2004 ORANGE FOOTBALL GAME # 7 Mountaineer Field (60,000) Morgantown, WV SYRACUSE (3-3 Overall, 1-0 BIG EAST) October 21, 2004 at 7:30 P.M
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 2004 ORANGE FOOTBALL GAME # 7 Mountaineer Field (60,000) Morgantown, WV SYRACUSE (3-3 overall, 1-0 BIG EAST) October 21, 2004 AT 7:30 p.m. #15/14 WEST VIRGINIA (5-1 overall, 1-0 BIG EAST) ESPN Ferri is BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week On the Air Senior strong safety Diamond Ferri (Everett, Mass.) earned the BIG EAST Conference Defensive Player of the Week award for his performance versus Florida Television State ... He picked off his second pass this season and returned it 44 yards against The SU-WVU game will be televised on the Seminoles ... Ferri also forced a fumble, recovered it and returned it 30 yards, ESPN … Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit in addition to his six solo tackles versus the Seminoles … His 7.2 tackles per game and Lee Corso will call the action … Jill Diamond is 12th in the BIG EAST overall and fourth among defensive backs … Ferri is also Ferri Arrington will report from the sidelines … SU’s kick returner … He ranks 11th nationally with a 29.45 kickoff return average Bo Garrett will produce the game. … Ferri’s 43 tackles this season rank third on SU’s defense … He is the only player in the BIG EAST with at least two interceptions, forced fumbles and fumble recoveries. Radio SU Radio Network Carney Earns BIG EAST Special Teams Recognition The flagship station for the SU Radio Sophomore punter Brendan Carney (Valley Forge, Pa.) is the BIG EAST Network is WAQX-95.7FM … Voice of Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts against Florida State … He had the Orange Matt Park and analyst Dick a career-long 65-yard punt that hit the Seminole returner around the 10-yard line MacPherson will be joined by pre and and caromed into the endzone for a touchback … His previous long was 64 yards post-game host and sideline reporter Kevin Brendan at Miami last season … Carney’s 46.8 average against Florida State marked the Maher … The SU Radio Network can be Carney 13th time in 18 career games he has averaged at least 40 yards per punt … He heard in New York, New Jersey, Vermont has averaged more than 50 yards per punt four times in his career … The average and Pennsylvania … For a complete list of opponent drive start after a Carney punt is its own 34-yard line … Carney ranks second in BIG affiliates, please see page 17. EAST with a 43.5 yards per kick average … He ranks 16th nationally … He is one of 36 WAER-FM88 candidates for the Ray Guy Award presented to the nation’s top punter … As a team, SU’s Located on the SU campus, WAER also carries net punting average of 39.4 yards leads the BIG EAST and is 20th nationally. SU football … The sports staff is student-run. This Week: Syracuse and West Virginia play for the Schwartzwalder Trophy for the Westwood One Radio SU’s game at WVU will be broadcast on 12th Year … see page 3 for details. Westwood One Radio (John Castleberry and Foge Fazio) to a national audience. 2004 Results (3-3 overall, 1-0 BIG EAST) Stadium (Capacity) Attend. W/L Score Internet September Every SU Radio Network broadcast is 5 at #24/25Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium (62,500) 56,827 L 0-51 available on the official SU Athletics 11 at Buffalo UB Stadium (31,000) 29,013 W 37-17 website – www.suathletics.com. 18 CINCINNATI Carrier Dome (49,262) 32,893 W 19- 7 Football Lettermen’s Club Reunion 25 at #12/12 Virginia Carl Smith Center (61,500) 59,699 L 10-31 The Coaches October Syracuse: Paul Pasqualoni 2 RUTGERS * Carrier Dome (49,262) 40,153 W 41-31 Overall Record: 138-73-1 Parent’s Weekend Year as a head coach: 19th 9 #8/8 FLORIDA STATE Carrier Dome (49,262) 40,539 L 13-17 Record at SU: 104-56-1 Homecoming Year at SU: 14th 16 OPEN BIG EAST Record: 59-31 21 at #15/14 West Virginia * Mountaineer Field (60,000) 7:30 p.m. ESPN West Virginia: Rich Rodriguez 30 CONNECTICUT * Carrier Dome (49,262) 1:30 p.m. Overall Record (Year): 70-54-2 (11th) Varsity Club Weekend Record at WVU (Year): 25-18 (4th) November BIG EAST Record: 14-8 6 PITTSBURGH * Carrier Dome (49,262) 12:00 p.m. ESPN Regional SU Football Senior Day SU’s three losses in 2004 have Salvation Army Dome Donation Day been to teams that have a combined 13 at Temple * Lincoln Financial Field (68,532) 12:00 p.m. ESPN Regional record of 16-3 and are ranked 20 OPEN 27 at Boston College * Alumni Stadium (44,500) TBA 5th (Florida State), 12th (Purdue) HOME GAMES LISTED IN BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS and 14th (Virginia) in this week’s * Indicates BIG EAST Conference game Associated Press poll. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 2004 ORANGE FOOTBALL GAME # 7 – SYRACUSE AT WEST VIRGINIA About the Syracuse-West Virginia Series Seventh Annual Dollar Syracuse leads the all-time series against West Virginia, 30-20… The Mountaineers defeated the Orangemen, 34-23 at the Carrier Dome in 2003… R.J. Anderson threw for a career high 336 Day is a Success yards, completing 23 of 36 passes… SU has won six of the last nine games in the series …WVU SU student-athