine, he had one catch for 11 yards NASSIB SHARES QB RESPONSIBILITIES ... Against Northwestern, he made one nine-yard catch Sophomore Ryan Nassib (West Chester, Pa.) went 2-of-5 in his fi rst start of the season ... At Penn State, he caught for 21 yards and ran four yards on one carry at Louisville one pass for -2 yards ... Against Minnesota, Lobdell had ... At Pitt sburgh, he completed 5-of-16 for 21 yards ... a four-yard recepti on ... Lobdell reunited with former Lavar Lobdell Against Cincinnati , he went 7-of-10 for 97 yards and Christi an Brother Academy teammate Paulus, and has ran six yards on one carry ... Against Akron, he had four connected on eight recepti ons for 49 yards carries for 14 yards ... Against West Virginia, he entered LOBDELL’S CAREER STATISTICS midway through the game and completed 7-of-16 Recpt. Yards Avg. TD Long passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns, the fi rst of Ryan Nassib 2006 5 68 13.6 0 25 his career, and had his fi rst rush, a three-yard gain in the 2007 8 86 10.8 0 14 fi rst quarter ... At Penn State, he made his fi rst career pass, a 19-yard 2008 13 165 12.7 0 26 2009 8 49 6.1 0 14 connecti on with ti ght end Cody Catalina and was 4-of-5 for 30 yards. Totals 34 368 10.8 0 26 NASSIB’S CAREER STATISTICS Comp. Att. Pct. Yards TD Int. Long 2009 23 48 47.9 268 2 1 50 Carries Yards Avg. TD Long 2009 19 33 1.7 0 11

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JONES TO MISS FINAL TWO GAMES DUE TO INJURY JONES IN THE SYRACUSE RECORD BOOK Sophomore running back Mike Jones (Middleton, Pa.) will miss the last two games of the season due to surgery MOST KICKS RETURNED IN A SEASON Ret. Name Year to repair a tear in his left hip fl exor muscle … Jones ranks 1. 51 Max Suter % 2007 fi ft h in the BIG EAST with a 24.1 kickoff return average, 2. 41 Mike Holmes 2008 which ti es for eighth on SU’s single-season record list 41 Mike Jones 2009 (see chart on right) … His 987 kick return yards and his 4. 33 Qadry Ismail 1989 5. 32 Qadry Ismail 1990 41 returns rank second on the Orange single-season 6. 28 Harold Gayden 1986 record lists … At Louisville, he averaged 25.0 yards on Mike Jones 28 Kirby Dar Dar 1993 three returns and had two catches for two yards ... At 28 Damien Rhodes 2002 9. 27 Warren Harvey 1977 Pitt sburgh, he had four returns and averaged 17.7 yards per return ... 10. 26 Max Suter 2008 Against Cincinnati , he averaged 27.4 yards per return on fi ve returns … 11. 24 Diamond Ferri 2004 Against Akron, he had one kick return for 23 yards and had two carries MOST KICK RETURNS YARDS IN A SEASON for 29 yards ... Against West Virginia, he had four returns and averaged Yards (Ret.) Name Year 24.3 yards … Against South Florida, he averaged 20.0 yards per return on 1. 1,299 (51) Max Suter % 2007 six returns and had two carries … Against Maine, he returned one punt 2. 987 (41) Mike Jones 2009 3. 941 (41) Mike Holmes 2008 for 14 yards and averaged 19.0 yards per return on two returns … Against 4. 738 (33) Qadry Ismail 1989 Northwestern, he had six returns and averaged 21.3 yards, caught one 5. 699 (32) Qadry Ismail 1990 pass for 14 yards and gained 25 yards on two carries … At Penn State, he 6. 690 (23) Kevin Johnson 1998 averaged 28.8 yards on fi ve returns … Against Minnesota, Jones had fi ve 7. 653 (24) Diamond Ferri 2004 8. 636 (28) Kirby Dar Dar 1993 returns, including one for 79 yards to start Syracuse’s second drive of the 9. 633 (23) Jim Turner 1996 game, and averaged 30.8 yards. 10. 628 (28) Harold Gayden 1986 11. 599 (27) Warren Harvey 1977 JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS Carries Yards Avg. TD Long HIGHEST AVERAGE YARDS PER RETURN IN A SEASON 2009 8 61 7.6 0 17 1. 30.0 (23/ 690) Kevin Johnson ^ 1998 2. 27.5 (23/ 633) Jim Turner 1996 Recpt. Yards Avg. TD Long 3. 27.2 (24/ 653) Daimond Ferri 2004 2009 3 16 5.3 0 14 4. 25.5 (51/1,299) Max Suter 2007 KO Ret. Yards Avg. TD Long 5. 25.0 (19/ 475) Qadry Ismail 1991 2009 41 987 24.1 0 79 6. 24.6 (16/ 394) Jim Turner 1994 7. 24.2 (17/ 411) Jim Turner ^ 1995 Punt Ret. Yards Avg. TD Long 8. 24.1 (19/ 458) Will Allen 2000 2009 3 9 3.0 0 14 24.1 (38/912) Mike Jones 2009 10. 23.4 (17/ 398) Kareem Jones 2005 ROBINSON EARNS ACADEMIC AWARD NOMINATION 11. 23.0 (41/ 941) Mike Holmes 2008 Senior ti ght end Andrew Robinson (Balti more, Md.) % = BIG EAST Record has played in every game this season ... He was one 54 ^ = BIG EAST Leader Football Bowl Subdivision student-athletes to be named a semifi nalist for the Nati onal Football Foundati on CUTLER ADDS DEPTH TO OFFENSE & College Hall of Fame 2009 William V. Campbell Sophomore ti ght end Carl Cutler (Norwich, VT) had two Trophy. One of college football’s most sought aft er and recepti ons for four yards at Louisville ... At Pitt sburgh, competi ti ve awards, the William V. Campbell Trophy he had one catch for 17 yards ... He has played in all 10 Andrew recognizes an individual for his combined academic games this season. success, football performance and exemplary community Robinson leadership. A total of 154 student-athletes from all divisions were nominated for the 2009 honor. A 2007 and 2008 BIG EAST All-Academic Team selecti on, Robinson Carl Cutler has been a member of the SU Athleti c Director’s Honor Roll every CUTLER’S CAREER STATISTICS semester. He is majoring in fi nance and marketi ng management. Recpt Yards Avg. TD Long Robinson was an intern for Merrill Lynch of Syracuse during the summer 2009 3 21 7.0 0 17 of 2009, performing fi nancial analysis and assisti ng with the day-to- day operati ons of the fi rm. Robinson is an acti ve community member, parti cipati ng in acti viti es with the Boys & Girls Club of Syracuse, the Salvati on Army’s holiday distributi on program in Balti more and the Inner Harbor Ministry’s eff orts to feed the homeless on Sunday mornings in Balti more.

SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. INJURY ENDS JONES’ SEASON HOLMES MAKES SOLO STOPS A candidate for the Nagurski and Outland Trophies, as Junior safety Mike Holmes (Jacksonville, Fla.) is ranked well as the Bednarik Award, senior defensive tackle 11th on the SU career ledger for tackles by a defensive Arthur Jones (Endicott, N.Y.) will miss the final three back with 197 … His 6.5 tackles per game ranks 14th games of the 2009 season with a knee injury suffered among BIG EAST defenders … At Louisville, he made two against Pittsburgh ... Jones has 38.5 career tackles for solo tackles ... At Pitt sburgh, he led the defense with 11 loss, the most in SU history by an interior defensive tackles, including seven solo ... Against Cincinnati , he lineman, and third on SU’s career record list ... His 145 posted 10 tackles, including one for a loss of yards, and career tackles ties for 10th on the Syracuse record list Arthur Jones ti ed a career-high with nine solo ... Against Akron, he had Mike Holmes for tackles by a down lineman … Against Cincinnati, three tackles ... Against West Virginia, he posted eight he had a pair of tackles, including 1.5 for a loss of yards ... Against tackles, including six solo … Against South Florida, he had seven tackles, Akron, he had two tackles ... Against West Virginia, he posted four including one for a loss of yards, and forced a fumble on the Bulls second tackles, including two for a loss and a sack … Against South Florida, he possession … Against Maine, he posted fi ve tackles, all solo … Against recovered a career-best two fumbles and had a tackle for a loss of three Northwestern, he recorded four solo tackles … At Penn State, he had yards on his return from injury … Against Maine, he left the game in the seven tackles, including one for a loss, and a fumble recovery … Against first quarter due to an upper leg injury … Against Northwestern, he had Minnesota, Holmes led the SU defense with eight total tackles and had three tackles, including one for a loss … At Penn State, he recorded two an intercepti on, earning a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. assisted tackles … Against Minnesota, recorded five tackles, including one for a loss … Jones is one of four 2009 team captains, as voted on by HOLMES’ CAREER STATISTICS his teammates. Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. 2007 40 24 64 2.0-3 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS 2008 49 19 68 0.0-0 2-16 0.0-0 1 4-8 yds 2009 46 19 65 3.0-4 1-0 0.0-0 1 1-0 yds Tackles Assists Tot. TFL Sacks INT FF Fumble Rec. Totals 135 62 197 5.0-7 3-16 0.0-0 2 5-8 yds 2006 8 7 15 1.0- 5 0.5- 4 0 0 1-0 yds 2007 32 19 51 17.5- 43 1.0- 4 0 0 0-0 yds 2008 33 27 60 13.0- 60 3.5-37 0 0 1-0 yds SMITH TO MISS LAST TWO GAMES DUE TO INJURY 2009 12 7 19 7.0- 28 1.5-16 0 0 2-0 yds Senior linebacker Derrell Smith (New Castle, Del.) will Totals 85 60 145 38.5-136 6.5-61 0 0 4-0 yds miss the fi nal two games of the 2009 season due to SYRACUSE CAREER TACKLES FOR LOSS (SINCE 1994) injury … Smith reported some soreness in his left knee aft er the Akron game … An MRI revealed a tear in his TFL-Yards Name Years 1. 50.5-297 Dwight Freeney 1998-01 lateral meniscus … Following the contest at Louisville, 2. 40.0-213 Duke Pettijohn 1997-00 Smith reported increased soreness in his left knee 3. 38.5-127 Arthur Jones 2006-09 prohibiti ng further acti vity … Surgery, which will be 4. 38.0-145 Louis Gachelin 2000-03 performed in the near future by Dr. Irving Raphael, and Derrell Smith 5. 34.5- 87 Clifton Smith 1999-02 rehabilitati on are next for Smith … Through the fi rst 10 * Beginning in 2001 the NCAA began recognizing half tackles for loss. games of the season Smith averaged 8.2 tackles per game, which ranks SYRACUSE CAREER TACKLES BY A DOWN LINEMAN sixth among BIG EAST defenders, and his 0.65 sacks per game is ti ed for Tackles Name Years 41st nati onally and ranks sixth in the BIG EAST … He is averaging 1.00 1. 341 Tim Green 1982-85 tackles for loss per game, which ti es for eighth in the league … His 0.40 2. 275 Kevin Mitchell 1990-93 forced fumbles per game leads the BIG EAST … His four forced fumbles, 3. 242 Ted Gregory 1984-87 ti es for fourth on the Syracuse single-season record list and his fi ve 4. 208 Jamie Kimmel 1980-84 career forced fumbles ti es for sixth on the SU ledger … At Louisville he 5. 203 James Wyche 2002-05 had three tackles, including an assisted tackle for loss ... At Pitt sburgh, he 6. 199 Mike Charles 1979-82 tallied eight tackles, including six solo ... Against Cincinnati , he recorded 7. 177 Jameel McClain 2004-07 seven solo tackles ... Against Akron, posted a career-best nine solo 7. 158 Louis Gachelin 2000-03 tackles, including three for a loss of yards and a pair of sacks ... Against 9. 146 Rob Burnett 1987-89 10. 145 Arthur Jones 2006-09 West Virginia, recorded eight solo tackles and also had a forced fumble 145 Tony Jenkins 2004-07 and a fumble recovery … Against South Florida, he led the defense with 11 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble … Against Maine, he led the TRIBBEY STARTS AT NOSE TACKLE defense with 11 tackles, including eight solo, a sack and two tackles Junior nose tackle Bud Tribbey (Richmond, Va.) tallied for a loss of yards … Against Northwestern, he earned BIG EAST Honor one tackle and an assisted tackle for loss in his fi rst Roll recogniti on aft er recording 10 tackles, including two sacks, and career start at Louisville ... At Pitt sbugh, he made one forcing two fumbles … At Penn State, he led the defense with 10 tackles, tackle in a goal line stand ... Against Akron, he forced his including fi ve solo and one for a loss of yards … Against Minnesota, he fi rst career fumble and had one tackle ... Against Maine, had six tackles, including three solo and a half sack, and recovered his he had one solo tackle … At Penn State, he had one solo fi rst career fumble … Smith moved to linebacker from running back prior tackle … Tribbey has played in 30 consecuti ve games for to 2007 Spring practi ce. the Orange. Bud Tribbey SMITH’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. TRIBBEY’S CAREER STATISTICS 2007 1 0 1 0.0- 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. 2008 36 37 73 5.0-23 1-4 1.0-9 1 0-0 yds 2007 8 9 17 0.5-1 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds 2009 60 22 82 10.5-47 0-0 6.5-35 4 2-0 yds 2008 8 5 13 0.5-0 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds Totals 97 59 156 15.5-70 1-4 7.5-44 5 2-0 yds 2009 4 2 5 0.5-2 0 0.0-0 1 0-0 yds Totals 20 16 35 1.5-3 0 0.0-0 1 0-0 yds SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. HOGUE LEADS THE LINEBACKERS AT LOUISVILLE SUTER TO MISS REST OF SEASON DUE TO INJURY Junior Doug Hogue (Yonkers, N.Y.) ranks eighth among Junior safety Max Suter (Ruffs Dale, Pa.) will miss the BIG EAST defenders with 0.60 sacks per game and is final three games of the 2009 season due to a left ti ed for eighth in the league with 1.00 tackles for loss radius fracture suffered at Pittsburgh … He had surgery per game ... At Louisville, he had eight tackles, including on Nov. 8 … The two-year starter is averaging 7.9 seven solo, and a pair of sacks ... At Pitt sburgh, he had tackles per game, which ranks eighth in the BIG EAST eight tackles, including two for a loss, a sack, a pass … At Pittsburgh, he posted six tackles before leaving breakup and a pair of quarterback hurries ... Against the game in the second quarter with an arm injury ... Cincinnati , he posted three solo tackles, including two Doug Hogue Against Cincinnati, he tallied eight tackles, including six Max Suter for a loss of yards ... Against Akron, he tallied fi ve tackles, solo and one for a loss of yards ... Against Akron, he a sack, three quarterback hurries and recovered his fi rst career fumble had seven tackles, a sack and forced his first career fumble ... Against ... Against West Virginia, he had seven tackles, including two for a loss West Virginia, he posted career-high 12 tackles, including nine solo, of yards and a sack … Against South Florida, he recorded fi ve tackles, and had a pass breakup … Against South Florida, he had seven tackles including his fi rst-career sack … Against Maine, he posted his fi rst career and recovered his first career fumble on the Bulls second possession intercepti on, returning it 30 yards to set up a Syracuse touchdown, and … Against Maine, he posted 10 tackles and a quarterback hurry … had three tackles … Against Northwestern, he led the defense with a Against Northwestern, he made a key interception in the fourth quarter career-high 11 tackles, including seven solo … At Penn State, he had fi ve returning it 22-yards to setup the game-winning field goal … He also tackles and a pair of pass breakups … Against Minnesota, he recorded had 10 tackles, including six solo and a pass breakup … At Penn State, four tackles in his fi rst career start at linebacker … Hogue moved to he led the secondary with seven tackles, including five solo … Against linebacker at the beginning of 2009 Spring practi ce aft er playing his fi rst Minnesota, he had four tackles, including a pair of solo stops, and a pass two seasons at running back. breakup deflecting a ball in the endzone to prevent a UM touchdown. HOGUE’S CAREER STATISTICS SUTER’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. 2007 7 5 12 0.0-0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds 2009 38 21 59 10.0-65 1-30 6.0-52 0 1-0 yds 2008 19 13 32 4.0-28 0-0 2.0-22 0 0-0 yds Carries Yards Avg. TD Long 2009 47 24 71 2.0-10 1-22 1.0-9 1 1-0 yds 2007 77 251 3.3 1 20 Totals 73 42 115 6.0-38 1-22 3.0-31 1 1-0 yds 2008 35 232 6.3 2 82 Totals 112 483 4.3 3 82 KO Ret. Yards Avg. TD Long Recpt Yards Avg. TD Long 2007 51 1,299 25.5 1 93 2007 3 31 10.3 0 19 2008 26 547 21.0 0 38 2008 11 108 9.8 1 37 Totals 77 1,846 24.0 1 93 Totals 14 139 9.9 1 37 JONES STEPS UP AT LOUISVILLE CARTER A STARTER Sophomore Chandler Jones (Endicott , N.Y.) led the Freshman linebacker E.J. Carter (Orlando, Fla.) had defense with a career-best 10 tackles, including a pair three tackles, including one for a loss of yards, at of tackles for loss and a sack, earning a spot on the BIG Louisville ... At Pitt sbugh, he tallied a pair of tackles EAST Weekly Honor Roll ... At Pitt sburgh, he posted ... Against Cincinnati , he returned to the fi eld aft er he eight tackles at Pitt sburgh ... Against Cincinnati , he missed games against Akron and West Virginia for a had four solo tackles ... Against Akron, he tallied fi ve violati on of team rules … Against South Florida, he had a tackles, including one for a loss ... Against West Virginia, solo tackle … Against Maine, he posted an assisted tackle he had two solo tackles, including one for a loss of Chandler … Against Northwestern, he had one tackle … At Penn E.J. Carter yards … Against South Florida, he posted three tackles, Jones State, he made his fi rst career start posti ng four tackles, including one for a loss of yards … Against Maine, he including two solo … Against Minnesota, made his collegiate debut had three solo tackles, including a tackle for a loss of yards … Against recording a tackle for a loss of six yards. Northwestern, he posted two tackles … At Penn State, he recorded CARTER’S CAREER STATISTICS an assisted tackle … Against Minnesota, he made his collegiate debut recording four tackles, one tackle for a loss of yards and a quarterback Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. 2009 7 6 13 2.0-8 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds hurry. JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Assists Tot. TFL Sacks INT FF Fumble Rec. 2009 26 16 42 8.0-20 1.5-5 0 0 0-0 yds

SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. THOMAS MAKES INTERCEPTION AT LOUISVILLE MERKERSON A MAINSTAY AT CORNERBACK Freshman Phillip Thomas (Miami, Fla.) recorded one Junior cornerback Da’Mon Merkerson (Passaic, N.J.) tackle and made his fi rst career intercepti on at Louisville had one tackle and a pass breakup at Louisville ... At in his fi rst career start at cornerback ... At Pitt sburgh, he Pitt sbugh, he posted four tackles ... Against Cincinnati , replaced the injured Max Suter at safety in the second he had one tackle ... Against Akron, he tallied one tackle half and recorded a career-best six tackles ... Against ... Against West Virginia, he had six tackles, including Cincinnati , he had one solo tackle against Cincinnati three solo and assisted on a tackle for a loss of yards as ... Against Akron, he tallied three tackles ... Against a starti ng cornerback … Against South Florida, he took West Virginia, he posted four solo tackles in his return Phillip Thomas his fi rst snaps of the season at cornerback and recorded Da’Mon from injury … Against South Florida, he was sidelined two solo tackles … Merkerson transiti oned to cornerback Merkerson due to injury … Against Maine, he posted fi ve solo tackles … Against from wide receiver in the week prior to the Oct. 3 game Northwestern, he made a pair of tackles. against USF … He played both cornerback and wide receiver in 2008. THOMAS’ CAREER STATISTICS MERKERSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. 2009 17 5 22 0.0-0 1 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds 2008 8 7 15 1.0-2 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds 2009 10 6 16 0.5-0 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds THOMAS STARTS AT STRONG SAFETY Totals 18 13 31 1.5-2 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds Recpt. Yards Avg. TD Long Freshman Shamarko Thomas (Virginia Beach, Va.) 2007 8 101 12.6 1 42 has made starts at linebacker, cornerback and strong 2008 6 95 15.8 1 38 safety in 2009, moving to any positi on he is needed Totals 14 196 14.0 2 42 ... At Louisville, had fi ve tackles, including an assisted tackle for loss ... At Pitt sburgh, he tallied three tackles MARINOVICH MAKES PLAYS and a quarterback hurry ... Against Cincinnati , he had Sophomore defensive end Mikhail Marinovich (San four tackles, including one for a loss of yards ... Against Clemente, Calif.) tallied one tackle at Louisville ... At Akron, he posted three tackles, including one for a loss Shamarko Pitt sbugh, he posted three tackles, including a sack, and ... Against West Virginia, he had four tackles, including Thomas had a pair of quarterback hurries ... Against Cincinnati , 1.5 tackles for a loss and forced a fumble in his fi rst he had four tackles, including an assisted tackle for a start at linebacker … Against South Florida, he posted a solo tackle … loss ... Against Akron, he tallied two tackles and a sack Against Maine, he had two tackles in his fi rst career start … Against ... Against South Florida, he registered two solo tackles Northwestern, he posted seven solo tackles, had a pass breakup and … Against Maine, he had an assisted tackle … At Penn Mikhail recovered his fi rst career fumble … At Penn State, he had a solo tackle … State, he recorded his fi rst career sack, forced a fumble, Marinovich Against Minnesota, he recorded three tackles including two solo in his had a fumble recovery and had three tackles. collegiate debut. MARINOVICH’S CAREER STATISTICS THOMAS’ CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. 2008 4 3 7 0.0-0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds 2009 26 7 33 4.0-8 0 0.0-0 1 1-0 yds 2009 9 7 16 3.5-26 0-0 3.0-25 1 1-0 yds Totals 13 10 23 3.5-26 0-0 3.0-25 1 1-0 yds LEWIS STRONG ON THE LINE PERKINS IN OPPONENTS BACKFIELD Senior Andrew Lewis (Centreville, Va.) tallied one tackle and a pass breakup at Louisville ... Against Cincinnati , Senior defensive tackles Anthony Perkins (Washington, he recorded a quarterback hurry ... Against Akron, he D.C.) had a pair of tackles for loss and a pass breakup posted one tackle ... Against West Virginia, he had four at Louisville ... At Pitt sbugh, he posted one tackle at solo tackles … Against South Florida, registered one solo Pitt sburgh ... Against Cincinnati , he tallied one tackle tackle … Against Maine, he had a tackle for a loss of ... Against Akron, he recovered a fumble and had one yards … Against Northwestern, he started at defensive tackle ... Against West Virginia, he posted an assisted tackle … At Penn State, he had two tackles and an Andrew Lewis tackle … Against Maine, he had one solo tackle, for a loss Anthony assisted sack … Against Minnesota, he made his fi rst of three yards … Against Northwestern, he assisted on Perkins career start at defensive tackle and recorded three tackles, including a two tackles, including one for a loss of two yards … At pair of solo stops … In 2008, Lewis played in 11 of 12 games. Penn State, he had a pair of assisted tackles … Against Minnesota, he recorded an assisted sack. LEWIS’ CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. PERKINS’ CAREER STATISTICS 2007 4 4 8 1.0-1 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. 2008 7 4 11 2.0-5 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds 2007 5 2 7 1.0- 7 0 0.0- 0 0 0-0 yds 2009 8 4 12 1.0-5 0 0.5-4 0 0-0 yds 2008 11 8 19 4.0-20 0 1.0-10 0 1-0 yds Totals 19 12 31 4.0-11 0 0.5-4 0 0-0 yds 2009 5 7 12 4.5-12 0 1.0- 5 0 1-0 yds Totals 21 17 38 9.5-39 0 2.0-15 0 2-0 yds

SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. SCOTT RETURNS FROM INJURY GILLUM ADDS DEPTH AT LINEBACKER Junior cornerback Kevyn Scott (Tamarac, Fla.) had one Junior linebacker Ryan Gillum (Youngstown, Ohio) tackle at Louisville aft er being sidelined by injury at tallied a pair of solo tackles, including one for a loss Pitt sburgh ... Against Akron, he posted one tackle ... of yards, at Pittsburgh ... Against West Virginia, he Against West Virginia, he had two solo tackles and a pass registered three tackles, including two solo … Against breakup … Against South Florida, he posted one tackle South Florida, posted two solo tackles, including one for and had a pass breakup … Against Maine, he recorded a loss of yards in his return from injury … Gillum did not his second intercepti on of the season and had a solo play against Penn State, Northwestern or Maine due to tackle … Against Northwestern, he had four tackles, Kevyn Scott a shoulder injury … Against Minnesota, he earned the Ryan Gillum including three solo … At Penn State, he recorded his fi rst start and made his collegiate debut recording six tackles, career intercepti on and had six tackles, all solo … Against Minnesota, he including five solo and two for a loss of yards. recorded fi ve tackles, including four solo stops, and one pass breakup GILLUM’S CAREER STATISTICS … He was invited to att end the 2009 University Presidenti al Inaugural Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. Conference (UPIC), including the inaugurati on of President Barack 2009 11 2 13 4.0-8 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds Obama, in Washington, D.C. as a member of the Nati onal Honor Society … 2008-09 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholars First Team selecti on … Member SHARPE RECORDS SACKS of the 2007 Fall, 2008 Spring and 2008 Fall Athleti c Director’s Honor Roll Freshman defensive end Brandon Sharpe (Virginia … 2008 BIG EAST All-Academic Team. Beach, Va.) ... At Louisville he had one sack for a loss of SCOTT’S CAREER STATISTICS four yards ... At Pitt sburgh, he had one tackle ... Against Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. Cincinnati , he recorded a sack for a loss of nine yards ... 2008 20 12 32 0.5-3 0-0 0.5-3 0 0-0 yds Against Akron, he had an assisted tackle ... Against West 2009 18 3 21 0.0-0 2-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds Virginia, he made his return from injury aft er missing Total 38 15 53 0.5-3 2-0 0.5-3 0 0-0 yds the games against Maine and South Florida ... Against Brandon SCOTT ADDS DEPTH TO SECONDARY Northwestern, he recorded an assisted sack for a loss of seven yards ... Against Northwestern, he posted a sack Sharpe Junior cornerback Nico Scott (Greenbelt, Md.) had for a loss of fi ve yards, forcing a fumble. three tackles and a pass breakup at Pitt sburgh ... Against Cincinnati , he tallied three solo tackles ... Against Akron, had three tackles ... Against Maine, he posted six solo THOMAS’ CAREER STATISTICS tackles … Against Northwestern, he recorded three Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. tackles and recovered a fumble in the fi rst quarter … At 2009 4 2 6 3.5-21 0 3.5-21 1 0-0 yds Penn State, he posted six tackles, including three solo … Against Minnesota, he had four total tackles. Nico Scott YOUNG DEFENDERS MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS SCOTT’S CAREER STATISTICS Several young defensive players are making plays on defense this season, Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. including: 2007 17 4 21 0.0-0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds • Sophomore defensive end Torrey Ball (Athens, Ga.) posted two 2008 16 6 22 0.0-0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds solo tackles, including one for a loss of yards, at Louisville ... He 2009 21 7 28 0.0-0 0-0 0.0-0 0 1-0 yds Totals 54 17 71 0.0-0 0-0 0.0-0 0 1-0 yds recorded a solo tackles and a pass breakup against Cincinnati ... He assisted on three tackles at Penn State, had a tackle for a loss against STENCLIK A LEADER ON SPECIAL TEAMS Northwestern, and posted a solo stop against West Virginia. Senior linebacker Mike Stenclik (Webster, N.Y.) posted a • Sophomore cornerback Grant Mayes (Roselle, N.J.) assisted on a solo tackle against Cincinnati ... Against South Florida, he tackle against Minnesota, had a solo tackle at Penn State, a pair had one solo tackle … Against Northwestern, he posted a of solo stops against Northwestern and a solo tackle against West pair of solo tackles … At Penn State, he had a solo stop. Virginia, all on special teams. • Freshman cornerback Rishard Anderson (Miramar, Fla.) tallied two tackles against Louisville, posted a pair of tackles against Maine and had an assisted tackle against Akron, all on special teams. Mike Stenclik • Sophomore linebacker Dan Vaughn (Gibsonia, Pa.) registered a pair of solo tackles against Maine and a solo stop against West Virginia, all STENCLIK’S CAREER STATISTICS on special teams. Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. • Freshman Torian Phillips (Staten Island, N.Y.) made his fi rst career 2007 2 3 5 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds 2008 0 2 2 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds tackle against South Florida on special teams … He moved to 2009 5 0 5 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds cornerback from wide receiver following the West Virginia game. Totals 7 5 12 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 yds • Freshman defensive back Lonnie Johnson (Liverpool, N.Y.) had a special teams tackle against both Akron and Cincinnati .

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LONG A RAY GUY AWARD SEMIFINALIST SYRACUSE CAREER PUNTING AVERAGE A 2009 Ray Guy Award semifi nalist, Rob Long Career (min. 60) (Downingtown, Pa.) is averaging 42.9 yards per punt Avg. (Punts/Yards) Name Years in his career, which ranks fourth among acti ve kickers 1. 43.6 (133/5,801) Sean Reali 1993-96 in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is second on SU’s 2. 42.9 (194/8,333) Rob Long 2007-present 3. 42.6 (271/11,534) Brendan Carney 2003-06 career list … His 43.3 yards per punt average ranks third 4. 41.1 (155/6,365) Pat O’Neill 1990-93 the BIG EAST and 22nd nati onally this year … Against 41.1 (87/3,580) Doug Dunkin 1997-98 Louisville he averaged 49.7 yards on six punts, pinning the Cardinals inside the 20 three ti mes, and averaged Rob Long SYRACUSE’S LONGEST PUNTS 57.3 yards per kickoff ... In the fourth quarter he had Yards Name Date back-to-back punts of 62 and 63 yards ... Against Pitt sburgh, he averaged 1. 73 Sean Reali vs. Clemson 1/1/1995 40.4 yards on fi ve punts, pinning the Panthers inside the 20 on three 73 Rob Long vs. South Florida 11/10/2007 occasions, and averaged 43.7 yards per kickoff ... Against Cincinnati , he 3. 72 Pat O’Neill at Maryland 9/14/1991 72 Rob Long vs. Northeastern 8/30/2008 averaged 43.5 yards on six punts and averaged 68.0 yards per kickoff 5. 71 Don Bullard at Holy Cross 10/22/1966 ... Against Akron, he averaged 40.3 yards on four punts, pinning the 71 Daryl Johnston at Penn State 10/18/1986 Zips inside the 20 three ti mes and averaged 65.2 yards per kickoff ... 71 Brendan Carney at Florida State 11/12/2005 Against West Virginia, he averaged 42.3 yards on nine punts, pinning the 71 John Barker vs. Buffalo 10/20/2007 Mountaineers inside the 20 on four separate occasions and averaged SYRACUSE CAREER PUNTING YARDS 65.3 yards per kickoff … Against USF, averaged 26.5 yards on two punts Yards Name Years and averaged 64.8 yards per kickoff … Against Maine, he averaged 42.6 1. 11,534 Brendan Carney % 2003-06 yards on three punts and averaged 64.1 yards per kickoff … Against 2. 10,073 Mike Shafer 1999-02 Northwestern, he averaged 47.2 yards on fi ve punts and averaged 63.3 3. 9,626 Jim Fox 1983-86 yards per kickoff … At Penn State, he averaged 41.8 yards on fi ve punts 4. 8,333 Rob Long 2007-present and had a 68-yard kickoff … Against Minnesota, he averaged 45.9 yards 5. 7,231 Bernie Ruoff 1972-74 on eight punts, including three he landed inside the 20 and averaged 6. 6,365 Pat O’Neill 1990-93 65.8 yards per kickoff … Long is one of four 2009 team captains, as voted 7. 6,137 Jim Goodwill 1976-79 8. 5,801 Sean Reali 1993-96 on by his teammates … In 2008, Long ranked 14th nati onally and third 9. 5,416 Don Bullard 1965-67 in the BIG EAST with 43.9 yards per punt average, which ranked third on 10. 5,372 Jim Dragotta 1947-49 SU’s single-season record list. % BIG EAST record LONG’S CAREER STATISTICS Punts Yards Average Long I-20 TB LICHTENSTEIN STRONG IN ROOKIE SEASON 2007 75 3,139 41.9 73 21 8 Freshman Ryan Lichtenstein (Monroeville, Pa.) ranks 2008 66 2,898 43.9 72 15 5 2009 53 2,296 43.3 63 22 7 third in conference with 1.10 fi eld goals per game … At Totals 194 8,333 42.9 73 58 20 Louisville, he converted a 42-yard fi eld goal and had a 28-yard punt out of fi eld goal formati on, pinning the Kickoffs Yards Average TB 2009 42 2,638 62.8 1 Cardinals inside the 20 ... At Pitt sburgh, he converted a 29-yard fi eld goal att empt and kicked a PAT ... Against Cincinnati , he kicked a PAT ... Against Akron, he had a KIMMEL OUT FOR 2009 SEASON punt for 31 yards out of fi eld goal formati on to pin the Ryan Senior defensive end Jared Kimmel (Harpursville, N.Y.) Zips inside the 10 and kicked two PAT’s ... Against West Lichtenstein will miss the remainder of the 2009 season with a knee Virginia, he kicked one PAT … Against South Florida, he injury suff ered against Cincinnati ... Against Akron, he made both fi eld goal att empts (40 yds and 24 yds) and a pair of PAT’s … made one tackle against Akron ... Against West Virginia, Against Maine, he made both fi eld goal att empts (28 yds and 34 yds) and he had one solo tackle … Against South Florida, he had kicked four PAT’s … Against Northwestern, he earned BIG EAST Special one solo tackle … Against Maine, he had a tackle and Teams Player of the Week honors aft er converti ng 3-of-4 fi eld goal a quarterback hurry … Against Northwestern, he had a att empts (43 yds, 37 yds and 41 yds), including a 41-yard game-winner as career-best fi ve tackles, including a sack for a loss of fi ve Jared Kimmel ti me expired, and four PATs … At Penn State, he had his fi rst career punt yards, and a pass breakup in his fi rst start of 2009 … At for 23 yards out of fi eld goal formati on to pin the Nitt any Lions inside the Penn State, he recorded three tackles and an assisted sack. 20 … Against Minnesota, made his collegiate debut converti ng two fi eld goal att empts and a pair of PATs … Lichtenstein hit a 23 yard fi eld goal to KIMMEL’S CAREER STATISTICS put SU on the board in the fi rst quarter and converted a 42-yard att empt Tackles Assists Tot. TFL INT Sacks FF Fumble Rec. in the second quarter. 2007 3 2 5 0.0-0 0-0 0.0-0 1 0-0 yds 2008 11 20 31 2.0-14 0-0 1.0-7 3 0-0 yds LICHTENSTEIN’S CAREER STATISTICS 2009 6 6 12 2.0-9 0-0 1.5-8 0 0-0 yds FG-FGA Long PAT-Att. Points Totals 20 28 48 4.0-23 0-0 2.5-15 4 0-0 yds 2009 11-13 43 19-20 52 Punts Yards Average Long I-20 TB 2009 3 82 27.3 31 3 0

SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. ORANGE SLICES THE NAME GAME The SU roster includes seven sets of student-athletes with the same last name, but just three SU’s World Champions sets are related … The Jones brothers, Arthur and Chandler, line up together on the starting Three Orange freshmen, Brandon Sharpe, defensive line … Running back Mike Jones is no relation to the brothers from Endicott … The Shamarko Thomas and Phillip Thomas, played Mayes brothers, Grant and George, both lineup at cornerback … The Kimmels, Jared and Shane, for the USA Football’s gold medal-winning are cousins who play on the defensive side of the ball with Jared at defensive end and Shane 2009 Junior National Team in the International at linebacker … Syracuse is one of 17 FBS schools with at least two sets of brothers on the team. Federation of American Football (IFAF) Junior World Championship in Canton, Ohio … The eight- Sharing the Same Name nation tournament spanning four continents was Carter Delone (running back) and E.J. (linebacker) football’s first junior world championship (19 Jones Arthur (nose tackle), Chandler (defensive end), Mike (running back) and under) … All three are SU’s two-deep for the Kimmel Jared (defensive end), Shane (linebacker) opener against Minnesota. Mayes Grant (cornerback), George (cornerback) Phillips Andrew (offensive tackle),Dalton (long snapper), Torian (wide receiver) “Brandon, Phillip and Shamarko all bring speed Scott Kevyn (cornerback), Nico (cornerback) and toughness,” said Syracuse University defensive Smith Derrell (linebacker), Jake (kicker) coordinator Scott Shafer. “They are athletic kids Thomas Phillip (strong safety), Shamarko (free safety) who are playmakers. USA Football’s Junior National Team will be proud to have them represent the program at the IFAF Junior World Championship. ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE IN THE FAMILY To have three of our incoming freshmen play for Syracuse football student-athletes are not the only people in their family with athletic skills. this team gives us an opportunity to have the Twenty-four team members have relatives who competed or coached in intercollegiate athletics future of Syracuse football represented and to or on the professional level. showcase our future talent.” Sharpe and Shamarko Thomas both graduated SYRACUSE FOOTBALL CONNECTIONS from Ocean Lakes (Va.) High School. As a senior, Jared Kimmel Father, Jamie, played football at Syracuse (1980-84) and recorded 20.5 Sharpe had 70 tackles, including a school record career sacks, which ranks sixth on the SU record list … Sister, Lindsey, 16.0 sacks, and forced three fumbles. Shamarko plays basketball at Villanova University … Uncle, Jerry, lettered for the Thomas was a 2008 All-State First Team selection Orange from 1982-85 … Cousin, Shane, is a linebacker for the Orange. after recording a team-high 102 tackles, six Shane Kimmel Uncles, Jamie, ’85 and Jerry ’86 played for Syracuse … In addition, his interceptions, 11 pass breakups and a blocked field goal to help the team post a 12-1 record. Phillip father, Jon, played football at Colgate (1978-82) and in the NFL with the Thomas, a third-team all-state selection, posted Philadelphia Eagles (1985) and the Washington Redskins (1987) … Cousin, 85 tackles, had eight interceptions, including two Jared, is a defensive end for the Orange. returned for touchdowns. COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CONNECTIONS USA Football, an independent non-profit and the Antwon Bailey Cousin, James Johnson, played defensive back for Marshall University (2005-08). sport’s national governing body on youth and Averin Collier Brother, Kevin, plays football at the University of Pittsburgh, redshirted in amateur levels built America’s first junior national 2007 due to a wrist injury. team in the sport to compete in the eight-nation, Ollie Haney Father, Craig, played football at Seton Hall in 1978 and 1979. four-continent 2009 International Federation Ryan Lichtenstein Father, Sam, played football at University of Pitt sburgh … Mother, Randi, of American Football (IFAF) Junior World played tennis at University of Pitt sburgh. Championship … National football teams from Mikhail Marinovich Father, Marv, lettered in football at USC (1959, 1961, 1962) and played Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New for the Oakland Raiders … Brother, Todd, lettered as a quarterback at USC Zealand and Sweden also participated. (1989-90) and played for the Los Angeles Raiders. Rosters with Experience Da’Mon Merkerson Father, Amod, played briefly in the NFL for the Phoenix Cardinals in 1991 and later spent multiple years in the AFL after becoming the first student- Syracuse is ranked School # of Seniors 10th nationally with Navy 32 athlete to win an individual national title at Montclair State University, 23 seniors on the Troy 31 which he did in the 400-meter hurdles twice (1987 and 1989). roster … There are East Carolina 28 Cody Morgan Brother, Jake, played football at the University of Massachusett s (2002-05). six fifth-year seniors, Kansas State 28 Ryan Nassib Father, Gil, played football at the University of Delaware (1978-80) … including Cameron San Jose State 28 Mother, Mary, played volleyball at Villanova (1980-84). Dantley, Arthur Jones, UTEP 25 Mike Owen Cousin, Carl Smith, played football for the University of Maine (1988-91). Lavar Lobdell, Mike Arizona State 24 Dan Vaughan Father, John, played football at Slippery Rock University (1977-79) … Owen, Dalton Phillips, Army 24 Brother, Andy, is a wrestler at Pittsburgh. Mike Stenclik, and 17 Wake Forest 24 fourth-year seniors, Syracuse 22 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CONNECTIONS including Ryan Ahern, Cameron Dantley Father, Adrian, played in the NBA from 1972-1991 and was inducted into Ryan Bartholomew, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sept. 6. Ranked ninth Tucker Baumbach, Delone Carter, Donte Davis, on the NBA career scoring list at the time of his retirement with 23, 177 Jared Kimmel, Max Leo, Andrew Lewis, George points. His .540 field goal percentage is the highest ever recorded by Mayes, Jim McKenzie, Robert Nieves, Anthony an NBA non-center and he recorded 30-plus points per game for four Perkins, Andrew Robinson, Adam Rosner, Nico straight seasons … He played collegiately at Notre Dame. Scott, Derrell Smith … Syracuse also has one COLLEGE ATHLETICS CONNECTIONS graduate student in quarterback Greg Paulus, who transferred to play football for the Orange after a Doug Hogue Both sisters, Deven (Albany) and Shannon (Delaware) played Division I four-year basketball career at Duke. basketball. Mike Holmes Mother, Vera, played basketball at the University of Memphis.

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ORANGE SLICES ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: 18 AFCA HONORS FOR THE ORANGE SU to Play in New Meadowlands Syracuse won the 2008 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA ) Academic Achievement Honorable Mention Award, marking the 18th time the Orange has been honored. SU was Syracuse Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross and one of 46 schools to earn the honor last year. The 2007 Syracuse team was among 46 schools CEO of New Meadowlands Stadium Company Mark Lamping announced on August 18, 2009 that in the nation named to the honorable mention list. Colorado won the 2008 AFCA Academic the New Meadowlands Stadium will host select Achievement Award. Syracuse University football games in 2012, 2014 The award is presented annually by the Touchdown Club of Memphis, which Syracuse won in 2000 for and 2016. having a graduation rate of 100 percent. Syracuse’s 18 awards ranks eighth among all other schools in Syracuse will play the University of Southern the country. It is also the most honors for by a BIG EAST Conference school. Rutgers is second with six California on September 8, 2012 and will face appearances on the list. Notre Dame twice, including September 27, 2014 and September 3, 2016. The Orange will be NANCE SELECTED TO NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS HALL OF FAME the home team for all three games at the new The New England Patriots honored former Syracuse and professional football great Jim Nance stadium. ’65 with enshrinement in the team’s hall of fame during the year of the franchise’s 50th anniversary celebration in August, 2009 … Nance is the 14th player and first running back to be “This is a tremendous opportunity for Syracuse University to be associated with the New inducted into the Hall, which began in 2007. Meadowlands,” Gross said. “We embrace the Selected by the Patriots in the 19th round of the 1965 AFL Draft out of Syracuse, Nance rushed opportunity to play in the New York metropolitan for a franchinse-record 45 touchdowns and his 5,323 rushing yards rank second in team history area, which boasts our most popular alumni base, … In 1966, Nance was named the AFL Most Valuable Player after leading the league with to enhance our football program and University objectives. As the only BCS team in the state 1,458 rushing yards …It was the highest single-season total in the AFL’s 10-year history and a of New York, we feel it is our responsibility to mark that stood as a Patriots record for 30 years (1966-95) … Nance led the AFL in rushing the represent this region successfully. The national following year, gaining 1,216 yards … He was voted to the AFL All-Star game in 1966 and 1967 exposure and playing these traditional college after leading all AFL and NFL rushers each year … In addition to his tenure in New England, football programs are exciting for us as we look Nance also played in seven games for the NY Jets in 1973 and finished his career by playing his forward to re-establishing our own football final two seasons in the World Football League (WFL) from 1974-75 … He became the WFL’s all- tradition. The timing of this is perfect as we begin time leading rusher with 2,007 yards on 490 carries (4.1 avg), including 15 touchdowns. a new era in our history with head coach Doug Marrone, who grew up in this area and served At Syracuse, Nance rushed for 1,605 yards in three seasons, including when he led the team in as Jets offensive line coach from 2002 to 2005. 1962 (417 yards) and 1964 (951 yards) … His 13 rushing touchdowns in 1964 ties for fifth on the The stadium is absolutely fabulous and we thank Syracuse single-season record list … Nance passed away on June 17, 1992 … He is survived by everyone at the New Meadowlands who helped his daughter, Rachel, who represented him at the Hall of Fame event. make this opportunity come to fruition. We look forward to this great partnership.” HONORING COACH MAC AND THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS “We designed New Meadowlands Stadium to Former Syracuse head coach Dick MacPherson was saluted for his upcoming College Football accommodate a variety of games, sporting events Hall of Fame inducti on during Legends Day during SU’s game against Northwestern … The and concerts,” Lamping said. “We are thrilled to host Syracuse University, a school with rich University joined the Nati onal Football Foundati on in a celebrati on of Coach Mac’s contributi ons and time-honored athletic tradition, and we to the game of college football … In additi on, the 2009 Orange men’s lacrosse Nati onal likewise welcome the Orange to be a part of New Championship was celebrated with the unveiling of the program’s 11th championship banner in Meadowlands history.” the Dome … Head coach John Desko led SU to a school-record tying 16 victories and an overall

Syracuse Football first visited the Meadowlands in mark of 16-2 for the second straight season … It was fi ft h NCAA Championship for the Orange 1979, playing two ‘home’ games, vs. Penn. State under Desko … His fi ve NCAA ti tles are the third-most by a Division I lacrosse coach. and vs. West Virginia, when the Carrier Dome was under construction. The Orange have a 5-3 record SYRACUSE ISP SPORTS NETWORK in the Meadowlands, including three victories All Orange football games can be heard Syracuse ISP Sports Network against Rutgers and wins against Wisconsin and live and on demand around the world Central New York Western New York West Virginia. on the extensive 24-station Syracuse Syracuse WTKW-FM 99.5 Buffalo WWKB-AM 1520 “It’s great for us to have the opportunity to play ISP Sports Network, suathletics.com (Flagship) Canandaigua WCGR-AM 1550 Auburn WAUB-AM 1590 Dundee WFLR-AM 1570 in a tremendous venue that gives us terrific and Sirius Satellite Radio. Galaxy Cortland WXHC-FM 101.5 Geneva WGVA-AM 1240 exposure as a University and helps the program in Communications’ TK99 (WTKW, 99.5 FM) is the flagship station. The network Ithaca WPIE-AM 1160 Newark WACK-AM 1420 a lot of ways, including recruiting,” said Syracuse Utica WOUR-FM 96.9 Olean WGGO-AM 1590 makes the Orange accessible on every head coach Doug Marrone. “We have a strong Rochester WHAM-AM 1180 Capital Region alumni presence in the metropolitan area and, radio in the Empire State and across (Coaches Show) Albany WGY-AM 810 hopefully, our fans here in Syracuse will join us borders into Canada, Pennsylvania, New WHTK-AM 1280 England and the tri-state area. (Marrone Show) for the trip. Our fans do a great job supporting WOFX-AM 980 Southern Tier the basketball team when we play for the BIG Each game production begins three Binghamton WEBO-AM 1330 New York City/Long Island EAST Championship in Madison Square Garden. WEBO-FM 107.9 hours before kickoff with interactive New York City WNYM-AM 970 We hope to gain that same type of support in this and informative shows, including a live Corning WENI-AM 1450 Elmira WENY-AM 1230 game.” presentation from the SU quad prior to North Country Massena WYBG-AM 1050 home games. Syracuse will play at USC on September 17, 2011 Watertown WNER-AM 1410 to start the two-game series. The Orange has a “The Doug Marrone Show” airs each WTNY-AM 790 four-game series against Notre Dame. Syracuse will Wednesday night during the season from Oswego WTKV-FM 105.5 Plattsburgh WVMT-AM 620 travel to South Bend for games on November 21, 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Burlington, VT WVMT-AM 620 2015 and October 7, 2017. Network programming is produced and distributed by nationally-recognized International Sports Properties, Inc. (ISP) of Winston-Salem, N.C. SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. ORANGE SLICES FOUR ELECTED ORANGE CAPTAINS SU Leads BIG EAST in The 2009 Orange elected defensive tackle Arthur Jones, tight end Mike Owen, quarterback Greg Paulus and punter Rob Long as team captains. Academic Honors “I look forward to their leadership in helping to develop this team both on and off the field,” Sixteen members of the Orange football said head coach Doug Marrone. “It is an honor and a privilege to be elected by your teammates team were named to the BIG EAST All- as a captain. Each of these players has demonstrated their ability to serve in this capacity Academic Team. The Orange had the most through their actions.” student-athletes named to the league’s Jones suffered a season-ending knee injury at Pittsburgh. He is third on SU’s career tackles for academic honor squad, which included 95 a loss record list with 38.5. His 145 career tackles is tied for 10th on SU’s all-time list for tackles student-athletes with a grade-point average by a down lineman. He earned 2008 All-BIG EAST First Team honors. of at least a 3.0 who have completed at A returning starter at tight end, Owen has 33 career catches for 296 yards and two touchdowns. least two semesters of academic work and He came to Syracuse as a defensive player, playing both linebacker and defensive end, before earned a letter in 2008. Since the recognition moving to tight end after 2007 Spring practice. He has played in 43 of a possible 44 games began in 1992, 69 Syracuse football during his Syracuse career. student-athletes have been honored on the conference’s academic team 127 times. It Paulus, who earned the starting quarterback position one week into pre-season camp, joined was the second year in a row that Syracuse the Syracuse program in July after a four-year basketball career at Duke. Through 10 games had 16 honorees. he is Syracuse’s most accurate passer in program history, completing 156-of-237 passes (65.8 percent). A CoSIDA Academic All-American and two-year team captain, Paulus finished his Ryan Durand, Jake Flaherty, Ben Maljovec, career tied for ninth with 139 games played and is one of just 20 Duke players to have started Patrick Shadle and Bruce Williams earned 100 career games. Paulus ranks 41st on the career scoring list (1,193 points) and ranks in the the honor for the fourth time in their careers top 10 on the all-time record lists for assists (9th, 468), three-point field goals made (8th, 210) and joined seven other Orange student- and attempted (9th, 527), and three-point field goal percentage (T-6th, .398). athletes as the only four-time honorees in Syracuse history. A 2009 Ray Guy Award semifinalist, Long is ranked among the top punters in Syracuse history. He is second in career punting average (42.96 yards per punt) and his 73-yard punt against Future Schedules South Florida in 2007 is tied for the longest at Syracuse. His 42.96 career average ranks fourth among active kickers in the Football Bowl Subdivision. In 2009, he is averaging 43.3 yards per 2010 2013 punt, which ranks 22nd nationally and is third in the BIG EAST … As a freshman in 2007, Long at Akron at Boston College vs. Boston College at Northwestern earned All-BIG EAST Second Team honors and was named to The Sporting News and College vs. Maine vs. Cincinnati Sports Report Freshman All-America Team. at Washington at Connecticut at Cincinnati at Louisville DECORATED U.S. MILITARY VETERANS HONORED WITH ZUNIC AWARD vs. Connecticut at Pittsburgh Highly-decorated United States military veterans and Syracuse football letterwinners Bill Coghill, vs. Louisville vs. Rutgers who was honored posthumously, and Norm Mordue were honored with the 2009 Zunic Award. vs. Pittsburgh vs. South Florida at Rutgers vs. West Virginia The Syracuse Football Club paid tribute to both men with the award, which recognizes friends at South Florida of SU football who exhibit the courage and spirit of Mike and Judy Zunic and have overcome at West Virginia 2014 some of life’s tough plays. vs. Boston College The Zunic Award was established in May of 2001 to honor Mike ’81 and Judy Zunic who died 2011 vs. Notre Dame (at the tragically on July 19, 1989 when a United Airlines flight crashed in Sioux City, Iowa. Responding vs. Rhode Island New Meadowlands to the pilot’s request for strong armed volunteers to sit on the exit doors in anticipation of a at Southern California Stadium) vs. Wake Forest at Cincinnati crash landing, Mike and Judy gave up their seats in first class to sit on the exit door to assist vs. Cincinnati vs. Connecticut other passengers upon the landing. Mike and Judy died in the crash and those seated in the at Connecticut vs. Louisville Zunics’ original seating area survived. at Louisville vs. Pittsburgh A Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp, Coghill served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970 as a medic at Pittsburgh at Rutgers where he received two Purple Hearts. Following his injures and fulfilling his education, he went vs. Rutgers at South Florida on to play professional football with the British Columbia Lions. Coghill rescued a child named vs. South Florida at West Virginia vs. West Virginia Ty from a Vietnam war zone and then had him moved from the combat area to a school, which 2015 Coghill paid for personally. Coghill also fed the village children with his left over c-rations and 2012 at Boston College candy he purchased. After a while he became a favorite with the village children and they at Minnesota at Notre Dame affectionately referred to Coghill as “Kim-shee - water-boo” which roughly translates to Dr. vs. Northwestern vs. Cincinnati Water Buffalo. He was a defensive lineman who earned a letter in 1967 as a sophomore and vs. Southern California at Connecticut went off to war after the season. He returned to SU and rejoined the team for the 1970 and (at the New vs. Georgia Tech 1971 seasons. Meadowlands at Louisville Stadium) vs. Navy Mordue’s military decorations also include the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Air Medal, the at Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Purple Heart, and various Campaign and Service Medals. He was a moving force in creating the vs. Connecticut vs. Rutgers Korea-Vietnam Memorial in downtown Syracuse, the first monument in the country dedicated vs. Louisville vs. South Florida to both the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. A native of Elmira, N.Y., Mordue was influenced to vs. Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia attend SU by Orange legend and 1961 Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis, who was the first at Rutgers African-American to win the honor. At Syracuse, head coach Ben Schwartzwalder converted at South Florida Mordue from a high school quarterback to a running back, where he played for the 1964 Sugar at West Virginia Bowl team. Mordue earned a Bachelor’s degree in economics in 1966 and later returned to graduate from the SU College of Law in 1971. 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ORANGE SLICES MacPHERSON EARNS HALL INDUCTION Celebrating Ernie Davis Former Syracuse head football coach Dick SYRACUSE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE MacPherson will be enshrined in the National COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME A statue of 1961 Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Davis was unveiled on Syracuse University’s Quad Year Fame in December. He will join 16 others with Frank ‘Buck’ O’Neill Coach 1951 on September 13. The story of legendary Syracuse football star Ernie Davis is forever etched in the Syracuse ties in the Hall of Fame, including Howard Jones Coach 1951 hearts and minds of Orange football fans around 2008 inductee Don McPherson, Coach Mac’s Joe Alexander Player 1954 the world. signal caller for the undefeated 1987 Orange. Tad Jones Coach 1958 MacPherson’s Hall selection puts him in an Clarence ‘Biggie’ Munn Coach 1959 The life-size statue depicts Davis, known as “The exclusive group of college football’s finest Lynn ‘Pappy’ Waldorf Coach 1966 Elmira Express”, standing in his Syracuse uniform Bud Wilkinson Coach 1969 holding a helmet under his left arm and a football coaches. Vic Hanson Player 1973 in his right hand. Syracuse is one of just 16 BCS schools with at Ernie Davis Player 1979

Davis came to Syracuse from nearby Elmira in least 17 representatives in the Hall of Fame and Floyd ‘Ben’ Schwartzwalder Coach 1982 1958. He led the Orange to the school’s only is one of seven schools to have 17 or more in the Floyd Little Player 1983 national championship in 1959 and became the College Hall of Fame and at least six enshrined in Hugh ‘Duffy’ Daugherty Coach 1984 first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. Larry Csonka Player 1989 Jim Brown Player 1995 in 1961. Despite being the first player taken in the Rare is the time that the coach scrambles for the 1962 NFL draft, Davis never played a single game Tim Green Player 2001 of professional football. He died of leukemia in right words but this prestigious honor has even Don McPherson Player 2008 1963, at the age of 23. the outgoing MacPherson calling a timeout. Dick MacPherson Coach 2009 “This has really shocked me into so many On the Big Screen wonderful memories,” noted MacPherson. “The more I look back the more I’m convinced how special a place Syracuse really is. Syracuse is a big part of this. Chancellor (Melvin) Eggers The Universal Pictures production “The Express,” which chronicles the life and legacy of Ernie Davis, (Syracuse chancellor from 1971-to-1991), Jake Crouthamel (director of athletics at the time), the first African American to win the Heisman who hired me at Syracuse, and all the coaches and players from that time are all wrapped into Trophy, won a 2009 ESPY Award for Best Sports this.” Movie. The film starred stars Rob Brown (“Finding Forrester”) as Davis and Dennis Quaid (“The ORANGE TRAILBLAZER Rookie”) as Coach Ben Schwartzwalder. Gary Former Syracuse and NFL standout Tim Green is one of only 17 individuals who have been Fleder (“Runaway Jury”) directed the poignant inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and who were also chosen as Nati onal Football biopic. The world premiere of “The Express” was held in Syracuse in Sept. 2008 at the historic Foundati on Nati onal Scholar-Athletes. Landmark Theatre in downtown Syracuse. #44 HANGS IN THE RAFTERS Davis followed his hero, Jim Brown, to Syracuse University in 1958 and one year later led the Syracuse University officially retired one of the most storied numbers ever associated with a Orange to the national championship. In 1961 college football program — #44 — on Saturday, November 12, 2005. Since 1954, 11 players he won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first have worn the number and three earned All-America honors. The three most famous #44s African-American to do so. He was a pioneer for — Jim Brown, Ernie Davis and Floyd Little — certainly rank among the finest running backs to African-American football players in much the ever play the game. same way one of his idols, Jackie Robinson, broke Brown and Little, along with Ernie Davis’ mother, Marie Fleming, joined other former #44s, baseball’s color barrier. including Rob Konard, Michael Owens, Bill Schoonover and Tom Stephens, at the retirement ceremony.

National Champions and SUccess How much does number 44 mean to the University and the surrounding community? For National Champions starters, the University zip code was changed a few years ago from 13210 to 13244. And in Highlighted by the 2009 Lacrosse National 1988, when the University changed phone systems, the exchange was changed from 423 to 443. Championship, the Orange athletics program continued to make national headlines. Syracuse HONORING THE ALL-TIME GREATS scored a school-record 330 points in the Learfield Lengendary tight end John Mackey and College and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Larry Csonka had NACDA Director’s Cup Standings. their Syracuse jerseys retired last season. Six Orange teams scored points for advancing Mackey, who wore No. 88 for the Orange, played from 1960-62 and was selected in the second to post-season competition, including the men’s round of the 1963 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts. A five-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-NFL lacrosse National Championship, field hockey honoree, Mackey played in two Super Bowls with the Colts. He is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall in the Final Four, men’s basketball in the Sweet 16, women’s lacrosse in the NCAA Tournament of Fame. The John Mackey Award is presented annually to the nation’s top tight end. Mackey, who quarterfinals, women’s cross country in the NCAA now suffers from dimensia, and his wife, Sylvia, were on hand as the former All-American’s jersey Championship, and men’s track and field All- was unveiled in the Carrier Dome rafters. American distance runner Kyle Heath in the NCAA Csonka, who wore #39 at Syracuse, was a two-time All-American and played for the Orange from outdoor championship. 1965 through 1967. As a senior captain he earned consensus All-America honors. He had two 200- The Orange finished 63rd out of 271 universities in yard rushing performances in his career, galloping for 216 yards against West Virginia and 204 yards the final standings. versus California in his senior season. Csonka still ranks third on SU’s career rushing record list (2,934 yards) and is second all-time with 15 career 100-yard rushing games. He is still considered to be the prototype for all NFL fullbacks. He and Jimmy Kiick combined to form one of the most lethal backfield duos of the 1970’s, and the pair led the Miami Dolphins to an undefeated season and the Super Bowl title in 1972. SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

ORANGE SLICES HONORING THE LETTERWINNERS OF DISTINCTION Six individuals and one legendary Syracuse University athletics team took center stage for the ‘Night of Celebrating Ernie Davis Distinction’ as the school honored six former student-athletes and individuals associated with the athletics Syracuse University officially dedicated its newest, program representing various sports and eras of Orange athletics as LetterWinners of Distinction and the state-of-the-art student residence, Ernie Davis 1959 National Championship football team as the Team of Distinction on October 2. Hall, as part of the University’s Orange Central The 2009 honorees include John H. Dean ‘59 (lacrosse), Beth (Hart) Foederer ‘89 (cross country/track & celebration … Named after the late 1962 SU field), Harry Robert Greenwald ‘51 (track & field manager), Sean Kerins ‘84 (Basketball), James P. Lee alumnus — a two-time All-America selection and ‘75 (basketball) and Donald D. Lowe (Honorary), in addition to the 1959 Orange football squad. Syracuse the first African American to win the coveted University alumnus and NBC award-winning sportscaster Bob Costas was the Master of Ceremonies. Heisman Trophy — Ernie Davis Hall welcomed its first residents in August, during SU’s Opening “Once again we open the doors to an extraordinary set of individuals who have disti nguished themselves by Weekend, and is SU’s first entirely new residential their impact on sport and society,” said director of athleti cs Dr. Daryl Gross. “We welcome this fi ne class of building in more than 40 years … New York State Lett erWinners of Disti ncti on who deservedly shall be honored with the highest regard. Syracuse University provided $5 million in support for the building’s and Syracuse athleti cs is truly bett er because of their accomplishments.” construction through the Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program … Of special distinction THE ‘TEAM OF DISTINCTION’ is that Ernie Davis Hall will be the University’s The 1959 Orange football team won the University’s first national championship in the sport. The top- first “green” residence hall, constructed to meet ranked squad in the nation, Syracuse capped a perfect 10-0 regular season with a 23-14 victory against the standards of the Leadership in Energy and second-ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Head Coach Floyd “Ben” Schwartzwalder was named the 1959 Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating National Coach of the Year and in 1982 was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. System, which is the global standard of sustainable The best season in school history included regular season wins against Kansas (35-21), Maryland (29-0), green building and development practices … The Navy (32-6), Holy Cross (42-6), West Virginia (44-0), Pittsburgh (35-0), Penn State (20-18), Colgate(71-0), 140,000-square-foot project is seeking a LEED Boston University (46-0), and UCLA (36-8). Silver rating and incorporates such sustainable features as innovative storm water management, Syracuse led the nation in 18 statistical categories, including first downs (240), margin of offense over low water-use fixtures, dining hall efficiencies to defense (355.3 yards per game), scoring (39.0 points per game), total offense (451.5), total defense (96.2), reduce food waste and hot water consumption, rushing offense (313.6), and rushing defense (19.3). The SU defense stifled its opponents, holding five of and advanced HVAC design to reduce air them scoreless, and allowing only 193 yards rushing and 59 points on the year. conditioning requirements. The 1959 roster was filled with talented players, including first-team All-Americans Roger Davis, who was Davis came to Syracuse from nearby Elmira in also named UPI Lineman of the Year, Fred Mautino and Bob Yates and All-East selections Ernie Davis, Art 1958. He led the Orange to the school’s only Baker and Ger Schwedes, in addition to Roger Davis, Mautino, Yates. Fourteen members of the team went national championship in 1959 and became on to play professional football. the first African-American to win the Heisman As a sophomore, Ernie Davis set a Syracuse record with an average of 7.0 yards per carry and scored 10 Trophy in 1961. Projected for greatness in the touchdowns. He was named the Cotton Bowl’s Most Valuable Player after recording eight carries for 57 NFL, Davis was the first player selected in the yards and one touchdown, in addition to an 87-yard touchdown reception. In 1961, Ernie Davis became the 1962 draft, chosen by the Cleveland Browns to first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. create a “dream backfield” pairing with the man whose records he had broken at SU, Jim Brown Six members of the team have been named Letterwinners of Distinction: Baker, John Brown, Ernie Davis, ’57. But the dream never came to be. Davis was Charles Heck, Schwedes and Gerry Skonieczki. diagnosed with acute monocytic leukemia. Less ORANGE IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME than a year after the draft, he died in his sleep Former Syracuse standout and National Football League great Floyd Little ‘67 is in line to become the at Cleveland Lakeside Hospital at the age of 23. seventh Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrine with ties to Syracuse University … The six individuals with Shortly after his death, Davis’ mother, Marie Davis Syracuse ties who are enshrined include Jim Brown (inducted in 1971), Jim Ringo (1981), Larry Csonka Fleming, donated his Heisman Trophy to SU. In (1987), Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis (1992), John Mackey (1992) and Art Monk (2008) … Syracuse is 1979, Davis was inducted posthumously into the one of just nine schools to have at least six alums in the Pro Football Hall of Fame … Little and former NFL College Football Hall of Fame. In September 2008, cornerback Dick LeBeau were named by the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Seniors Committee as finalists for SU celebrated the release of “The Express,” the election into the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2010. The Hall of Fame selection meeting will be held on Universal Pictures movie about Davis that had its February 6, 2010, the day before Super Bowl XLIV in South Florida. world premiere at downtown Syracuse’s Landmark Theatre. A statue of 1961 Heisman Trophy winner The sixth player selected overall in the 1967 draft, Little made an immediate impact on the football field. A Ernie Davis was unveiled on Syracuse University’s multi-dimensional player Little combined his rushing talents with great hands and also served as a return Quad on September 13. The story of legendary man for the Denver Broncos. A five-time Pro Bowl pick, Little amassed more than 12,000 all-purpose Syracuse football star Ernie Davis is forever etched yards during his career that spanned from 1967 to 1975. The first-round draft-selection gained 6,323 yards in the hearts and minds of Orange football fans on 1,641 career carries and scored 43 touchdowns. He added 215 receptions for 2,418 yards and nine around the world. touchdowns. Little, who lead the AFL in punt returns as a rookie, totaled 893 yards on 81 career punt

returns and returned 104 kickoffs for 2,523 yards in his nine-season career. A three-time All-American The life-size statue depicts Davis, known as “The and 1966 ECAC Player of the Year at Syracuse, Little was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in Elmira Express”, standing in his Syracuse uniform 1983 and is one of 17 Syracuse representatives to be inducted. Little holds the Syracuse record for career holding a helmet under his left arm and a football touchdowns (46) and career punts returned for touchdowns (6). He finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy in his right hand. voting both this junior and senior years. McPHERSON EARNS UNIVERSITY’S HIGHEST HONOR Former Syracuse All-American quarterback Don McPherson is one of five 2009 Syracuse Universty Arents Award winners. The Arents Award, the University’s highest alumni honor is presented to distinguished Syracuse University alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their chosen fields, the award is named for George Arents, a successful manufacturer who served on the SU Board of Trustees from 1930 until his death in 1960. McPherson joined including Karen L. DeCrow L’72, Samuel V. Goekjian ’52, Frank A. Langella ’59, Donald G. McPherson ’87 and Joyce Carol Oates ’60, H’00 as 2009 honorees recognized for their excellence in the areas of civil liberties and women’s rights, international business and law, the performing arts, social activism and literature. SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

ORANGE SLICES DOUG MARRONE, HEAD COACH Staying at Home Syracuse University graduate Doug Marrone, a former pro football player and successful coach in the Division I collegiate ranks and the National Football League, returned to his alma mater Syracuse is one of two schools with head as the program’s 28th head coach. He is the first alum to hold the post since Reeves Baysinger football and men’s basketball coaches who was named head coach in 1947. Marrone, whose coaching resume includes stints at Georgia are graduates of the University … Marrone Tech and Tennessee, has been the offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints since 2006. earned his degree in 1991, while men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim graduated in “We’re going to create a vision for the student-athletes to show that hard work, dedication, 1966 … The other school is the University good character, honesty and loyalty will be part of our team and we’re going to be able to of Maryland (Ralph Friedgen ’70 and Gary go out and win football games,” Marrone said. “When I tell you I’m excited about this job, Williams ‘68) … Ironically, SU and UM are the it’s beyond that. When I tell you I’ve dreamed about it, it’s beyond that. This is the vision I’ve only two schools in the country that boast always had. I made the decision to go into coaching and started 30 miles from here at Cortland National Championships in football, men’s State. Every decision I have made along that way, I was thinking to myself, ‘Am I making the basketball and men’s lacrosse. right decision so that one day I could come back to Syracuse University.’ In my heart I knew I was the best person for this job to get us back to where we want to be. I’ve always been part of Youth is Served the program, but now I have a chance to do something with it. It’s a family and we’re all in this Born in July 1964, Doug Marrone is the 27th together.” youngest head coach in the Football Bowl For the past three seasons, Marrone has been the offensive coordinator and offensive line Subdivision. coach for the New Orleans Saints. The 2008 Saints led the NFL in total offense (410.7 yards per Support from his Peers game) and passing offense (311.1 yards per game). During his tenure, the Saints were one of The Syracuse Football Club, which is made the NFL’s most explosive and consistent offenses, ranking among the league leaders since his up of all Syracuse Football alumni, was arrival and rewriting the club’s all-time record book in the process. Quarterback Drew Brees led established to perpetuate the SU Football the NFL in passing yards (5,069). tradition and promote brotherhood and Marrone’s Coaching Career unity between the University and former 2009-PRESENT HEAD COACH SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY football players for their mutual benefit … 2006-08 Offensive Coordinator New Orleans Saints The group is actively supporting one of its 2002-05 Offensive Line New York Jets own members – head coach Doug Marrone. 2001 Tight Ends/Tackles University of Tennessee The SFC ‘Community Challenge’ has a 2000 Offensive Line University of Georgia 1997-99 Offensive Line Georgia Tech number of community-based initiatives 1996 Tight Ends Georgia Tech surrounding home games, aiming to turn 1995 Director of Football Operations Georgia Tech the Carrier Dome orange, raise money for 1994 Offensive Line Northeastern the program and build a strong community 1993 Offensive Line U.S. Coast Guard Academy support base. 1992 Tight Ends Cortland • Prior to the season-opener, Syracuse Football Prominent Players Coached Club members distributed 30,000 “It Starts Name Team with Marrone Pro Accomplishments Now” orange t-shirts on the Quad and around Drew Brees New Orleans Saints 2008 Led NFL in passing yards (5,069) the Dome. Donations for the shirts benefit the Jammal Brown New Orleans Saints 2006 All-Pro SFC initiatives to support the program. Jahri Evans New Orleans Saints 2006 All-Rookie • To assist the development of the Orange football Curtis Martin New York Jets 2004 Led NFL in rushing yards (1,697) program, the SFC donated $1 for every ticket Craig Page Georgia Tech Outland Trophy finalist sold to the home-opener. Jon Stinchcomb Georgia/New Orleans Saints National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete of the Year • At every home game, the Club holds a 50/50 Jason Witten Tennessee Four consecutive Pro Bowls with Dallas Cowboys raffl e. Entry is $1 per chance at each home game Kevin Mawae New York Jets Seven-time Pro Bowl selection or a season-long raffl e ($2 per chance), with the Kareem McKenzie New York Jets Has blocked for four NFL running backs who rushed for winner announced at the end of the season. more than 1,000 yards in a season with the NY Giants For more information about the SFC, visit www.syracusefootballclub.com. Playing Accomplishments • During Marrone’s playing career, the Orange improved from 2-9 in 1982 to 7-5 in 1985. The 1985 team Coaching Staff on Gameday earned SU’s first bowl invitation in seven years, playing in the Cherry Bowl against Maryland. • Three-year starter as an offensive lineman at Syracuse (1983-85). ON THE FIELD • Earned Associated Press All-East Honors as a sophomore and senior, and second team as a junior. Doug Marrone, Head Coach • Selected in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Raiders. Offense: Jaime Elizondo, Wide Receivers; Greg • Played two seasons in the NFL (1987, Miami Dolphins; 1989, New Orleans Saints). Adkins, Offensive Line; Stan Drayton, Running • Closed his career with the NFL Europe London Monarchs (1991-92). Backs Bob Casullo, Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Championships and Bowl Games as a Coach • 2001 Citrus Bowl Champions, Tennessee Defense: Dan Conley, Linebackers; John Anselmo, • 2000 Oahu Bowl Champions, Georgia Secondary • 1999 Gator Bowl, Georgia Tech • 1998 Gator Bowl Champions, Georgia Tech IN THE COACHES BOX • 1997 Carquest Bowl Champions, Georgia Tech Offense: Rob Spence, Offensive Coordinator Defense: Scott Shafer, Defensive Coordinator; Championships and Bowl Games as a Player Derrick Jackson, Defensive Line • 1985 Cherry Bowl, Syracuse

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OFFENSE Z WR 5 Marcus Sales (6-0, 177, So.) 11 Lavar Lobdell (6-3, 208, R-Sr.) 83 Taylor, Ollie (6-0, 184, Fr.) A WR 15 Alec Lemon (6-1, 193, Fr.) 7 Donte Davis (6-0, 181, Sr.) 84 Michael Acchione (5-11, 168, So.) LT 74 Nick Speller (6-5, 299, So.) 77 Tucker Baumbach (6-5, 317, Sr.) 62 Andrew Phillips (6-5, 276, Fr.) LG 70 Ryan Bartholomew (6-3, 288, Sr.) 72 Nick Lepak (6-4, 328, So.) 68 Justin Pugh (6-5, 280, Fr.) C 60 Jim McKenzie (6-4, 284, Sr.) 72 Nick Lepak (6-4, 328, So.) 75 Zack Chibane (6-4, 307, Fr.) RG 71 Adam Rosner (6-6, 305, Sr.) 66 Andrew Tiller (6-6, 382, Jr.) 65 Jarel Lowrey (6-4, 281, So.) RT 78 Josh White (6-5, 272, Jr.) 77 Tucker Baumbach (6-5, 317, Sr.) 76 Ian Allport (6-4, 301, So.) Y TE 85 Mike Owen (6-4, 255, R-Sr.) 9 Andrew Robinson (6-3, 245, Sr.) 89 Thomas Trendowski (6-2, 225, So.) 86 David Stevens (6-4, 220, So.) U TE 48 Carl Cutler (6-2, 238, So.) 27 Averin Collier (5-10, 195, So.) QB 2 Greg Paulus (6-1, 195, Gr.) 12 Ryan Nassib (6-3, 223, So.) 4 Cameron Dantley (6-1, 228, R-Sr.) 17 Charley Loeb (6-4, 208, Fr.) 16 Jarrett James (6-2, 195, Fr.) RB 3 Delone Carter (5-10, 215, Sr.) 29 Antwon Bailey (5-8, 193, So.) 37 Michael Jones (5-11, 202, So.) 46 Robert Nieves (6-0, 214, Sr.) X WR 82 Van Chew (6-1, 161, So.) 22 Torian Phillips (5-10, 167, Fr.) 81 Cody Morgan (5-8, 166, Fr.)

DEFENSE DE 54 Mikhail Marinovich (6-4, 234, So.) 95 Torrey Ball (6-4, 245, So.) 91 Brandon Sharpe (6-2, 227, Fr.) NT 94 Bud Tribbey (6-1, 274, Jr.) 52 Ollie Haney (6-3, 278, Jr.) DT 51 Andrew Lewis (6-3, 273, Sr.) 55 Anthony Perkins (6-4, 269, Sr.) 56 Cory Boatman (6-2, 256, So.) DE 99 Chandler Jones (6-5, 246, So.) 53 Chad Battles (6-3, 228, So.) SLB 32 Doug Hogue (6-2, 223, Jr.) 33 Dan Vaughan (6-2, 208, So.) 92 Shane Kimmel (6-1, 229, So.) MLB 58 Mike Stenclik (6-0, 224, R-Sr.) 33 Dan Vaughan (6-2, 208, So.) 49 Adam Harris (6-2, 239, Fr.) WLB 34 E.J. Carter (6-0, 222, Fr.) 41 Ryan Gillum (5-11, 216, Jr.) H 13 Phillip Thomas (6-0, 186, Fr.) 26 Kevyn Scott (5-11, 195, Jr.) 14 Grant Mayes (5-10, 191, So.) SS 43 Shamarko Thomas (5-10, 196, Fr.) 20 Randy McKinnon (5-10, 191, Jr.) 39 Lonnie Johnson (5-10, 206, Fr.) FS 35 Mike Holmes (5-11, 184, Jr.) 20 Randy McKinnon (5-10, 191, Jr.) CB 6 Da’Mon Merkerson (6-1, 183, Jr.) 28 Nico Scott (5-10, 179, Sr.) 30 Rishard Anderson (6-0, 180, Fr.) 36 George Mayes (5-10, 185, Sr.)

SPECIAL TEAMS K 19 Ryan Lichtenstein (5-10, 150, Fr.) 40 Jake Smith (6-1, 176, Fr.) P 47 Rob Long (6-4, 184, Jr.) LS 57 Max Leo (5-11, 206, Sr.) Holder 47 Rob Long (6-4, 184, Jr.) 9 Andrew Robinson (6-3, 245, Sr.) PR 7 Donte Davis (6-0, 181, Sr.) KR 27 Averin Collier (5-10, 195, So.)

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ORANGE IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (AS OF November 16, 2009) Atlanta Falcons Next at New York Giants - Sunday, Nov. 22 (1 p.m.) Quinn Ojinnaka #76 (T-4th Year) Played in 19-28 loss at Carolina ... Has played in four games in 2009 … A fifth-round (139th overall) draft pick.

Baltimore Ravens Next at Cleveland - Monday, Nov. 16 (8:30 p.m.) Jameel McClain #53 (LB-2nd Year) In 2009, has 12 total tackles, including seven solo. Adam Terry #78 (T-5th Year) On injured reserve for 2009 … Started 18 of the 48 games he has played. At RT, helped pave the way to rush for 2,376 yards and a franchise-record 20 TDs. David Tyree #17 (WR-8th Year) Has played in two games since signing as a free agent on Oct. 13, 2009.

Carolina Panthers Next against Miami - Thursday, Nov. 19 (8:20 p.m.) Tony Fiammetta #42 (RB-Rookie) Did not play in 28-19 win against Atlanta ... Has played six games in 2009 ... Drafted in the fourth round (#128 overall) in 2009. Kelvin Smith #46 (LB-2nd Year) Has not played in any games this season ... Signed on Nov. 11, 2009.

Indianapolis Colts Next at Baltimore - Sunday, Nov. 22 (1 p.m.) Dwight Freeney #93 (DE-8th Year) Played in 35-34 win against New England ... In 2009, has recorded 19 total tackles, 9.5 sacks, one pass defended, and one forced fumble … In 2008, recorded 30 tackles, including 23 solo and 10.5 sacks, and forced four fumbles. Taj Smith #6 (WR-Rookie) Has not played in any games this season ... Added to practice squad Sept. 6, 2008.

Miami Dolphins Next at Carolina - Thursday, Nov. 19 (8:20 p.m.) Will Allen #25 (CB-9th Year) Placed on injured reserve on Oct. 27 due to a knee injury ... In 2009, has recorded 21 total tackles, six passes defended, and two interceptions … In 2008, started every game, helping the Dolphins improve from 1-15 last year to a playoff berth, and had 50 tackles, including 47 solo, three interceptions, one touchdown and 15 pass breakups.

Philadelphia Eagles Next at Chicago - Sunday, Nov. 22 (8:20 p.m.) Donovan McNabb #5 (QB-11th Year) Completed 35-of-55 for 450 yards and two touchdowns in 31-23 loss at San Diego … In 2009, has completed 131-of-218 for 1,685 yards and 12 touchdowns ... Has led the Eagles to NFC Championship game five times in his career.

San Diego Chargers Next at Denver - Sunday, Nov. 22 (4:15 p.m.) Steve Gregory #28 (S/CB-4th Year) Had four solo tackles in 31-23 win against Philadelphia ... In 2009, has 37 total tackles, including two sacks, three passes defended, and one interception ... Signed four-year contract extension through 2011, Aug. 25, 2008 … In 2008, had 36 tackles.

Seattle Seahawks Next at Minnesota - Sunday, Nov. 22 (1 p.m.) Olindo Mare #10 (PK-14th Year) Went 2-for-2 in field goals and PATs, and averaged 69.4 yards on five kickoff returns in 31-20 loss at Arizona ... In 2009, he has made 16-of-18 field goals, kicked 19-of-19 PATs, and has returned 45 kickoffs and averaged 67.4 yards per return ... In 2008, was 24-of-27 in field goals and made all 30 PATs, accounting for 102 points.

St. Louis Rams Next against Arizona - Sunday, Nov. 22 (4:05 p.m.) Anthony Smith (DB-4th Year) Did not play in 28-23 loss against New Orleans ... In 2009, has four tackles … In 2008, recorded 106 tackles in three seasons with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers … Acquired Sept. 6, 2009.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Next against New Orleans - Sunday, Nov. 22 (1 p.m.) Tanard Jackson #36 (S-3rd Year) Had nine tackles, eight solo, in 25-23 loss at Miami ... In 2009, has 32 total tackles, three passes defended, three interceptions, and one forced fumble ... In 2008, registered 69 tackles, including 59 solo … As a rookie in 2007, had for 56 tackles, including 53 solo.

Tennessee Titans Next at Houston - Monday, Nov. 23 (8:30 p.m.) Keith Bulluck #53 (LB-10th Year) Had 12 tackles, 11 solo, in 41-17 win against Buffalo ... In 2009, has 60 total tackles, 42 solo, one pass defended, and one interception ... Has started a franchise-record 121 regular season games. Ryan Durand #77 (G-Rookie) Has not played in any games this season ... Added to practice squad on Sept. 6. … Drafted #239 overall in 2009 NFL Draft in the 7th round. 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

2009 GAME SUMMARIES GAME #1 GAME #2 Syracuse 20 Syracuse 7 Minnesota 23 #7/5 Penn State 28 September 5 at the Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. September 12 at Beaver Stadium • State College, Pa. SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Orange lost 23-20 in overtime to the Minnesota Gophers STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Senior running back Delone Carter rushed for 40 yards on in front of 48,614 fans in its season-opener and the first game of head coach 15 carries, giving him 978 career rushing yards, in a 28-7 loss. Carter is 22 yards Doug Marrone’s era. The Carrier Dome crowd was the fourth-largest opening day shy of becoming the 29th Syracuse back to gain more than 1,000 rushing yards. crowd in history. Hometown quarterback Greg Paulus was 19-for-31 for 167 yards Senior wide receiver Mike Williams extended his streak of consecutive games and one touchdown in his Orange debut. with a reception to 22. He had five catches for 54 yards in the game. Minnesota capitalized on a Syracuse turnover early in the first quarter, taking The Nittany Lions scored a touchdown on their first possession with a 49-yard a 7-0 lead on a Duane Bennett 16-yard touchdown 19 seconds into the contest. completion from Daryll Clark to Evan Royster. At the end of the first quarter, the Syracuse responded when sophomore running back Mike Jones returned a Syracuse defense stopped PSU on the one-yard line, forcing a fumble on fourth- kickoff 79 yards to Minnesota’s 16-yard line. Freshman kicker Ryan Lichtenstein and-one. Safety Mike Holmes recovered the fumble. hit his first career field-goal attempt, scoring on a 23-yard kick at the 13:01 mark, Penn State extended its lead, 14-0, on its second drive of the second quarter. making the score, 7-3. Royster rushed 12 yards for his second touchdown of the day, capping a five-play, Minnesota sophomore Troy Stoudermire gave the Gophers a 14-3 lead with 35-yard drive. 11:48 remaining in the first quarter on a seven-yard touchdown reception from On Syracuse’s next possession sophomore quarterback Ryan Nassib connected Adam Weber. with tight end Cody Catalina for a 19-yard completion. It was Nassib’s first career With 32 seconds remaining in the first quarter, Paulus threw for his first career pass and completion and Catalina’s first collegiate catch. The drive stalled at the touchdown, a 29-yard strike to senior wide receiver Mike Williams to bring the Penn State 35-yard line where the Orange lined up for a field goal attempt, but Orange within four, 14-10. Williams’ 10 consecutive games with a touchdown freshman Ryan Lichtenstein punted the ball out of the formation for his first reception is the longest active streak in the FBS Division and is a Syracuse record. career punt, landing the ball at the PSU 10 yard line. A second Lichtenstein field goal, this one from 42 yards, brought Syracuse to On the next series, cornerback Kevyn Scott made his first career interception within one, 14-13, midway through the second quarter. at Syracuse’s 31-yard line to give the ball back to the Orange. The Orange took a 20-14 lead with 1:39 remaining in the first half when After The Nittany Lions opened the second half and scored on a 20-yard touchdown senior Delone Carter soared over the Gopher defense into the endzone for a pass to Graham Zug, to put PSU up, 21-0. touchdown. In the final quarter, the two teams exchanged possessions before Penn State’s In the third quarter, Minnesota cut the lead to three, 20-17, with a 26-yard Nathan Stupar intercepted a Syracuse pass and returned the ball to the SU two- field by Eric Ellestad midway through the third quarter. Neither team scored until yard line. PSU capitalized on the turnover to give the Nittany Lions the 27-0 Minnesota tied the game at 20 with 57 seconds remaining in the game. Ellestad advantage midway through the fourth quarter. connected on a 26-yard field goal to tie the game. Sophomore Mikhail Marinovich set up Syracuse’s first score of the game when During its first overtime posession, Syracuse gained 20 yards before a Paulus he recovered a fumble by quarterback Kevin Newsome at the Penn State 30- interception turned it over to Minnesota. The Gophers ran three plays and then yard line. Paulus completed a 16-yard touchdown pass to Donte Davis with 4:23 Ellestad hit a 35-yard field goal for the 23-20 victory. remaining in the game. TEAM STATISTICS Linebacker Derrell Smith led the Orange defense with 10 tackles, including one for a loss of yards, while Holmes and safety Max Suter each had seven SU UM tackles. First Downs 15 16 Rush Att.-Yards 34-90 32-112 TEAM STATISTICS Pass Yards 167 248 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 257-65 360-74 SU PSU Passes (Comp.-Att.) 19-31 19-42 First Downs 13 23 Passes had intercepted 1 1 Rush Att.-Yards 29-65 35-78 Punts-Avg. 8-45.9 5-42.6 Pass Yards 135 240 Punt Returns-Yards 4-14 1-27 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 54-200 66-318 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-154 5-140 Passes (Comp.-Att.) 18-25 20-31 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Passes had intercepted 2 1 Penalties-Yards 8-68 10-61 Punts-Avg. 6-38.7 3-50.0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-14 2-9 SCORING BY QUARTERS Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-144 2-19 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 SYRACUSE 10 10 0 0 0 20 Penalties-Yards 3-13 2-15 Minnesota 14 0 3 3 3 23 SCORING BY QUARTERS SCORING SUMMARY 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final SYRACUSE 0 0 0 7 - 7 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time Minnesota 7 7 7 7 - 28 UM – Bennett, 16-yard run (Ellestad kick) 2-16/0:10 0-7 1/14:41 SU – Lichtenstein, 23-yard field goal 4-9/1:40 3-7 1/13:01 SCORING SUMMARY UM – Stoudermire, 7-yard pass from Weber (Ellestad kick) 4-43/1:13 3-14 1/11:48 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time SU – Williams, 29-yard pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick) 6-63/1:53 10-14 1/0:32 PSU – Royster, 49-yard pass from Clark (Wagner kick) 7-79/3:19 0-7 1/11:41 SU – Lichtenstein, 42-yard field goal 8-34/3:18 13-14 2/7:26 PSU – Royster, 12-yard run (Wagner kick) 5-35/1:59 0-14 2/7:34 SU – Carter, 1-yard run (Lichtenstein kick) 8-67/3:44 20-14 2/1:39 PSU – Zug, 20-yard pass from Clark (Wagner kick) 9-76/5:01 0-21 3/7:44 UM – Ellestad, 26-yard field goal 8-33/3:02 20-17 3/3:02 PSU – Shuler, 1-yard pass from Clark (Wagner kick) 3-2/0:44 0-28 4/8:56 UM – Ellestad, 26-yard field goal 14-79/3:48 20-20 4/0:57 SU – Davis, 16-yard pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick) 1-16/0:07 7-28 4/4:23 UM – Ellestad, 35-yard field goal 4-7/0:00 20-23 OT INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing SU – Carter, 15-40; PSU, Royster, 12-41-1 TD Rushing SU – Carter, 23-88-1 TD; UM – Bennett, 16-78-1 TD Passing SU – Paulus, 14-20-1 TD; PSU – Clark, 20-31-3 TD Passing SU – Paulus, 19-31-1 TD; UM – Weber, 19-42-1 TD Receiving SU – Williams, 5-54; PSU – Zug, 6-79-1 TD Receiving SU – Williams, 7-94-1 TD; UM – Decker, 9-183-0 TD Tackles SU – Smith, 5-5/10; 1.0 TFL; PSU – Lee, 6-7/13; 3.0 TFL Tackles SU – Holmes 3-5/8; 1 INT; UM – Campbell, 11-2/13; 1.5 TFL 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

2009 GAME SUMMARIES GAME #3 GAME #4 Syracuse 37 Syracuse 41 Northwestern 34 Maine 24 September 19 at the Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. September 26 at the Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse defeated Northwestern, 37-34, in front of a crowd of SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Orange scored 28 points in the second half to overcome a four-point 40,251 on Saturday. The win marks the first of the Doug Marrone Era and is SU’s halftime deficit en route to its 41-24 victory. Quarterback Greg Paulus was 21-of-28 for 270 yards first against a Big Ten Conference opponent since 2006 when it beat Illinois, 31- and two touchdowns, while Delone Carter rushed for 72 yards on 19 carries and scored four touchdowns. Mike Williams caught five passes for 80 yards to extend his consecutive games 21.Senior running back Delone Carter became the 39th player in Syracuse history with a reception streak to 24. to rush for 1,000 yards, gaining 84 yards on 18 carries and one touchdown. On Syracuse’s second possession of the game, Paulus threw a two-yard touchdown pass to With less than a minute left in the game, junior strong safety Max Suter Carter to give the Orange the early lead, 7-0, midway through the first quarter. intercepted a pass on SU’s 39-yard line and and returned it 22 yards to set up The Black Bears scored a 35-yard field goal within seconds of the second quarter to cut the Syracuse’s 41-yard game-winning field goal by Ryan Lichtenstein as time expired. Syracuse lead, 7-3. Maine recovered an on-side kick on its next drive, which was followed by quarterback Warren Smith’s 56-yard completion to wide receiver Landis Williams to put the On SU’s opening drive, Lichtenstein kicked a career-long 43-yard field goal to Black Bears up, 10-7, less than 15 seconds into the second period. give the Orange the early lead, 3-0. After senior linebacker Derrell Smith forced The Orange responded on its next drive when Paulus marched his team to the 10-yard a fumble at the NU 28-yard line on the Wildcats’ opening drive, which was line. Freshman kicker Ryan Lichtenstein kicked a 28-yarder to tie the game, 10-10, with 10:50 recovered by senior cornerback Nico Scott. On second down, quarterback Greg remaining in the half. Paulus scored his first rushing touchdown to increase SU’s lead to 10-0. On Maine’s next possession, junior corner back Kevyn Scott intercepted a pass at the Syracuse 40-yard line to give the ball back to the Orange. It was Scott’s second interception this With just more than a minute left in the quarter, Mike Williams caught season. a career-long 66-yard pass to put the Orange up, 17-0. It was also a career- With less than five minutes left before halftime, Maine’s Smith threw a 14-yard touchdown long completion for Paulus. Williams finished the game with a career-best 11 pass to Williams to give the Black Bears the 17-10 advantage. receptions for a personal-best 209 yards and two touchdowns. Paulus set up another SU field goal attempt with a 21-yard completion to Carter. Lichtenstein Northwestern cut the lead to 17-14 with two second-quarter touchdowns and connected on a 35-yard field goal to narrow the Black Bears lead to four, 17-13, with just more than a minute left in the half. then took the lead, 21-17, with 3:59 remaining in the first half. On Syracuse’s first possession of the second half, Paulus completed 3-of-4 passes, including Just before the half, Carter capped a five-play, 43-yard scoring drive with a a 19-yard connection with freshman wide receiver Alec Lemon. Carter gave the Orange a 20-17 three yard scamper into the endzone, giving the Orange a 24-21. lead on a nine-yard rush by Carter to put give SU the 20-17 lead. The eight play, 86-yard scoring Lichtenstein increased the SU lead to six, 27-21, with a 37-yard field goal with drive is SU’s longest of the season. 4:52 left in the third quarter before Northwestern took a 28-27 lead with 17 Syracuse kept the momentum going on its next possession. It went 44 yards in a minute and 26 seconds. Paulus connected with sophomore wide receiver Marcus Sales on a 17-yard pass to seconds remaining in the third. Six minutes into the final quarter, the Wildcats increase the SU lead, 27-17. It was Sales’ first touchdown catch of the season. scored another touchdown to take a 34-27 lead. Junior linebacker Doug Hogue intercepted a pass and returned it 30 yards to the Maine 10- On SU’s next possession, Paulus connected with Williams for a 13-yard yard line as time expired in the third. On the first play of the final quarter, Carter rushed five touchdown pass to tie the game, 34-34, with 6:07 remaining and then Suter set yards to score his third touchdown of the night, further extending the Syracuse lead, 34-17. up the Orange for the game-winning field goal. The Orange kept control of the game during its next drive, when it went 79 yards on 17 plays. Carter made his way into the end zone for the fourth time when he rushed three yards with 2:23 Junior linebacker Doug Hogue led the SU defense with 11 tackles, while Smith remaining in the game to give SU the 41-17 lead. added 10 tackles, two forced fumbles, and two sacks. The Black Bears added a 15-yard touchdown pass to Jones with 10 seconds remaining in the TEAM STATISTICS game for the final 41-24 score. SU NU TEAM STATISTICS First Downs 23 25 SU UM Rush Att.-Yards 32-125 28-52 First Downs 20 20 Pass Yards 346 414 Rush Att.-Yards 115-31 90-28 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 68-471 71-466 Pass Yards 270 340 Passes (Comp.-Att.) 24-36 36-43 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 59-385 64-430 Passes had intercepted 1 1 Passes (Comp.-Att.) 21-28 25-36 Punts-Avg. 5-47.2 6-35.3 Passes had intercepted 0 2 Punt Returns-Yards 1-2 1-0 Punts-Avg. 3-42.7 5-31.0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-128 6-111 Punt Returns-Yards 1-14 1-2 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-38 7-106 Penalties-Yards 6-64 7-57 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 SCORING BY QUARTERS Penalties-Yards 10-102 17-132 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final SCORING BY QUARTERS SYRACUSE 17 7 3 10 - 37 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Minnesota 0 21 7 6 - 34 SYRACUSE 7 6 14 14 - 41 SCORING SUMMARY Maine 0 17 0 7 - 24 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time SCORING SUMMARY SU – Lichtenstein, 43-yard field goal 8-54/2:27 0-3 1/12:33 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time SU – Paulus, 10-yard run (Lichtenstein kick) 5-21/2:45 0-10 1/9:33 SU – Carter, 2-yard pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick) 6-31/3:35 0-7 1/7:19 SU – Williams, 66-yard pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick) 2-80/0:40 0-17 1/1:17 UM – Waxman, 35-yard field goal 16-70/7:24 3-7 2/14:55 NU – Kafka, 3-yard run (Demos kick) 7-72/2:04 7-17 2/14:13 UM – Williams, 46-yard pass from Smith (Waxman kick) 1-56/0:11 10-7 2/14:44 NU – Brewer, 39-yard pass from Kafka (Demos kick) 6-88/1:26 14-17 2/9:47 SU – Lichtenstein 28-yard field goal 9-65/3:54 10-10 2/10:50 NU – Dunsmore, 22-yard pass from Kafka (Demos kick) 6-62/1:49 21-17 2/3:59 UM – Williams, 14-yard pass from Smith (Waxman kick) 9-83/4:02 17-10 2/4:58 SU – Carter, 3-yard run (Lichtenstein kick) 7-43/3:05 21-27 3/4:52 SU – Lichtenstein, 34-yard field goal 6-37/2:04 17-13 2/1:01 NU – Kafka, 24-yard pass from Brewer (Demos kick) 2-28/0:45 34-27 3/0:17 SU – Carter, 9-yard run (Lichtenstein kick) 8-86/3:41 17-20 3/6:08 NU – Fields, 3-yard pass from Kafka 11-80/4:05 34-27 4/9:04 SU – Sales, 17-yard pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick) 4-44/1:26 17-27 3/1:30 SU – Williams, 13-yard pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick) 6-70/2:57 34-34 4/6:07 SU – Carter, 5-yard run (Lichtenstein kick) 2-10/0:10 17-34 4/14:55 SU – Lichtenstein, 41-yard field goal 6-16/0:56 34-37 4/0:00 SU – Carter, 3-yard run (Lichtenstein kick) 17-79/9:49 17-41 4/2:23 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS UM – Ty. Jones, 14-yard pass from Smith (Waxman kick) 8-85/2:13 24-41 4/0:10 Rushing SU – Carter, 18-84-1 TD; NU – Schmidt, 10-30 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing SU – Paulus, 24-35-2 TD; NU – Kafka, 35-42-3 TD Rushing SU – Carter, 19-72, 3 TD; UM – Session, 9-40 Receiving SU – Williams, 11-35-2 TD; NU – Dunsmore, 10-90-1 TD Passing SU – Paulus, 21-28-2 TD; UM – Smith, 24-35, 3 TD Tackles SU – Hogue, 7-4/11; NU – Mabin, 5-2/7 Receiving SU – Williams, 5-80; UM – Williams, 6-102 Tackles SU – Smith, 8-2/10; UM – McMillian, 5-2/7 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

2009 GAME SUMMARIES GAME #5 GAME #6 Syracuse 20 Syracuse 13 South Florida 34 West Virginia 34 October 3 at the Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. October 10 at the Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Senior wide receiver Mike Williams had a career-high 13 SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The University dedicated the Carrier Dome field ‘Ernie Davis catches for 186 yards and two touchdowns in Syracuse’s 34-20 loss to the South Legends Field,’ honor of Davis, who in 1961 was the first African-American Florida Bulls in front of 40,147 fans in the Carrier Dome on Saturday afternoon. to win the Heisman Trophy. Orange legend Jim Brown, Martin Luther King III, SU’s (2-3 overall, 0-1 BIG EAST) 20 points was the most scored against USF (5-0, Chuck Davis, the uncle of Ernie Davis, and eight additional members of the 1-0) in the four meetings between the two teams, dating back to 2005. Davis family participated in the ceremony. The ceremony also included a video Syracuse senior nose tackle Arthur Jones recovered fumbles on USF’s first address from United States Vice President Joseph Biden. In addition, Carrier two drives on the first play from scrimmage each time. The Orange, however, Corporation president Mark Cywilko, Lacrosse Hall of Famer Chief Oren Lyons, lost the ball on its own turnovers in both ensuing drives. On USF’s third offensive former Syracuse football and lacrosse student-athletes, and members of civic drive, junior running back Mike Ford scored a touchdown on a 26 yard run to give organizations from Syracuse and Elmira were on the field for the special moment. the Bulls the early 7-0 lead. The tribute to the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner comes a On Syracuse’s next possession, freshman kicker Ryan Lichtenstein kicked a 40- year after he was honored on film in the Universal Pictures movie, “The Express,” yard field goal to put the Orange on the board, 7-3. Lichtenstein added a second which premiered in Syracuse on September 12, 2008, and was inspired by Sam field goal on the first possession of the second quarter to bring the Orange within and Carol Nappi, who stepped forward with the idea and gift. one, 7-6. Quarterback Ryan Nassib threw for 120 yards and two second-half USF extended its lead, 14-6, when redshirt freshman quarterback B.J. Daniels touchdowns, playing for starter Greg Paulus in the second half. He accounted completed a 33-yard pass to junior wide receiver Carlton Mitchell with 6:06 left for 142 of the Orange’s 222 yards on the day. Nassib was 7-for-16 through the in the half. air and had eight carries for 22 yards. Mike Williams, who finished with four Near the end of the first half, Orange senior linebacker Derrell Smith forced a receptions for 89 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown. With the TD, Williams fumble at the USF 11-yard line, which was recovered by junior strong safety Max tied Marvin Harrison for second on the Orange’s career list with 20 receiving Suter, to give Orange the ball with 1:36 remaining. Graduate student quarterback touchdowns. Greg Paulus threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Williams, making the score 14- WVU scored on its first four possessions, including on its first play from 13 at the break. scrimmage after returning a Paulus interception to the SU 11. Quarterback Jarrett USF scored on its first possession of the second half when Daniels completed Brown found Noel Devine, who also scored a rushing touchdown in the game, an 85-yard pass to Mitchell to give the Bulls the 21-13 advantage. With just more for an 11-yard touchdown less than five minutes into the game. On its next than four minutes left in the quarter, Ford found the end zone a second time to possession, Ryan Clarke scored on a one-yard touchdown run. extend the South Florida lead, 27-13. WVU extended its lead, 20-0, with a three-yard touchdown run by Clarke at Jason Pierre-Paul made an interception and returned it 18 yards to give USF the 9:49 mark of the second quarter. Less than three minutes later, Jock Sanders the 34-13 lead with just under three minutes left in the quarter. scored a nine-yard rushing touchdown to make the score 27-0 at the half. Paulus connected with Williams on a 29-yard pass for his second touchdown In the third quarter Nassib threw a 50-yard TD strike to Williams with 9:52 to of the day to make the final score 34-20. Paulus was 25-of-46 for 269 yards and go in the quarter to make the score 27-6. Two possessions later Nassib threw his two touchdowns. second touchdown pass of the day, a 24-yard laser to sophomore Marcus Sales. TEAM STATISTICS Defensively, senior linebacker Derrell Smith matched his career-best with SU USF eight solo tackles and forced a fumble. Junior strong safety Max Suter had a First Downs 23 14 career day with 12 tackles, nine solo, and one pass breakup. Rush Att.-Yards 30-75 37-125 TEAM STATISTICS Pass Yards 269 208 SU WVU Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 76-344 57-333 First Downs 10 19 Passes (Comp.-Att.) 25-46 12-20 Rush Att.-Yards 24-72 40-127 Passes had intercepted 5 0 Pass Yards 150 258 Punts-Avg. 2-26.5 4-36.5 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 49-222 74-385 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Passes (Comp.-Att.) 12-25 25-34 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-120 5-109 Passes had intercepted 1 0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Punts-Avg. 9-42.3 5-43.0 Penalties-Yards 4-44 5-66 Punt Returns-Yards 1-6 3-68 SCORING BY QUARTERS Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-165 3-51 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 SYRACUSE 3 10 0 7 - 20 Penalties-Yards 7-55 4-26 South Florida 7 7 20 0 - 34 SCORING BY QUARTERS SCORING SUMMARY 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final SYRACUSE 0 0 6 7 - 13 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time West Virginia 14 13 0 7 - 34 USF – Ford, 26-yard run (Schwartz kick) 8-62/3:42 7-0 1/7:08 SU – Lichtenstein, 40-yard field goal 5-57/1:33 7-3 1/1:50 SCORING SUMMARY SU – Lichtenstein, 24-yard field goal 12-63/5:23 7-6 2/10:09 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time USF – Mitchell, 33-yard pass from Daniels (Schwartz kick) 2-36/0:48 14-6 2/6:06 WVU – Devine, 11-yard pass from Brown (Bitancurt kick) 1-64/0:08 7-0 1/11:01 SU – Williams, 11-yard pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick) 3-14/1:07 14-13 2/0:29 WVU – Clark, one-yard run (Bitancurt kick) 14-80/9:12 14-0 1/0:11 USF – Mitchell, 85-yard pass from Daniels (Schwartz kick) 1-85/0:18 21-13 3/14:42 WVU – Clarke, three-yard run 7-93/3:48 20-0 2/9:49 USF – Ford, 5-yard run 8-48/4:31 27-13 3/4:07 WVU – Sanders, nine-yard run (Bitancurt kick) 1-9/0:06 27-0 2/7:18 USF – Pierre-Paul, 18-yard interception return (Schwartz kick) – 34-13 3/2:52 SU – Williams, 5-yard pass from Nassib (Lichtenstein kick) 1-50/0:09 27-6 3/9:52 SU – Williams, 29-yard pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick) 11-87/4:14 34-20 4/10:02 WVU – Devine, four-yard run (Bitancurt kick) 9-60/4:15 34-6 4/14:55 SU – Sales, 24-yard pass from Nassib (Lichtenstein kick) 6-66/2:10 34-13 4/9:08 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing SU – Carter, 13-43; USF – Ford, 13-68, 2 TD Rushing SU – Carter, 12-33; WVU – Devine, 22-91-1 TD Passing SU – Paulus, 25-46-2 TD; USF – Daniels, 12-20-2 TD Passing SU – Nassib, 7-16-2 TD; WVU – Brown, 22-30-1 TD Receiving SU – Williams, 13-186-2 TD; USF – Mitchell, 6-139-2 TD Receiving SU – Williams, 4-89-1 TD; WVU – Sanders, 9-67 Tackles SU – Smith, 6-5/11; USF – Allen, 7-1/8 Tackles SU – Suter, 9-3/12; WVU – Glover, 6-0/6 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

2009 GAME SUMMARIES

GAME #7 GAME #8 Syracuse 14 Syracuse 7 Akron 14 Cincinnati 28 October 24 at the Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. October 31 at the Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y. SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Senior Delone Carter rushed for a career-best 170 yards on 30 SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Orange lost to the fifth-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats, carries and three touchdowns in Syracuse’s 28-14 victory versus Akron at the 28-7, before33,802 fans at the Carrier Dome. Sophomore quarterback Carrier Dome. Senior linebacker Derrell Smith set a career-high with nine solo Ryan Nassib connected with six different receivers, completing 7-of-10 tackles, including one forced fumble and two sacks and one tackle for loss. The passes for 97 yards. Junior tight end Cody Catalina put the Orange on Orange defense dominated in the second half, holding Akron to 50 yards. The Zips were also held to zero yards rushing in the contest, the fewest rushing yards the board with his first career touchdown reception, a nine-yard catch in allowed since Florida rushed for -17 in 1991. the first quarter. Akron went on the board at the 4:55 mark of the opening quarter via an 11- Cincinnati jumped out to an early 7-0 lead as Cincinnati sophomore yard touchdown pass to Andre Jones. The scoring drive began on the Syracuse quarterback Zach Collaros connected with junior wide receiver Armon 13-yard line after an SU fumble. Binns for an 81-yard touchdown pass at the 7:24 mark in the opening The Orange defense held the Zips on its next possession, giving the ball back quarter. to Syracuse as time expired in the first quarter. Syracuse went 60 yards on seven On Syracuse’s next possession, sophomore running back Antwon plays, capped by a seven-yard rush by Carter to tie the game, 7-7, within the first Bailey caught a career-long 30-yard pass from Nassib to reach the three minutes of the second quarter. Carter accounted for 35 of Syracuse’s 60 yards on the scoring drive. Cincinnati nine-yard line. Graduate student quarterback Greg Paulus Syracuse started on its own 34-yard line on its next possession, where Carter connected with Catalina on the next play to tie the game, 7-7, with 4:13 found the end zone for the second time to put the Orange up, 14-7, with 4:14 remaining in the quarter. Catalina finished with two catches for a career- remaining in the half. best 26 receiving yards. The Zips missed a field goal in the final seconds of the half to settle the score, Cincinnati scored its second touchdown of the game when it faked 14-7, at the break. Akron tied the game at 14 with a 98-yard kickoff return for a a 14-yard field goal and Collaros completed a 16-yard pass to senior touchdown to open the second half. tight end Kazeem Alli to give the Bearcats the 14-7 advantage at the The Orange capitalized on its next scoring opportunity, starting at the Akron 14:11 mark of the second quarter.Cincinnati missed a field goal as time 28-yard line after a six-yard punt return. Sophomore running back Mike Jones ran 12 yards on the drive to set up the 11-yard pass to sophomore wide receiver expired in the second quarter. Marcus Sales to give the Orange the 21-14 advantage with less than seven Collaros scored on a 13-yard touchdown pass to Binns on Cincinnati’s minutes remaining in the quarter. Sales had a career-best six catches for a career- first possession of the half to extend the lead, 21-7, less than three high 61 yards and one touchdown. minutes into the half for the only points of the third quarter. Carter registered a career-high 53-yard run on Syracuse’s next possession, The Bearcats scored another touchdown on a four-yard pass to before taking the ball in for his third touchdown of the afternoon to increase the sophomore tight end Adrien Robinson to go up, 28-7, with less than 10 SU lead, 28-14, with 10:46 left on the clock. minutes remaining in the game for the final score. Junior strong safety Max Suter forced his first career fumble, which was recovered by junior linebacker Doug Hogue, on Akron’s next drive. SU took over TEAM STATISTICS at the Akron 49-yard line and allowed the clock to tick down in the final minute, SU UC settling the 28-14 victory. First Downs 15 21 Rush Att.-Yards 29-101 34-127 TEAM STATISTICS Pass Yards 182 295 SU AKRON Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 56-283 63-422 First Downs 20 9 Passes (Comp.-Att.) 19-27 22-29 Rush Att.-Yards 46-234 24-0 Passes had intercepted 1 0 Pass Yards 105 191 Punts-Avg. 1--5.0 2-27.5 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 64-339 49-191 Punt Returns-Yards 6-261 4-140 Passes (Comp.-Att.) 12-18 16-25 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-136 5-338 Passes had intercepted 0 0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Punts-Avg. 5-38.4 7-41.7 Penalties-Yards 7-55 6-44 Punt Returns-Yards 4-33 1-0 SCORING BY QUARTERS Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-54 5-213 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Penalties-Yards 4-30 8-80 SYRACUSE 7 0 0 0 - 7 SCORING BY QUARTERS Cincinnati 7 7 7 7 - 28 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final SCORING SUMMARY SYRACUSE 0 14 7 7 - 28 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time South Florida 7 0 7 0 - 14 UC – Binns, 81-yard pass from Collaros (Rogers kick) 3-80/1:29 7-0 1/7:24 SU – Catalina, nine-yard pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick) 6-75/3:11 7-7 1/4:13 SCORING SUMMARY UC – Alli, 16-yard pass from Collaros (Rogers kick) 14-80/5:02 14-7 2/4:11 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time UC – Binns, 13-yard pass from Collaros (Rogers kick) 7-60/2:45 21-7 3/12:15 Akron – Jones, 11-yard pass from Nicely (Rogovic kick) 2-13/0:43 7-0 1/4:55 UC – Robinson, four-yard pass from Collaros (Rogers kick) 5-48/2:48 28-7 4/9:53 SU – Carter, seven-yard run (Lichtenstein kick) 7-60/3:01 7-7 2/12:20 SU – Carter, two-yard run (Lichtenstein kick) 8-66/3:36 14-7 2/4:14 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Akron – Miller, 98-yard kickoff return (Rogovic kick) 14-14 3/14:44 Rushing SU – Carter, 19-50; UC – Pead, 16-77 SU – Sales, 11-yard pass from Paulus (Smith kick) 4-28/1:31 21-14 3/6:47 Passing SU – Paulus,12-17-1 TD; UC – Collaros, 22-28-4 TD SU – Carter, four-yard run (Smith kick) 4-59/1:49 28-14 4/10:46 Receiving SU – Davis, 5-51; UC – Gilyard, 6-62 Tackles SU – Holmes, 9-1/10; UC – Schaffer, 8-0/8 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing SU – Carter, 30-170 3 TD; Akron – Torrence, 8-17 Passing SU – Paulus,12-17-1 TD; Akron – Nicely, 16-25 Receiving SU – Sales, 6-61-1 TD; Akron – LaFrance, 5-46 Tackles SU – Smith, 9-0/9; Akron – Cobham, 5-6/11 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

2009 GAME SUMMARIES

GAME #9 GAME #10 Syracuse 10 Syracuse 9 Pittsburgh 37 Louisville 10 November 7 at Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa. November 14 at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Ky. PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Delone Carter led SU with 165 yards of total offense in a 37-10 loss to LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Senior running back Delone Carter rushed for 129 yards on 28 No. 14 Pittsburgh at Heinz Field on Saturday afternoon. Carter collected 143 yards rushing on carries and one touchdown for the fifth 100-yard game of his career in a 10-9 17 carries, including a career-long 58-yard scamper and had a 22-yard reception to lead the loss at Louisville on Saturday, November 14. Carter moved up to the 22nd spot Syracuse offense. It was the fourth 100-yard rushing game of Carter’s career and the second on SU’s all-time rushing yards record list with 1,702. Sophomore defensive end this season. Receiver Donte Davis was SU’s second-leading rusher, collecting a career-best 33 yards on three carries, while running back Averin Collier had his first career touchdown late Chandler Jones posted a personal-best 10 tackles, including a career-high 2.5 in the fourth quarter. tackles for loss and one sack, while junior linebacker Doug Hogue registered Quarterback Greg Paulus completed 12-of-18 passes for 120 yards. Wide receiver Marcus eight tackles and a career-best two sacks.The Syracuse defense allowed just Sales led SU with four catches for 36 yards. Junior Cody Catalina tied a career-best with 151 yards of total offense against the Cardinals, which is the lowest total for an three receptions for 20 yards before being sidelined by a knee injury in the second quarter. Orange opponent this season. Defensive back Mike Holmes led SU with 11 tackles, including seven solo, while linebacker The Syracuse defense stopped Louisville on its first five possessions. On the Derrell Smith, linebacker Doug Hogue and defensive end Chandler Jones each had eight. Cardinals first series, junior linebacker Doug Hogue sacked junior quarterback Free safety Max Suter had six tackles before leaving the game in the second quarter with an arm injury. Phillip Thomas replaced Suter in the second half and tallied a career-best six Adam Froman, forcing Louisville to punt the ball. Freshman safety Phillip Thomas tackles. recorded his first career interception on the Cardinals first possession of the After receiving the opening kickoff at its own 15-yard line, the Orange marched 71 yards second quarter. and took a 3-0 lead on a 29-yard field goal by freshman kicker Ryan Lichtenstein. The six-play The Orange scored first on a 42-yard field goal by freshman Ryan drive included the career-long 58-yard run by Carter. Lichtenstein. SU limited Pitt to a field goal on the ensuing drive, stalling the Panthers on the 2-yard During the 13-play, 61-yard drive included four completions by quarterback Greg line on three-straight plays. Kicker Dan Hutchins converted the 19-yard field goal attempt to Paulus, including two for 28 yards to sophomore running back Antwon Bailey even the score, 3-3. Syracuse cut short another Pitt march in the second quarter, holding the Panthers to a 45-yard field goal. The Panthers caught a break late in the second quarter as and an 18-yard pass to freshman wide receiver Alec Lemon. linebacker Greg Williams intercepted a deflected pass attempt by Paulus and returned it 52- Louisville tied the game at three on its next possession, going 43 yards in less yards for a touchdown and a 13-3 lead at the half. than five minutes to set up a 31-yard field goal with 3:54 remaining in the third Pittsburgh engineered a 55-yard, nine-play touchdown scoring drive to open the second quarter. half. The Orange defense stuffed Pitt on the one-yard line on two separate occasions during The Orange regained the lead, 9-3, on its first possession of the fourth the drive before Lewis broke through for the score to increase Pittsburgh’s edge, 20-3. quarter, when Carter scored his ninth rushing touchdown of the season with less Wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin helped the hosts build the lead in the third quarter, than 13 minutes remaining. legging out a 61-yard rush to put the Panthers on the 14-yard line. Quarterback Bill Stull found Dorian Dickerson in the end zone to cap off the two-play drive with a 14-yard score The Cardinals scored the game’s final points on a 15-yard touchdown pass to putting Pittsburgh on top, 27-3. A fourth-quarter, 33-yard field goal by Hutchins upped the Josh Chichester with 1:24 left in the game for a 10-9 lead. lead to 30-3. Orange kick returner Mike Jones returned the ensuing kickoff 40 yards to give The Panthers scored their final touchdown on a six-play, 63-yard drive with a 29-yard the offense the ball on its own 46-yard line. After Paulus gained 11 yards on a run touchdown run before the Orange closed out the scoring with a touchdown. Quarterback up the middle, the quarterback tried to connect with sophomore Marcus Sales Ryan Nassib engineered a 58-yard touchdown drive with less than two minutes remaining, on a second and 10 play, but the pass went off of Sales’ hands and Louisville’s capped by a one-yard run run by Averin Collier. Andrew Robinson made an interception at the Louisville 32-yard line to stop SU’s TEAM STATISTICS drive. SU PITT First Downs 19 23 TEAM STATISTICS Rush Att.-Yards 32-144 40-247 SU UL Pass Yards 141 234 First Downs 18 11 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 66-285 65-481 Rush Att.-Yards 47-156 35-34 Passes (Comp.-Att.) 17-34 17-25 Pass Yards 110 117 Passes had intercepted 3 0 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) 68-266 53-151 Punts-Avg. 5-40.4 2-40.0 Passes (Comp.-Att.) 14-21 9-18 Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 2-4 Passes had intercepted 1 1 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-71 3-27 Punts-Avg. 7-46.6 7-38.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-29 2-44 Penalties-Yards 5-30 8-65 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-75 3-102 SCORING BY QUARTERS Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-65 4-33 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final SYRACUSE 3 0 0 7 - 10 SCORING BY QUARTERS Pittsburgh 3 10 14 10 - 37 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final SCORING SUMMARY SYRACUSE 0 0 3 6 - 9 Louisville 0 0 3 7 - 10 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time SU – Lichtenstein, 29-yard field goal 6-71/2:39 3-0 1/12:21 SCORING SUMMARY PITT – Hutchins, 19-yard field goal 9-93/4:16 3-3 1/8:05 Plays-Yds/Time Score Qtr./Time PITT – Hutchins, 45-yard field goal 11-55/5:27 3-6 2/9:24 SU – Lichtenstein, 42-yard field goal 13-61/6:09 3-0 3/8:51 PITT – Williams, 51-yard interception return (Hutchins kick) - 3-13 2/1:20 UL – Philpott, 31-yard field goal 11-43/4:57 3-3 3/3:54 PITT – Lewis, one-yard run (Hutchins kick) 9-55/4:22 3-20 3/10:38 SU – Carter, three-yard run 4-30/1:44 9-3 4/12:58 PITT – Dickerson, 14-yard pass from Stull (Hutchins kick) 2-75/0:52 3-27 3/6:37 UL – Chichester, 15-yard pass from Froman (Philpott kick) 4-45/1:50 9-10 4/1:24 PITT – Hutchins, 33-yard field goal 12-60/5:05 3-30 4/11:03 PITT – McGee, 29-yard run (Hutchins kick) 6-63/2:38 3-37 4/5:47 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SU – Collier, one-yard run (Lichtenstein kick) 7-59/1:52 10-37 4/1:03 Rushing SU – Carter, 28-129-1 TD; UL – Ashley, 14-46 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing SU – Paulus, 12-16; UL – Froman, 9-18-1 TD Rushing SU – Carter, 17-143; PITT – Lewis, 18-110 Receiving SU – Bailey, 4-36; UL – Chichester, 3-44, 1 TD Passing SU – Paulus, 12-18; PITT – Stull, 16-23-1 TD Tackles SU – C. Jones, 7-3/10; UL – Campa, 13-2/15 Receiving SU – Sales, 4-36; PITT – Dickerson, 7-118-1 TD Tackles SU – Holmes, 7-4/11; PITT – Holley, 8-1/9 2009 Syracuse Football (3-7, 0-4) Syracuse Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2009) All games

Team Statistics SYR OPP SCORING 192 266 Points Per Game 19.2 26.6 FIRST DOWNS 176 181 R u s h in g6655 P a s s in g 92 108 P e n a lt y1818 RUSHING YARDAGE 1177 992 Yards gained rushing 1441 1298 Yards lost rushing 264 306 Rushing Attempts 334 333 Average Per Rush 3.5 3.0 Average Per Game 117.7 99.2 TDs Rushing 11 11 PASSING YARDAGE 1875 2545 C o m p - A t t - I n t 181-291-15 201-303-6 Average Per Pass 6.4 8.4 Average Per Catch 10.4 12.7 Average Per Game 187.5 254.5 TDs Passing 12 21 TOTAL OFFENSE 3052 3537 Total Plays 625 636 Average Per Play 4.9 5.6 Average Per Game 305.2 353.7 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 46-1086 40-895 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-104 15-205 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-52 15-227 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.6 22.4 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.5 13.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE 8.7 15.1 FUMBLES-LOST 22-10 19-12 PENALTIES-Yards 63-526 71-579 Average Per Game 52.6 57.9 PUNTS-Yards 56-2378 48-1871 Average Per Punt 42.5 39.0 Net punt average 36.3 35.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 0 3 2 9 : 5 6 3RD-DOWN Conversions 35/120 47/131 3rd-Down Pct 29% 36% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/9 8/12 4th-Down Pct 44% 67% SACKS BY-Yards 26-180 25-176 MISC YARDS 0 29 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 23 35 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 11-14 8-15 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 2-2 RED-ZONE SCORES 25-31 81% 29-33 88% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 18-31 58% 22-33 67% PAT-ATTEMPTS 21-22 95% 32-34 94% ATTENDANCE 275584 186495 Games/Avg Per Game 7/39369 3/62165 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Syracuse 47 47 33 65 0 192 Opponents 59 82 68 54 3 266 2009 Syracuse Football (3-7, 0-4) Syracuse Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2009) All games

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg CARTER, Delone 10-9 194 873 21 852 4.4 9 58 85.2 DAVIS, Donte 11 84 7.6 0 19 BAILEY, Antwon 9 - 2 47 228 6 222 4.7 0 18 24.7 JONES, Mike 3 9 3.0 0 14 DAVIS, Donte 10-4 11 80 3 77 7.0 0 20 7.7 GILLUM, Ryan 1 10 10.0 0 10 JONES, Mike 10-1 8 66 5 61 7.6 0 17 6.1 HOLMES, Mike 1 1 1.0 0 1 NASSIB, Ryan 7 - 0 19 77 44 33 1.7 0 11 4.7 Total 16 104 6.5 0 19 COLLIER, Averin 10-1 5 14 0 14 2.8 1 9 1.4 Opponents 15 205 13.7 0 49 WILLIAMS, Mike 7 - 7 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0 0 -1.0 TEAM 5 - 0 5 0 35 -35 -7.0 0 0 -7.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg PAULUS, Greg 10-10 44 103 143 -40 -0.9 1 11 -4.0 SCOTT, Kevyn 2 0 0.0 0 0 Total 10 334 1441 264 1177 3.5 11 58 117.7 HOLMES, Mike 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 10 333 1298 306 992 3.0 11 61 99.2 THOMAS, Phillip 1 0 0.0 0 0 SUTER, Max 1 22 22.0 0 22 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g HOGUE, Doug 1 30 30.0 0 30 PAULUS, Greg 10-10 124.15 156-237-14 65.8 1586 10 66 158.6 Total 6 52 8.7 0 30 NASSIB, Ryan 7 - 0 101.65 25-53-1 47.2 289 2 50 41.3 Opponents 15 227 15.1 2 53 TEAM 5 - 0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 10 119.62 181-291-15 62.2 1875 12 66 187.5 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Opponents 10 155.80 201-303-6 66.3 2545 21 85 254.5 JONES, Mike 41 987 24.1 0 79 COLLIER, Averin 4 99 24.8 0 44 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 WILLIAMS, Mike 7 - 7 49 746 15.2 6 66 106.6 Total 46 1086 23.6 0 79 BAILEY, Antwon 9 - 2 21 146 7.0 0 30 16.2 Opponents 40 895 22.4 1 98 DAVIS, Donte 10-4 19 188 9.9 1 24 18.8 SALES, Marcus 10-3 18 191 10.6 3 24 19.1 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg LEMON, Alec 9 - 6 17 115 6.8 0 19 12.8 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 CATALINA, Cody 8 - 4 13 104 8.0 1 19 13.0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 CARTER, Delone 10-9 10 111 11.1 1 22 11.1 OWEN, Mike 10-8 9 70 7.8 0 18 7.0 LOBDELL, Lavar 10-2 8 49 6.1 0 14 4.9 PROVO, Nick 5 - 2 4 55 13.8 0 24 11.0 CHEW, Van 9 - 1 4 49 12.2 0 18 5.4 CUTLER, Carl 10-0 3 21 7.0 0 17 2.1 JONES, Mike 10-1 3 16 5.3 0 14 1.6 COLLIER, Averin 10-1 3 14 4.7 0 6 1.4 Total 10 181 1875 10.4 12 66 187.5 Opponents 10 201 2545 12.7 21 85 254.5 2009 Syracuse Football (3-7, 0-4) Syracuse Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2009) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g CARTER, Delone 10 ------60 PAULUS, Greg 10 281 -40 1586 1546 154.6 LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan - 11-13 19-20 - - - - - 52 CARTER, Delone 10 194 852 0 852 85.2 WILLIAMS, Mike 6 ------36 NASSIB, Ryan 7 72 33 289 322 46.0 SALES, Marcus 3 ------18 BAILEY, Antwon 9 47 222 0 222 24.7 DAVIS, Donte 1 ------6 DAVIS, Donte 10 11 77 0 77 7.7 CATALINA, Cody 1 ------6 JONES, Mike 10 8 61 0 61 6.1 PAULUS, Greg 1 ------6 COLLIER, Averin 10 5 14 0 14 1.4 COLLIER, Averin 1 ------6 WILLIAMS, Mike 7 1 -7 0 -7 -1.0 SMITH, Jake - 0-1 2-2 - - - - - 2 TEAM 5 6 -35 0 -35 -7.0 LONG, Rob - - - 0-1 - - - - 0 Total 10 625 1177 1875 3052 305.2 Total 23 11-14 21-22 0-1 - - - - 192 Opponents 10 636 992 2545 3537 353.7 Opponents 35 8-15 32-34 0-1 - - - - 266

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan 11-13 84.6 0-0 4-5 2-3 5-5 0-0 43 1 LONG, Rob 53 2296 43.3 63 7 16 22 13 0 SMITH, Jake 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan 3 82 27.3 31 0 0 3 0 0 Total 56 2378 42.5 63 7 16 25 13 0 FG Sequence Syracuse Opponents Opponents 48 1871 39.0 76 4 17 12 7 0 Minnesota (23),(42) (26),47,(26),(35) Penn State 50 - Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Northwestern (43),27,(37),(41) - LONG, Rob 42 2638 62.8 1 2 MAINE (28),(34) (35) Total 42 2638 62.8 1 2 22.4 41.0 28 USF (40),(24) 40 Opponents 50 3140 62.8 4 1 23.6 39.5 30 West Virginia - - Akron 39 51,29 Cincinnati - 43 Pittsburgh (29) (19),(45),51,47,(33) LOUISVILLE (42) (31)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2009 Syracuse Football (3-7, 0-4) Syracuse Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2009) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g JONES, Mike 10 61 16 9 987 0 1073 107.3 CARTER, Delon 10 852 111 0 0 0 963 96.3 WILLIAMS, Mike 7 -7 746 0 0 0 739 105.6 BAILEY, Antwon 9 222 146 0 0 0 368 40.9 DAVIS, Donte 10 77 188 84 0 0 349 34.9 SALES, Marcus 10 0 191 0 0 0 191 19.1 COLLIER, Averi 10 14 14 0 99 0 127 12.7 LEMON, Alec 9 0 115 0 0 0 115 12.8 CATALINA, Cod 8 0 104 0 0 0 104 13.0 OWEN, Mike 10 0 70 0 0 0 70 7.0 PROVO, Nick 5 0 55 0 0 0 55 11.0 LOBDELL, Lava 10 0 49 0 0 0 49 4.9 CHEW, Van 9 0 49 0 0 0 49 5.4 NASSIB, Ryan 7 33 0 0 0 0 33 4.7 HOGUE, Doug 10 0 0 0 0 30 30 3.0 SUTER, Max 9 0 0 0 0 22 22 2.4 CUTLER, Carl 10 0 21 0 0 0 21 2.1 GILLUM, Ryan 8 0 0 10 0 0 10 1.2 HOLMES, Mike 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 TEAM 5 -35 0 0 0 0 -35 -7.0 PAULUS, Greg 10 -40 0 0 0 0 -40 -4.0 Total 10 1177 1875 104 1086 52 4294 429.4 Opponents 10 992 2545 205 895 227 4864 486.4 2009 Syracuse Football (3-7, 0-4) Syracuse Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2009) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 25 SMITH, Derrell 10-10 60 22 82 10.5-47 6.5-35 . 2 . 2-0 4 . . 24 SUTER, Max 9-9 47 24 71 2.0-10 1.0-9 1-22 3 1 1-0 1 . . 35 HOLMES, Mike 10-10 46 19 65 3.0-4 . 1-0 . . 1-0 1 . . 32 HOGUE, Doug 10-10 37 22 59 9.5-63 6.0-52 1-30 4 5 1-0 . . . 99 JONES, Chandler 10-6 26 16 42 8.0-20 1.5-5 . . 1 . . . . 43 THOMAS, Shamarko 10-5 26 7 33 4.0-8 . . 1 1 1-0 1 . . 28 SCOTT, Nico 9-5 21 7 28 . . . 1 . 1-0 . . . 13 THOMAS, Phillip 9-1 17 5 22 . . 1-0 ...... 26 SCOTT, Kevyn 9-8 18 3 21 . . 2-0 3 . . . . . 97 JONES, Arthur 9-9 12 7 19 7.0-28 1.5-16 . . . 2-0 . . . 54 MARINOVICH, Mikhail 10-10 9 7 16 3.5-26 3.0-25 . 3 5 1-0 1 . . 6 MERKERSON, Da'Mon 10-5 10 6 16 0.5-0 . . 1 . . . . . 90 KIMMEL, Jared 8-4 6 7 13 2.5-11 1.5-8 . 1 1 . . . . 41 GILLUM, Ryan 8-1 11 2 13 4.0-8 ...... 51 LEWIS, Andrew 10-10 9 4 13 1.0-5 0.5-4 . 1 1 . . . . 34 CARTER, E.J. 8-6 7 6 13 2.0-8 ...... 55 PERKINS, A. 10-0 5 7 12 4.5-12 1.0-5 . 1 . 1-0 . 1 . 20 McKINNON, Randy 8-0 7 2 9 ...... 95 BALL, Torrey 9-0 5 3 8 2.0-2 . . 1 . . . . . 94 TRIBBEY, Bud 10-1 4 2 6 0.5-2 . . . . . 1 . . 91 SHARPE, Brandon 8-0 4 2 6 3.5-21 3.5-21 . . 1 . 1 . . 58 STENCLIK, Mike 10-0 5 . 5 ...... 30 ANDERSON, Rishard 5-0 1 4 5 ...... 14 MAYES, Grant 9-0 4 1 5 ...... 33 VAUGHAN, Dan 10-0 3 . 3 ...... 85 OWEN, Mike 10-8 1 1 2 ...... 53 BATTLES, Chad 5-0 . 2 2 ...... 39 JOHNSON, Lonnie 5-0 1 1 2 ...... 3 CARTER, Delone 10-9 2 . 2 ...... 47 LONG, Rob 10-0 2 . 2 ...... 15 LEMON, Alec 9-6 1 . 1 ...... 2 PAULUS, Greg 10-10 . 1 1 ...... 11 LOBDELL, Lavar 10-2 1 . 1 ...... 7 DAVIS, Donte 10-4 1 . 1 ...... 1 . . 1 WILLIAMS, Mike 7-7 1 . 1 ...... 8 CATALINA, Cody 8-4 1 . 1 ...... 22 PHILLIPS, Torian 5-0 1 . 1 ...... 27 COLLIER, Averin 10-1 ...... 1-0 . . . Total 10 412 190 602 68-275 26-180 6-52 22 16 12-0 11 1 . Opponents 10 412 186 598 49-236 25-176 15-227 17 20 9-0 9 1 . 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date 9/5 9/12 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/21 11/28 vs. at vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. at at vs. at Opponent Minn. PSU Nwest. Maine USF WVU Akron Cincy Pitt Louis. Rutgers UConn L L W W L L W L L L Score 20-23 OT 7-28 37-34 41-24 20-34 13-34 28-14 7-28 10-37 9-10

TOTAL OFFENSE SU 257 200 471 385 344 222 339 283 285 266 OPP 360 318 466 430 333 385 191 422 481 151 TOTAL PLAYS SU 65 54 68 59 76 49 64 56 66 68 OPP 74 66 71 64 57 74 49 63 65 53 AVG. Yds/Play SU 4.0 3.7 6.9 6.5 4.5 4.5 5.3 5.1 4.3 3.9 OPP 4.9 4.8 6.6 6.7 5.8 5.2 3.9 6.7 7.4 2.8 RUSHING: Yds. SU 90 65 125 115 75 72 234 101 144 156 OPP 112 78 52 90 125 127 0 127 247 34 Att. SU 34 29 32 31 30 24 46 29 32 47 OPP 32 35 28 28 37 40 24 34 40 35 TDs SU 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 OPP 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 PASSING: Yds. SU 167 135 346 270 269 150 105 182 141 110 OPP 248 240 414 340 208 258 191 295 234 117 Att. SU 31 25 36 28 46 25 18 27 34 21 OPP 42 31 43 36 20 34 25 29 25 18 Comp. SU 19 18 24 21 25 12 12 19 17 14 OPP 19 20 36 25 12 25 16 22 17 9 Comp. Pct. SU 61.3 72.0 66.7 75.0 54.3 48.0 72.0 70.4 50.0 66.6 OPP 45.2 64.5 83.7 69.4 60.0 73.5 64.0 75.9 68.0 50.0 TDs SU 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 OPP 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 4 1 1 Int. SU 1 2 1 0 5 1 0 1 3 1 OPP 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1st DOWNS: Total SU 15 13 23 20 23 10 20 15 19 18 OPP 16 23 25 20 14 19 9 21 23 11 Rush SU 7 4 9 5 4 2 12 6 7 10 OPP 5 7 4 8 6 5 0 7 8 5 Pass SU 6 8 13 13 16 7 6 9 6 8 OPP 10 14 19 10 7 12 8 12 13 3 Penalty SU 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 6 0 OPP 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 TIME OF POSS. SU 30:29 29:17 31:53 28:44 32:36 20:58 33:39 30:54 27:52 34:13 OPP 29:31 30:43 28:02 31:16 27:24 39:02 26:19 29:06 32:08 25:47 3rd DOWN CONV. SU 1-12 5-13 2-12 1-8 9-15 0-11 2-9 7-14 3-13 5-13 OPP 5-17 9-14 6-14 3-12 4-12 5-14 1-11 6-11 7-14 1-12 4th DOWN CONV. SU 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-0 OPP 0-1 0-1 0-0 3-3 2-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 2-2 PUNTING:#-Avg. SU 8-45.9 6-38.7 5-47.2 42.7 2-26.5 9-42.3 5-38.4 6-43.5 5-40.4 7-46.6 OPP 5-42.6 3-50.0 6-35.3 31.0 4-36.5 5-43.0 7-41.7 4-35 2-40 7-38.3 FUMBLES: #-Lost SU 2-1 0-0 7-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 4-2 2-1 1-0 2-1 OPP 1-1 2-2 2-2 2-0 4-3 3-1 2-2 0-0 3-1 0-0 PENALTIES: #-Yds. SU 8-68 3-13 6-64 10-102 4-44 7-55 4-30 7-55 5-30 9-65 OPP 10-61 2-15 7-57 17-132 5-66 4-26 8-80 6-44 8-65 4-33 PUNT RET.: #-Yds. SU 4-14 1-14 1-2 1-14 0-0 1-6 4-33 1-(-5) 1-1 2-29 OPP 1-27 2-9 1-0 1-(-2) 0-0 3-68 1-0 2-55 2-4 2-44 KO RET.: #-Yds. SU 5-154 5-144 7-443 3-38 5-324 3-196 3-54 5-137 3-131 3-75 OPP 5-140 2-19 6-353 7-106 6-365 6-379 5-213 1-17 8-541 3-102 SACKS BY: #-Yds. SU 2-6 2-21 5-36 1-3 2-4 2-20 5-42 1-9 2-11 4-28 OPP 3-19 2-17 4-27 0-0 3-15 2-9 1-11 0-0 6-44 4-34 TFL BY: #-Yds. SU 7-17 4-25 8-42 5-15 6-11 7-29 8-50 8-27 4-15 11-44 OPP 7-27 6-27 5-30 2-8 4-16 3-10 4-21 3-7 8-47 7-43

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INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

RUSHING (CARRIES-YDS/TDS) Player Minn. PSU Nwest. Maine USF* WVU* Akron Cincy* Pitt.* Louis.* Rutgers* UConn* Bailey, Antwon 5-31/0 7-26/0 4-26/0 5-27/0 6-26/0 2-7/0 1-7/0 7-34/0 DNP 10-38/0 Carter, Delone 23-88/1 15-40/0 18-84/1 19-72/3 13-43/0 12-33/0 30-170/3 19-50/0 17-143/0 28-129/1 Collier, Averin 3-4/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-10/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 3-4/1 0-0/0 Davis, Donte 1-(-3)/0 0-0/0 1-16/0 2-5/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 3-26/0 0-0/0 3-33/0 1-0/0 Jones, Mike 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-25/0 1-5/0 2-(-5)/0 0-0/0 2-29/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-7/0 Nassib, Ryan DNP 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNP 8-22/0 4-14/0 1-6/0 5-(-13)/0 1-4/0 Paulus, Greg 4-(-12)/0 7-(-1)/0 7-(-26)/0 3-13/0 9-11/0 0-0/0 2-9/0 2-11/0 4-(-23)/0 6-(-22)/0

RECEIVING (RECEPTIONS-YDS/TDS) Player Minn. PSU Nwest. Maine USF* WVU* Akron Cincy* Pitt.* Louis.* Rutgers* UConn* Bailey, Antwon 1-15/0 4-9/0 1-11/0 2-12/0 3-27/0 1-0/0 2-(-3)/0 3-39/0 DNP 4-36/0 Carter, Delone 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-20/0 2-23/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-10/0 2-12/0 1-22/0 1-15/0 Catalina, Cody 0-0/0 1-19/0 2-10/0 2-16/0 3-13/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-36/1 3-20/0 Season-ending knee injury (11/7) Chew, Van DNP 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-9/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-15/0 1-7/0 1-18/0 0-0/0 Collier, Averin 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1/2/0 2-12/0 Cutler, Carl 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-17/0 2-4/0 Davis, Donte 1-11/0 1-16/1 6-73/0 3-29/0 1-6/0 1-(-2)/0 0-0/0 5-51/0 1-4/0 0-0/0 Jones, Mike 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-14/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-2/0 Lemon, Alec 5-17/0 2-10/0 0-0/0 1-19/0 3-15/0 0-0/0 2-22/0 DNP 2-9/0 2-23/0 Lobdell, Lavar 1-4/0 1-(-2)/0 1-9/0 1-11/0 0-0/0 1-14/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 3-13/0 0-0/0 Owen, Mike 2-18/0 2-8/0 0-0/0 1-7/0 0-0/0 3-19/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-18/0 Provo, Nick 2-8/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-47/0 0-0/0 Season-ending knee injury vs. USF Sales, Marcus 0-0/0 1-12/0 0-0/0 1-17/1 2-22/0 2-30/1 6-61/1 2-13/0 4-36/0 0-0/0 Williams, Mike 7-94/1 5-54/0 11-209/2 5-80/0 13-186/2 4-89/1 DNP 4-34/0 Quit team (10/26)

PASSING Paulus, Greg Nassib, Ryan Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack MINNESOTA 31 19 1 .613 167 1 29 3 MINNESOTA DNP at Penn State 20 14 2 .700 105 1 16 2 at Penn State 5 4 0 .800 30 0 19 0 NORTHWESTERN 35 24 1 .686 346 2 66 4 NORTHWESTERN 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 MAINE 28 21 0 .750 270 2 25 0 MAINE 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 SOUTH FLORIDA * 46 25 5 .543 269 2 54 3 SOUTH FLORIDA * DNP WEST VIRGINIA * 9 5 1 .555 30 0 14 0 WEST VIRGINIA * 16 7 0 .438 120 2 50 2 AKRON 17 12 0 .705 105 1 20 0 AKRON 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 CINCINNATI * 17 12 1 .706 85 1 17 0 CINCINNATI * 10 7 0 .700 97 0 30 0 at Pittsburgh * 18 12 2 .666 120 0 22 4 at Pittsburgh * 16 5 1 .313 21 0 9 2 at Louisville * 16 12 1 .750 89 0 18 4 at Louisville * 5 2 0 .400 15 0 15 0 RUTGERS * RUTGERS * at Connecticut * at Connecticut *

KICKING KICK RETURNS Lichtenstein, Ryan Smith, Jake Jones, Mike Collier, Averin Opponent FG-FGA/Yds (Miss) PATs FG-FGA/Yds (Miss) PATs Opponent No - Yds - Avg. - Lg No - Yds - Avg. - Lg MINNESOTA 2-2/23,42 2-2 DNP MINNESOTA 5 - 154 - 30.8 - 79 0 - 0 - 0 - 0.0 - 0 at Penn State 0-0/0 1-1 0-1/ (50) 0-0 at Penn State 5 - 144 - 28.8 - 39 0 - 0 - 0 - 0.0 - 0 NORTHWESTERN 3-4/43, (27), 37, 41 4-4 DNP NORTHWESTERN 6 - 128 - 21.3 - 48 0 - 0 - 0 - 0.0 - 0 MAINE 2-2/28, 34 5-5 DNP MAINE 2 - 38 - 19.0 - 20 0 - 0 - 0 - 0.0 - 0 SOUTH FLORIDA * 2-2/40,24 2-2 DNP SOUTH FLORIDA * 6 - 120 - 20.0 - 34 0 - 0 - 0 - 0.0 - 0 WEST VIRGINIA * 0-0/0 1-2 DNP WEST VIRGINIA * 4 - 97 - 24.3 - 28 2 - 68 - 34.0 - 44 at Akron 0-1/(39) 2-2 0-0 2-2 at Akron 1 - 23 - 23.0 - 23 2 - 31 - 15.5 - 17 CINCINNATI * 0-0/0 1-1 DNP CINCINNATI * 5 - 137 - 27.4 - 41 0 - 0 - 0 - 0.0 - 0 at Pittsburgh * 1-1/29 1-1 DNP at Pittsburgh * 4 - 71 - 17.8 - 28 0 - 0 - 0 - 0.0 - 0 at Louisville * 1-1/42 0-1 DNP at Louisville * 3 - 75 - 25.0 - 40 0 - 0 - 0 - 0.0 - 0 RUTGERS * RUTGERS * at Connecticut * at Connecticut *

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INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS PUNTING PUNT RETURNS Long, Rob Lichtenstein, Ryan Davis, Donte Mike Jones Mike Holmes Opponent No - Yds - Avg.-Inside 20 No - Yds - Avg.-Inside 20 Opponent No - Yds - Avg. - Lg No - Yds - Avg - Lg No - Yds - Avg - Lg MINNESOTA 8 - 367 - 45.9 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 MINNESOTA 4 - 14 - 3.5 - 7 1 - 14 - 14 - 14 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 at Penn State 5 - 209 - 41.8 - 1 1 - 23 - 23 - 0 at Penn State 1 - 14 - 14 - 14 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 NORTHWESTERN 5 - 236 - 47.2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 NORTHWESTERN 1 - (-2) - (-2) - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 MAINE 3 - 128 - 42.7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 MAINE 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 SOUTH FLORIDA * 2 - 53 - 26.5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 SOUTH FLORIDA * 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 WEST VIRGINIA * 9 - 381 - 42.3 - 4 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 WEST VIRGINIA * 1 - 6 - 6 - 6 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 at Akron 4 - 161 - 40.2 - 3 1 - 31 - 31 - 1 at Akron 3 - 36 - 12 - 17 1 - (-3) - (-3) - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 CINCINNATI * 6 - 261 - 43.5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 CINCINNATI * 1 - (-5) - (-5) - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 at Pittsburgh * 5 - 202 - 40.4 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 at Pittsburgh * 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 at Louisville * 6 - 298 - 49.7 - 3 1 - 28 - 28.0 - 1 at Louisville * 1 - 19 - 19 - 19 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 RUTGERS * RUTGERS * at Connecticut * at Connecticut *

DEFENSIVE LINE (SOLO-ASSIST/TOTAL) Player Minn. PSU Nwest. Maine USF* WVU* Akron Cincy* Pitt.* Louis.* Rutgers* UConn* Ball, Torrey 0-0/0 0-3/3 1-0/1 DNP 0-0/0 1-0/1 0-0/0 1-0/1 DNP 2-0/2 Jones, Arthur 4-1/5 0-2/2 2-1/3 0-0/0 1-0/1 3-1/4 1-1/2 1-1/2 0-0/0 Season-ending knee injury (11/7) Jones, Chandler 2-2/4 0-1/1 1-1/2 3-0/3 1-2/3 2-0/2 2-3/5 4-0/4 4-4/8 7-3/10 Kimmel, Jared 0-0/0 1-2/3 2-3/5 0-1/1 1-0/1 1-0/1 1-0/1 0-0/0 Season-ending knee injury (10/31) Lewis, Andrew 2-1/3 0-2/2 0-0/0 1-0/1 1-0/1 4-0/4 1-0/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-0/1 Marinovich, Mikhail 0-0/0 2-1/3 0-0/0 0-1/1 2-0/2 0-0/0 1-1/2 2-2/4 1-2/3 1-0/1 Perkins, Anthony 0-1/1 0-2/2 0-2/2 1-0/1 0-0/0 0-1/1 0-1/1 1-0/1 1-0/1 2-0/2 Sharpe, Brandon 1-0/1 0-0/0 0-1/1 DNP DNP 0-0/0 0-1/1 1-0/1 1-0/1 1-0/1 Tribbey, Bud 0-0/0 1-0/1 0-0/0 1-0/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-1/1 0-0/0 1-0/1 0-1/1 Vaughn, Dan 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-0/2 0-0/0 1-0/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0

LINEBACKERS (SOLO-ASSIST/TOTAL) Player Minn. PSU Nwest. Maine USF* WVU* Akron Cincy* Pitt.* Louis.* Rutgers* UConn* Carter, E.J. 1-0/1 2-2/4 0-1/1 0-1/1 1-0/1 DNP DNP 0-0/0 1-1/2 2-1/3 Gillum, Ryan 5-1/6 DNP DNP DNP 2-0/2 2-1/3 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-0/2 0-0/0 Hogue, Doug 2-2/4 2-3/5 7-4/11 1-2/3 2-3/5 5-2/7 4-1/5 3-0/3 5-3/8 7-1/8 Smith, Derrell 3-3/6 5-5/10 7-3/10 8-3/11 6-5/11 8-0/8 9-0/9 7-0/7 6-2/8 2-1/3 Stenclik, Mike 0-0/0 1-0/1 2-0/2 0-0/0 1-0/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-0/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 Thomas, Shamarko 2-1/3 1-0/1 7-0/7 1-1/2 1-0/1 3-1/4 2-1/3 3-1/4 2-1/3 4-1/5

DEFENSIVE BACKS (SOLO-ASSIST/TOTAL) Player Minn. PSU Nwest. Maine USF* WVU* Akron Cincy* Pitt.* Louis.* Rutgers* UConn* Anderson, Rishard DNP DNP DNP 0-2/2 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-1/1 DNP DNP 1-1/2 Holmes, Mike 3-5/8 4-3/7 4-0/4 5-0/5 5-2/7 6-2/8 1-2/3 9-1/10 7-4/11 2-0/2 Johnson, Lonnie DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-1/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 Mayes, Grant 0-1/1 1-0/1 2-0/2 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-0/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNP McKinnon, Randy 2-1/3 0-0/0 2-0/2 0-1/1 0-0/0 1-0/1 2-0/2 DNP DNP 0-0/0 Merkerson, Da’mon 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-0/1 0-0/0 2-0/2 3-3/6 1-0/1 0-1/1 2-2/4 1-0/1 Phillips, Torian 0-0/0 DNP DNP DNP 1-0/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/ 0-0/0 DNP Scott, Kevyn 4-1/5 6-0/6 3-1/4 1-0/1 0-1/1 2-0/2 1-0/1 0-0/0 DNP 1-0/1 Scott, Nico 4-0/4 3-3/6 3-0/3 6-0/6 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-2/3 3-0/3 1-2/3 DNP Suter, Max 2-2/4 5-2/7 6-4/10 5-5/10 6-1/7 9-3/12 4-3/7 6-2/8 4-2/6 Season-ending knee injury (11/7) Thomas, Phillip 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-1/2 5-0/5 DNP 4-0/4 2-1/3 1-0/1 3-3/6 1-0/1

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RISHARD ANDERSON (#30, FRESHMAN, FREE SAFETY) CARL CUTLER (#48, SOPHOMORE, TIGHT END) Tackles Solo 1 vs. Louisville, 2009 Receiving Yards 17 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 Assist 2 vs. Maine, 2009 Receptions 2 vs. Louisville, 2009 Total 2 vs. Maine, Louisville 2009 Longest 17 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 Touchdowns 0 ANTWON BAILEY (#29, SOPHOMORE, RUNNING BACK) Rushing Yards 126 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 CAMERON DANTLEY (#4, R-SENIOR, DEFENSIVE END) Carries 16 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Passing Yards 276 vs. South Florida, 2007 Longest 39 vs. Louisville, 2008 Attempts 40 vs. West Virginia, 2008 Touchdowns 1 vs. Louisville, Notre Dame, 2008 Completions 24 vs. West Virginia, 2008 Receiving Yards 39 vs. Cincinnati, 2009 Longest 56 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 Receptions 4 vs. Penn State, Louisville 2009 Touchdowns 3 vs. Akron, 2008 Longest 30 vs. Cincinnati, 2009 Interceptions 2 vs. South Florida, 2007 Kickoff Returns Yards 2 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Rushing Yards 26 vs. Northeastern, 2008 Returns 1 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Carries 6 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007; Cincinnati, 2008 Longest 2 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Longest 20 vs. Northeastern, 2008 Passing Yards 25 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Receiving Yards 3 vs. West Virginia, 2008 Attempts 1 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Receptions 1 vs. West Virginia, 2008 Completions 1 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Longest 3 vs. West Virginia, 2008 Longest 25 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 DONTE DAVIS (#7, SENIOR, WIDE RECEIVER) TORREY BALL (#95, SOPHOMORE, DEFENSIVE END) Receiving Yards 73 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Tackles Solo 2 vs. Louisville, 2009 Receptions 7 vs. West Virginia, 2008 Assist 3 vs. Penn State, 2009 Longest 34 vs. Penn State, 2008 Total 3 vs. Penn State, 2009 Touchdowns 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008; 1 vs. Penn State, 2009 TFL-Yds 1.0-1 vs. Louisville, 2009 Rushing Yards 33 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 CHAD BATTLES (#53, JUNIOR, DEFENSIVE END) Carries 3 vs. Akron, Pittsburgh, 2009 Tackles Solo 1 vs. Cincinnati, 2008 Longest 20 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 Assist 1 vs. Akron, Louisville 2009 Punt Returns Yards 36 vs. Akron, 2009 Total 1 vs. Cincinnati, 2008; Akron, Louisville 2009 Returns 4 vs. Minnesota, 2009 Longest 19 vs. Louisville, 2009 DELONE CARTER (#3, SENIOR, RUNNING BACK) Touchdowns 0 Rushing Yards 170 vs. Akron, 2009 Tackles Solo 1 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Carries 30 vs. Akron, 2009 Longest 58 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 RYAN GILLUM (#41, JUNIOR, LINEBACKER) Touchdowns 4 vs. Wyoming, 2006 Tackles Solo 5 vs. Minnesota, 209 Receiving Yards 23 vs. Maine, 2009 Assists 1 vs. Minnesota, West Virginia, 2009 Receptions 2 vs. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, UConn, 2006; Total 6 vs. Minnesota, 2009 Northwestern, Maine, Cincinnati, 2009 TFL-Yds 2.0-3 vs. Minnesota, 2009 Longest 22 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 Touchdowns 1 vs. Maine, 2009 Tackles Solo 1 vs. West Virginia, Pittsburgh, 2009 DOUG HOGUE (#32, JUNIOR, LINEBACKER) Tackles Solo 7 vs. Northwestern, Louisville, 2009 E.J. CARTER (#34, FRESHMAN, LINEBACKER) Assists 4 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Total 11 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Tackles Solo 2 vs. Penn State, Louisville 2009 Pass Breakups 2 vs. Penn State, 2009 Assist 2 vs. Penn State, 2009 Interceptions-Yards 1-30 vs. Maine, 2009 Total 4 vs. Penn State, 2009 Sack-Yds 2.0-23 vs. Louisville, 2009 TFL/Yds. 1.0-6 yds. vs. Minnesota, 1.0-2 vs. Louisville, 2009 TFL-Yds. 2.0-12 vs. West Virginia, 2009; 2.0-9 vs. Pittsburgh, 2.0 CODY CATALINA (#8, JUNIOR, TIGHT END) vs. Louisville, 2009 Receiving Yards 26 vs. Cincinnati, 2009 Rushing Yards 100 vs. Northeastern, 2008 Receptions 3 vs. USF, Pittsburgh, 2009 Carries 24 vs. Buffalo, 2007 Longest 19 vs. Penn State, 2009 Longest 82 vs. Rutgers, 2008 Touchdowns 1 vs. Cincinnati, 2009 Touchdowns 1 vs. Buffalo, 2007, 1 vs. Northeastern, Rutgers, 2008 Tackles Solo 1 vs. Northeastern, Louisville, 2008; Minnesota, 2009 Receiving Yards 37 vs. Louisville, 2008 Assist 1 vs. Akron, West Virginia, Cincinnati, 2008 Receptions 3 vs. Northeastern, 2008 Total 1 vs. Akron, Northeastern, West Virginia, Louisville, Longest 37 vs. Louisville, 2008 Cincinnati, 2008; Minnesota, 2009 Touchdowns 1 vs. Northeastern, 2008 VAN CHEW (#82, SOPHOMORE, WIDE RECEIVER) MIKE HOLMES (#35, JUNIOR, SAFETY) Receiving Yards 36 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Tackles Solo 9 vs. South Florida, 2008; Cincinnati, 2009 Receptions 1 vs. Akron, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Notre Dame, 2008; Assist 5 vs. West Virginia, 2007 Maine, Akron, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, 2009 Total 13 vs. West Virignia, 2007 Longest 36 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 TFL-Yds. 1.0-1 vs. Rutgers, 2007, USF, Cincinnati, 2009; 1.0-2 vs. Touchdowns 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Pittsburgh, 2007; 1.0-2 vs. Penn State, 2009 Pass Breakups 1 vs. Miami (OH), South Florida, 2007 AVERIN COLLIER (#27, SOPHOMORE, RUNNING BACK) 1 vs. Pittsburgh, Notre Dame 2008 Rushing Yards 10 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Forced Fumbles 1 vs. Penn State, 2008; USF 2009 Carries 3 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 Fumbles Recovered-Yds. 1-7 vs. South Florida, 1-0 vs. Louisville, 1-0 vs. Rutgers, 1-1 Longest 9 vs. West Virginia, 2009 vs. Cincinnati, 2008 Touchdowns 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 Interceptions 1 vs. Rutgers, Cincinnati, 2008; Minnesota, 2009 Kick Returns 2 vs. West Virginia, Akron, 2009 INT Return Yards 16 vs. Rutgers, 2008 Yards 68 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Kick Returns 4 vs. South Florida, Rutgers, 2008 Longest 44 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Yards 207 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Touchdowns 0 Longest 90 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Receiving Yards 12 vs. Louisville, 2009 Touchdowns 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Receptions 2 vs. Louisville, 2009 Longest 6 vs. Louisville, 2009 SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. 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ARTHUR JONES (#97, SENIOR, NOSE TACKLE) ROB LONG (#47, JUNIOR, PUNTER) Tackles Solo 8 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Punts 10 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 Assist 7 vs. Iowa, 2007; Notre Dame, 2008 Yards 410 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 Total 15 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Average 55.0 vs. Northeastern, 2008 Sack-Yds 1.5-20 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Longest 73 vs. South Florida, 2007 TFL-Yds 4.0-5 vs. Buffalo, 2007; 4.0-24 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 Tackles Solo 1 vs. Cincinnati, 2008; Northwestern, 2009 Pass Breakups 1 vs. Northwestern, 2008 Assist 1 vs. West Virginia, 2008 Blocked Kicks 1 vs. Cincinnati, 2007 Total 1 vs. West Virginia, 2008; Northwestern, 2009 Fumble Recoveries-Yds 2-0 vs. USF, 2009 CHANDLER JONES (#99, SOPHOMORE, DEFENSIVE END) MIKHAIL MARINOVICH (#54, SOPHOMORE, DEFENSIVE END) Tackles Solo 7 vs. Louisville, 2009 Tackles Solo 3 vs. Penn State, 2008 Assists 3 vs. Louisville, 2009 Assist 2 vs. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, 2009 Total 10 vs. Louisville, 2009 Total 4 vs. Penn State, 2008 TFL-Yds 1.0-8 vs. Northwestern, 2009 TFL-Yds. 1.0-14 vs. Penn State, 2009 1.0-1 vs. USF, West Virginia, 2009 Forced Fumbles 1 vs. Penn State, 2009 1.0-1 vs. Akron, Louisville, 2009 Fumbles Recovered 1 vs. Penn State, 2009 Sacks-Yds 1.0-8 vs. Northwestern, 1.0-1 vs. Louisville 2009 Sacks-Yds 1-8 vs. Akron, 2009

MIKE JONES (#37, SOPHOMORE, RUNNING BACK) GRANT MAYES (#14, SOPHOMORE, CORNER BACK) Kickoff Returns Yards 154 vs. Minnesota, 2009 Tackles Solo 2 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Returns 6 vs. Northwestern, USF, 2009 Assist 1 vs. Minnesota, 2009 Longest 79 vs. Minnesota, 2009 Total 2 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Touchdowns 0 Receiving Yards 26 vs. Penn State, 2008 Punt Returns Yards 14 vs. Maine, 2009 Receptions 1 vs. Penn State, 2008 Returns 1 vs. Maine, 2009 Longest 26 vs. Penn State, 2008 Longest 14 vs. Maine, 2009 Rushing Yards 29 vs. Akron, 2009 RANDY MCKINNON (#20, JUNIOR, SAFETY) Carries 2 vs. Northwestern, USF, Akron 2009 Longest 14 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Tackles Solo 6 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Receiving Yards 23 vs. Akron, 2009 Assist 5 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Receptions 2 vs. Louisville, 2009 Total 11 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Longest 14 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Interceptions 1 vs. Northeastern, 2008 Breakups 1 vs. Northeastern, 2008 JARED KIMMEL (#90, SENIOR, DEFENSIVE END) Kick Returns 3 vs. West Virginia, 2007 Tackles Solo 3 vs. Louisville, 2008 Yards 54 vs. West Virginia, 2007 Assist 4 vs. Akron, Louisville, Notre Dame 2008 Longest 27 vs. South Florida, 2008 Total 5 vs.Northwestern, 2009 TFL-Yds 1.5-6 vs. Northwestern, 2009 DA’MON MEREKERSON (#6, JUNIOR, CORNERBACK) Sacks-Yds 1.0-7 vs. West Virginia, 2008 Tackles Solo 5 vs. Akron, 2008 Forced Fumbles 1 vs. Louisville, 2007 Assist 3 vs. Akron, 2008 1 vs.Northwestern, West Virginia, Louisville 2008 Total 8 vs. Akron, 2008 Pass Breakups 1 vs. Louisville, 2007 TFL-Yds. 1.0-2 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Blocked Punts Returned for TD 1 vs. Rutgers, 2008 ALEC LEMON (#15, FRESHMAN, WIDE RECEIVER) Receiving Yards 68 vs. Louisville, 2008 Receiving Yards 23 vs. Louisville, 2009 Receptions 3 vs. Louisville, 2008 Receptions 5 vs. Minnesota, 2009 Longest 43 vs. Louisville, 2007 Longest 19 vs. Maine, 2009 Touchdowns 1 vs. Louisville, 2007; 1 vs. Louisville, 2008 Breakups 1 vs. Louisville, 2009 MAX LEO (#57, SENIOR, LONG SNAPPER) Tackles Solo 1 vs. Northeastern, 2008 RYAN NASSIB (#12, SOPHOMORE, QUARTERBACK) Assist 1 vs. Penn State, West Virginia, 2008 Passing Yards 120 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Total 1 vs. Penn State, Northeastern, West Virginia, 2008 Attempts 16 vs. West Virginia, Pittsburgh, 2009 Completions 7 vs. West Virginia, Cincinnati, 2009 ANDREW LEWIS (#51, SENIOR, DEFENSIVE TACKLE) Longest 50 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Tackles Solo 4 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Interceptions 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 Assist 3 vs. Penn State, 2008 Touchdowns 2 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Total 5 vs. Penn State, 2008 Rushing Yards 22 vs. West Virginia, 2009 TFL-Yds 1.0-4 vs. Penn State, 2008, 1.0-1 vs. Northeastern, 2008 Attempts 8 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Breakups 1 vs. Louisville, 2009 Longest 11 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009

RYAN LICHTENSTEIN (#19, FRESHMAN, KICKER) MIKE OWEN (#85, SENIOR, TIGHT END) Field Goals Made 3 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Receiving Receptions 5 vs. Akron, 2008 Attempted 4 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Yards 59 vs. Akron, 2008 Longest 43 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Longest 32 vs. Akron, 2008 PAT’s Attempts 4 vs. Northwestern, Maine 2009 Touchdowns 2 vs. Akron, 2008 Made 4 vs. Northwestern, Maine 2009 Tackles Solo 2 vs. Louisville, 2007 Punts 1 vs. Penn State, Akron, Louisville 2009 Assist 1 vs. Cincinnati, 2009 (most recent of eight) Yards 31 vs. Akron, 2009 Total 3 vs. Louisville, 2007 Average 31.0 vs. Akron, 2009 Longest 31 vs. Akron, 2009 LAVAR LOBDELL (#11, SENIOR, WIDE RECEIVER) Receiving Yards 52 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Receptions 4 vs. South Florida, 2008 Longest 26 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Tackles Solo 1 vs. Penn State, 2009 Total 1 vs. Penn State, 2009 SUATHLETICS.COM 2009 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE VS. RUTGERS: Nov. 21, 2009 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN360.com • Carrier Dome • Syracuse, N.Y.

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GREG PAULUS (#2, GRADUATE STUDENT, QUARTERBACK) DERRELL SMITH (#25, SENIOR, LINEBACKER) Passing Yards 346 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Tackles Solo 9 vs. Akron, 2009 Attempts 46 vs. USF, 2009 Assist 6 vs. Rutgers, 2008 Completions 25 vs. USF, 2009 Total 12 vs. Rutgers, 2008 Longest 66 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Sacks/Yds. 2.0-16 yds. vs. Northwestern, 2.0-13, Akron, 2009 Touchdowns 2 vs. Northwestern, Maine, USF, 2009 Interceptions-Return Yds 1-4 vs. Akron, 2008 Interceptions 5 vs. USF, 2009 TFL-Yds 3.5-17 vs. West Virginia, 2008 Rushing Yards 13 vs. Maine, 2009 Fumbles Forced 2 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Attempts 9 vs. USF, 2009 Fumble Recoveries 1 vs. Minnesota, West Virginia, 2009 Longest 11 vs. USF, 2009 Pass Breakups 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 2008 Touchdowns 1 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Rushing Yards 19 vs. Washington, 2007 Carries 5 vs. Washington, 2007 ANTHONY PERKINS (#55, JUNIOR, DEFENSIVE TACKLE) Longest 8 vs. Washington, 2007 Tackles Solo 3 vs. Akron, 2008 Receiving Yards 9 vs. Washington, 2007 Assist 2 vs. Northwestern, 2008 Receptions 1 vs. Washington, 2007 Total 4 vs. Northwestern, Louisville, 2008 Longest 9 vs. Washington, 2007 TFL-Yds. 2.0-2 vs. Louisville, 2009 JAKE SMITH (#40, FRESHMAN, KICKER) Sacks-Yds. 1.0-10 vs. Akron, 2008 Field Goals Attempted 1 vs. Penn State, 2009 Breakups 2 vs. Penn State, 2008 Fumbles Recovered 1 vs. Northeastern, 2008 Breakups 1 vs. Louisville, 2009 MIKE STENCLIK (#58, SENIOR, LINEBACKER) Tackles Solo 6 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007; USF, 2009 TORIAN PHILLIPS (#22, FRESHMAN, WIDE RECEIVER) Assist 4 vs. Connecticut, 2007 Tackles Solo 1 vs. USF, 2009 Total 8 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 Assist 0 TFL/Yds. 2.0/5 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 Total 1 vs. USF, 2009 Sacks/Yds. 1.0/14 vs. Cincinnati, 2007 NICK PROVO (#80, JUNIOR, TIGHT END MAX SUTER (#24, JUNIOR, SAFETY) Receiving Yards 47 vs. Maine, 2009 Kickoff Returns Number 8 vs. South Florida, 2007 Receptions 2 vs. Notre Dame, 2008; vs. Minnesota, Maine 2009 Yards 198 vs. Rutgers, 2007 Longest 27 vs. Cincinnati, 2008 Longest 93 vs. Louisville, 2007 Touchdowns 1 vs. Akron, 2008 Touchdowns 1 vs. Louisville, 2007 Tackles Solo 9 vs. West Virginia, 2009 ANDREW ROBINSON (#9, SENIOR, TIGHT END) Assist 5 vs. Notre Dame, Maine 2008 Receiving Catches 1 vs. Rutgers, 2006 Total 12 vs. West Virginia, 2009 Yards 4 vs. Rutgers, 2006 Interceptions-Return Yds 1-22 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Passing Yards 423 vs. Louisville, 2007 Pass Breakups 1 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Attempts 47 vs. Cincinnati, 2007 Blocked Punts 1 vs. Connecticut, 2008 Completions 29 vs. Cincinnati, 2007 TFL-Yds 1.5-9 vs. Connecticut, 2008 Longest 79 vs. Louisville, 2007, to Taj Smith (TD) Sacks-Yds 1.0-14 vs. Cincinnati, 2008 Touchdowns 4 vs. Louisville, 2007 Rushing Yards 27 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 Interceptions 2 vs. West Virginia, Buffalo, 2007 Carries 6 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 Rushing Yards 62 vs. Buffalo, 2007 Longest 12 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 Carries 9 vs. Buffalo, 2007 Longest 18 vs. Rutgers, 2006; Miami (OH), 2007 PHILLIP THOMAS (#13, FRESHMAN, SAFETY) Tackles Solo 5 vs. Maine, 2009 MARCUS SALES (#5, SOPHOMORE, WIDE RECEIVER) Assist 1 vs. Northwestern, Akron, Pittsburgh, 2009 Total 6 vs. Pittsburgh, 2009 Receiving Yards 61 vs. Akron, 2009 Interceptions-Return Yds 1-0 yds vs. Louisville, 2009 Receptions 6 vs. Akron, 2009 Longest 25 vs. Northeastern, 2008 Touchdowns 1 vs. Penn State, 2008; Maine, West Virginia, Akron 2009 SHAMARKO THOMAS (#43, FRESHMAN, FREE SAFETY) Tackles Solo 7 vs. Northwestern, 2009 KEVYN SCOTT (#26, JUNIOR, CORNER BACK) Assist 1 vs. Minnesota, Maine, West Virginia, Akron, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Louisville2009 Tackles Solo 6 vs. Penn State, 2009 Total 7 vs. Northwestern, 2009 Assist 5 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 TFL-Yds 1.0-2 vs. Cincinnati, 1.0-1 vs. Louisville, 2009 Total 8 vs. Penn State, 2008 Sacks-Yds 0.5-3 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 TFL-Yds 0.5-3 vs. Notre Dame, 2008 BUD TRIBBEY (#94, JUNIOR, DEFENSIVE TACKLE) Breakups 1 vs. Connecticut, 2008 Tackles Solo 3 vs. Washington, South Florida, 2007 Interceptions 1 vs. Penn State, Maine 2009 Assist 3 vs. Connecticut, 2007 Total 4 vs. Connecticut, 2007 NICO SCOTT (#28, JUNIOR, CORNER BACK) TFL-Yds 0.5-1 vs. Rutgers, 2007; vs. Northeastern, 2008; 0.5-2 vs. Tackles Solo 7 vs. Buffalo, 2007 Louisville, 2009 Assist 3 vs. West Virginia, 2008; Penn State, 2009 Total 9 vs. Buffalo, 2007 DAN VAUGHN (#33, SOPHOMORE, LINEBACKER) Tackles Solo 2 vs. Maine, 2009 BRANDON SHARPE (#91, FRESHMAN, DEFENSIVE END) Assist 0 vs. Maine, 2009 Tackles Solo 1 vs. Minnesota, Northwestern, Cincinnati, Total 2 vs. Maine, 2009 Pittsburgh, 2009 Assist 1 vs. Akron, 2009 Total 1 vs. Minnesota, Northwestern, Akron, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, 2009 TFL/Yds. 1.0-9 yds. vs. Cincinnati, 1.0-4 vs. Louisville,2009 Sacks/Yds. 1.0-9 yds. vs. Cincinnati, 1.0-4, Louisville, 2009 Forced Fumbles 1 vs. Minnesota, 2009

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SYRACUSE IN THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE SYRACUSE IN THE BIG EAST STATS 2009 BIG EAST STANDINGS Category Rank Statistic BIG EAST Overall Scoring Offense 7 19.2 pp School W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Scoring Defense 8 26.6 ppg Cincinnati 6-0 1.000 10-0 1.000 Rush Offense 8 117.7 ypg Pittsburgh 5-0 1.000 9-1 .900 Rush Defense 2 99.2 ypg West Virginia 3-2 .600 7-3 .700 Pass Offense 8 187.5 ypg Rutgers 2-2 .500 7-2 .778 Pass Efficiency 7 119.6 South Florida 2-3 .400 6-3 .667 Pass Defense 8 254.5 ypg Connecticut 1-4 .200 4-5 .444 Pass Defense Efficiency 8 155.8 Louisville 1-4 .200 4-6 .400 SYRACUSE 0-5 .000 3-7 .300 Total Offense 8 305.2 ypg Total Defense 7 353.7 ypg ORANGE IN THE BIG EAST Kickoff Returns 4 23.6 ypr Player Category Rank Stat Kickoff Coverage 6 41.0 ypr Carter, D Rushing 4 85.2 Punt Returns 7 6.5 ypr Scoring (TDs) T-4 6.0 Net Punting 4 36.3 All Purpose 8 96.3 Field Goals 3 .786 Jones, A. Fumbles Recovered T-4 .22 PAT Kicking 6 .955 Jones, M. Kick Return 5 24.1 All Purpose 6 107.3 Turnover Margin 8 -0.70 tpg Long Punting 3 43.3 Interceptions 8 6 int. Lichtenstein Field Goals 3 1.10 Sacks By 4 2.60 spg Paulus Passing 5 158.6 Sacks Against T-6 2.50 spg Smith, D. Tackles 6 8.1 Sacks 6 .65 First Downs 6 17.6 pg Fumbles Forced 1 .40 Opponent First Downs 5 18.1 pg Fumbles Recovered T-6 .22 Third Down Conversions 8 29.2 pct. Tackles for Loss 8 1.00 Opp. Third Down Conv. 4 35.9 pct. Suter Tackles 7 7.9 4th Down Conversions T-5 44.4 pct. Nassib Passing 8 36.1 Opp. Fourth Down Conv. 8 66.7 pct. Hogue Sacks 8 .60 Tackles for Loss 8 1.0 Time of Possession 5 30:03 Penalties 5 52.6 pg Opponent Penalties 2 57.9 pg Red Zone Offense 6 75.9 pct. Red Zone Defense 8 87.9 pct.

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2009 STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE Opponent QB RB FB WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE MINNESOTA Paulus Carter, D. Jones * Williams Davis Speller Bartholomew McKenzie Baumbach Meldrum Provo at Penn State Paulus Carter, D. Catalina @ Williams Lemon Speller Bartholomew McKenzie Baumbach Meldrum Owen NORTHWESTERN Paulus Carter, D. Lobdell # Williams Davis Speller Bartholomew McKenzie Baumbach Meldrum Owen MAINE Paulus Bailey Lemon # Williams Davis Speller Bartholomew McKenzie Baumbach Meldrum Provo SOUTH FLORIDA * Paulus Carter, D. Lemon # Williams Sales Speller Bartholomew McKenzie Baumbach Meldrum Owen WEST VIRGINIA * Paulus Carter, D. Bailey * Williams Lemon Speller Baumbach Bartholomew Tiller Meldrum Owen AKRON Paulus Carter, D. Catalina @ Sales Lemon White Rosner Bartholomew Tiller Meldrum Owen CINCINNATI * Paulus Carter, D. Catalina @ Williams Lobdell White Rosner Bartholomew Tiller Meldrum Owen at Pittsburgh * Paulus Carter, D. Catalina @ Sales Davis White Bartholomew McKenzie Rosner Meldrum Owen at Louisville * Paulus Carter, D. Collier Chew Lemon Speller Bartholomew McKenzie Rosner White Owen RUTGERS * at Connecticut * * Started two running backs @ Started two tight ends # Started three wide receivers DEFENSE Opponent LE LT RT RE LB LB LB CB SS FS CB MINNESOTA Marinovich Jones, A. Lewis Jones, C. Gillum Smith Hogue Scott, K. Suter Holmes Scott, N. at Penn State Marinovich Jones, A. Lewis Jones, C. Carter, E.J. Smith Hogue Scott, K. Suter Holmes Scott, N. NORTHWESTERN Marinovich Jones, A. Lewis Kimmel, J. Carter, E.J. Smith Hogue Scott, K Suter Holmes Scott, N. MAINE Marinovich Jones, A. Lewis Kimmel, J. Carter, E.J. Smith Hogue Scott, K. Suter Holmes Thomas, S. SOUTH FLORIDA * Marinovich Jones, A. Lewis Kimmel, J. Carter, E.J. Smith Hogue Scott, K. Suter Holmes Scott, N. WEST VIRGINIA * Marinovich Jones, A. Lewis Kimmel, J. Thomas, S. Smith Hogue Scott, K. Suter Holmes Merkerson AKRON Marinovich Jones, A. Lewis Jones, C. Thomas, S. Smith Hogue Scott, K. Suter Holmes Merkerson CINCINNATI * Marinovich Jones, A. Lewis Jones, C. Thomas, S. Smith Hogue Scott, K. Suter Holmes Merkerson at Pittsburgh * Marinovich Jones, A. Lewis Jones, C. Carter, E.J. Smith Hogue Scott, N. Suter Holmes Merkerson at Louisville * Marinovich Tribbey Lewis Jones, C. Carter, E.J. Smith Hogue Thomas, P. Thomas, S. Holmes Merkerson RUTGERS * at Connecticut *

ORANGE IN THE REDZONE Did Not Score Because … In Red Zone Scores Total Points TDs Rush Pass FG Missed FG Downs Int Fumble Half Game Syracuse 3 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Minnesota 5 5 23 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 at Penn State 4 2 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Syracuse 5 4 24 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Northwestern 3 3 20 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 7 7 41 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maine 3 3 17 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 2 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Florida * 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Virginia * 5 5 34 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 5 4 28 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Akron 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 3 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Cincinnati * 3 3 21 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Pittsburgh * 4 4 20 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 2 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Louisville * 2 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse Totals 31 25 146 18 11 7 7 2 1 2 1 0 0 Opponent Totals 33 29 172 22 9 13 7 2 0 0 1 1 0

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2009 SCORING BY QUARTERS MARRONE’S RECORD MONTH-BY-MONTH 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Month Overall Home Syracuse 10 10 0 0 0 20 August 0-0 0-0 Minnesota 14 0 3 3 3 23 September 2-2 2-1 Syracuse 0 0 0 7 - 7 October 1-3 1-3 at Penn State 7 7 7 7 - 28 November 0-2 0-0 Syracuse 17 7 3 10 - 37 December 0-0 0-0 Northwestern 0 21 7 6 - 34 January 0-0 0-0 Syracuse 7 6 14 14 - 41 Total 3-7 3-4 Maine 0 17 0 7 - 24 Syracuse 3 10 0 7 - 20 South Florida * 7 7 20 0 - 34 Syracuse 0 0 6 7 - 13 West Virginia * 14 13 0 7 - 34 Syracuse 0 14 7 7 - 28 Akron 7 0 7 0 - 14 Syracuse 7 0 0 0 - 7 Cincinnati * 7 7 7 7 - 28 Syracuse 3 0 0 7 - 10 at Pittsburgh * 3 10 14 10 - 37 Syracuse 0 0 3 6 - 9 at Louisville * 0 0 3 7 - 10 Syracuse Totals 47 47 33 65 0 192 Opponent Totals 59 82 68 54 3 266

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THE MARRONE YEARS (2009-PRESENT) SU’s record under Doug Marrone when ... SU scores less than 20 points ...... 0-5...... 0-4 Overall. . . .BIG EAST SU scores 20-29 points ...... 1-2...... 0-1 SU scores first ...... 2-2...... 0-2 SU scores 30-39 points ...... 1-0...... 0-0 Opponent scores first...... 1-5...... 0-3 SU scores 40+ points ...... 1-0...... 0-0 Opponent scores less than 20 points ...... 1-1...... 0-1 SU leads at the half ...... 2-1...... 0-0 Opponent scores 20-29 points ...... 1-3...... 0-1 Tied at the half ...... 0-1...... 0-1 Opponent scores 30-39 points ...... 1-3...... 0-3 SU trails at the half...... 1-5...... 0-4 Opponent scores 40+ points ...... 0-0...... 0-0 SU leads after three quarters ...... 2-1...... 0-0 SU trails after three quarters ...... 1-5...... 0-4 SU does not commit a turnover ...... 0-0...... 0-0 Tied after three quarters ...... 0-1...... 0-1 SU has less than three turnovers ...... 3-5...... 0-3 SU in overtime ...... 0-1...... 0-0 SU has three or more turnovers ...... 0-2...... 0-2 SU has no takeaways ...... 0-1...... 0-1 SU has less than 300 yards of total offense...... 0-6...... 0-4 SU has one takeaway ...... 0-3...... 0-3 SU has 300-399 yards of total offense ...... 2-1...... 0-1 SU has two takeaways ...... 2-1...... 0-0 SU has 400-499 yards of total offense ...... 1-0...... 0-0 SU has three or more takeaways ...... 1-2...... 0-1 SU has 500+ yards of total offense...... 0-0...... 0-0 Opponent has less than 300 yards of total offense ...... 1-1...... 0-1 SU has the ball for more than 30:00 ...... 2-4...... 0-3 Opponent has 300-399 yards of total offense...... 0-4...... 0-2 Opponent has the ball for more than 30:00 ...... 1-3...... 0-2 Opponent has 400-499 yards of total offense...... 2-2...... 0-2 Playing on natural grass...... 0-2...... 0-1 Opponent has 500+ yards of total offense ...... 0-0...... 0-0 Playing on AstroTurf...... 0-0...... 0-0 SU back rushes for 100+ yards ...... 1-2...... 0-2 Playing on FieldTurf ...... 3-5...... 0-4 SU does not have a 100-yard rusher ...... 2-5...... 0-3 Playing in the Carrier Dome ...... 3-4...... 0-3 An individual rushes for 100+ yards against SU...... 0-1...... 0-1 Day games...... 1-6...... 0-4 An individual rushes for less than 100 yards against SU . . . 1-6...... 0-4 Night games ...... 2-0...... 0-0 TV games SU rushes for less than 100 yards...... 0-4...... 0-2 BIG EAST Network...... 0-3...... 0-3 SU rushes for 100 to 199 yards...... 0-3...... 0-3 Big Ten Network ...... 0-1...... 0-0 SU rushes for 200 to 299 yards...... 1-0...... 0-0 ESPN2...... 0-1...... 0-0 SU rushes for 300+ yards...... 0-0...... 0-0 Time Warner Cable Sports ...... 3-0...... 0-0 Opponent rushes for less than 100 yards ...... 3-2...... 0-1 ESPNU ...... 0-2...... 0-2 Opponent rushes for 100+ yards ...... 0-5...... 0-4 SU passes for less than 200 yards...... 1-6...... 0-4 SU passes for 200 to 299 yards...... 1-1...... 0-1 SU passes for 300+ yards...... 1-0...... 0-0 Opponent passes less than 250 yards ...... 1-5...... 0-3 Opponent passes for 250+ yards ...... 2-2...... 0-2 SU rushes for 250+ & passes for 250+ yards ...... 0-0...... 0-0 Opponent for 250+ & passes for 250+ yards...... 0-0...... 0-0

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2009 TEAM SUPERLATIVES SYRACUSE OPPONENTS Points 41 vs. Maine 37, Pittsburgh Low 7 vs. Penn State, Cincinnati 10, Louisville Points in a Half 24 vs. Northwestern 27, West Virginia Low 0 vs. Penn State, West Virginia 0, Louisville First Downs 23 vs. Northwestern, USF 25, Northwestern Low 10 vs. Penn State 9, Akron Rushing Plays 47 vs. Louisville 40, West Virginia, Pittsburgh Low 24 vs. West Virginia 24, Akron Rushing Yards 234 vs. Akron 247, Pittsburgh Low 65 vs. Penn State 0, Akron Passing Plays 46 vs. USF 43, Northwestern Low 18 vs. Akron 18, Louisville Pass Completions 25 vs. USF 36, Northwestern Low 12 vs. Akron 9, Louisville Passing Yardage 346 vs. Northwestern 414, Northwestern Low 105 vs. Akron 117, Louisville Total Plays 76 vs. USF 74, Minnesota, West Virginia Low 49 vs. West Virginia 49, Akron Total Offense Yards 471 vs. Northwestern 481, Pittsburgh Low 200 vs. Penn State 151, Louisville Passes Had Intercepted 0 vs. Maine, Akron 0, USF, West Virginia, Akron, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh Most 5 vs. USF 2, Maine Fumbles Lost 0 vs. Penn State, Pittsburgh 0, Cincinnati Most 2 vs. USF, Akron 3, USF Total Turnovers 2 vs. Minnesota, Penn State, Northwestern, 0, Cincinnati West Virginia, Akron, Cincinnati Most 7 vs. USF 3, Penn State, Northwestern, USF Sacks By: #-Yds. 5-42 vs. Akron 6-44 yds, Pittsburgh Low 2-6 yds vs. Minnesota; 2-4 vs. USF; 2-21 vs. Penn State 0-0 yds, Cincinnati 2-20 yds vs. West Virginia; 2-11 vs. Pittsburgh TFL By: #-Yds. 11 (44 yds.) vs. Louisville 8 (47 yds), Pittsburgh Low 4 (25 yds) vs. Penn State, 4 15 yds) vs. Pittsburgh 2 (8 yds), Maine Penalties 10 vs. Maine 17, Maine Low 3 vs. Penn State 2, Penn State Yards Penalized 102 vs. Maine 132, Maine Low 13 vs. Penn State 15, Penn State Time of Possession 34:13 vs. Louisville 39:02, West Virginia Low 20:58 vs. West Virginia 25:47, Louisville Third Down Conv. % 60.0 vs. USF 64.2, Penn State Low 0.0 vs. West Virginia 0.08, Louisville

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2009 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES SYRACUSE OPPONENTS Rushing Attempts 30, Delone Carter vs. Akron 22, Noel Devine, West Virginia Rushing Yards 170, Delone Carter vs. Akron 110, Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh TDs Rushing 3, Delone Carter vs. Maine, Akron 2, Mike Ford, USF; Ryan Clarke, West Virginia Longest Run 58, Delone Carter vs. Pittsburgh 61, Jonathan Baldwin, Pittsburgh Pass Attempts 46, Greg Paulus vs. USF 42, Adam Weber, Minnesota; Mike Kafka, Northwestern Pass Completions 25, Greg Paulus vs. USF 35, Mike Kafka, Northwestern Passing Yards 346, Greg Paulus vs. Northwestern 390, Mike Kafka, Northwestern Pass Pct. (min. 10 att.) 75.0, Greg Paulus vs. Louisville 83.3, Mike Kafka, Northwestern Long Pass Play 66, Greg Paulus vs. Northwestern 85, BJ Daniels, USF TDs passing 2, Greg Paulus vs. Northwestern, Maine, USF; Ryan Nassib 4, Zach Collaros, Cincinnati vs. West Virginia Interceptions Thrown 5, Greg Paulus vs. USF 1, Adam Weber, Minnesota; Daryll Clark, Penn State; Mike Kafka, Northwestern; Jarrett Brown, West Virginia; Adam Froman, Louisville Receptions 13, Mike Williams vs. USF 10, Drake Dunsmore, Northwestern Yards Receiving 209, Mike Williams vs. Northwestern 183, Eric Decker, Minnesota TDs Receiving 2, Mike Williams vs. Northwestern, USF 2, Landis Williams, Maine; Carlt Mitchell, USF; Armon Binns, Cincinnati All-Purpose Yds. 209, Mike Williams vs. Northwestern 217, Dashan Miller, Akron Total Offense 320, Greg Paulus vs. Northwestern 383, Mike Kafka, Northwestern Scoring (points) 18, Delone Carter vs. Akron 12, Carlt Mitchell, USF; Ryan Clarke, West Virginia; Armon Binns, Cincinnati PATs 4, Ryan Lichtenstein vs. Northwestern, Akron 4, Collin Wagner, Penn State; Stefan Demos, Northwestern; Tyler Bitancurt, West Virginia; Jacob Rogers, Cincinnati; Dan Hutchins, Pittsburgh Field Goals 3, Ryan Lichenstein vs. Northwestern 3, Eric Ellestad, Minnesota; Dan Hutchins, Pittsburgh Long Field Goal 43, Ryan Lichtenstein vs. Northwestern 47, Eric Ellestad, Minnesota Punts 9, Rob Long vs. West Virginia 6, Stefan Demos, Northwestern Punting Yards 381, Rob Long vs. West Virginia 215, Scott Kozlowski, West Virginia Long Punt 63, Rob Long vs. Louisville 76, Zack Campbell, Akron Kickoff Returns 6, Mike Jones vs. Northwestern, USF 6, Andrew Brewer, Northwestern Kickoff Return Yards 154, Mike Jones vs Minnesota 191, Dashan Miller, Akron Long Kickoff Return 79, Mike Jones vs. Minnesota 98, Dashan Miller, Akron Punt Returns 4, Donte Davis vs. Minnesota 2, Jock Sanders, West Virginia; Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati Punt Return Yards 36, Donte Davis vs. Akron 55, Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati Long Punt Return 19, Donte Davis vs. Louisville 49, Brandon Hogan, West Virginia Interceptions by 1, Mike Holmes vs Minnesota; Kevyn Scott vs. Penn State; 2, Nate Allen, USF Max Suter vs. Northwestern; Kevyn Scott, Doug Hogue vs. Maine; Phillip Thomas vs. Louisville Interception Yds. Gained 22, Max Suter vs. Northwestern 51, Greg Williams, Pittsburgh Longest Int. Return 22, Max Suter vs. Northwestern 51, Greg Williams, Pittsburgh Total Tackles 12, Max Suter vs. West Virginia 15, Chris Campa, Louisville Solo Tackles 9, Max Suter vs. West Virginia; Mike Holmes vs. Cincinnati 13, Chris Campa, Louisville Assisted Tackles 5, Mike Holmes vs. Minnesota; Derrell Smith vs. Penn State, USF 7, Josh Hull, Sean Lee, Penn State Sacks 2.0, Derrell Smith vs. Northwestern, Akron; 2.0 Doug Hogue vs. 2.0, Ben Johnson, Northwestern; Chas Alecxih, Brandon Lindsey, Louisville, 2009 Pittsburgh, Chris Campa, Louisville Tackles for Loss 3.0 Derrell Smith vs. Akron 3.0, Sean Lee, Penn State, Chris Campa, Louisville Blocked Field Goals 1, Anthony Perkins vs. Minnesota 1, Corey Wootton, Northwestern Blocked Punts 0 0 Blocked PAT 0 0

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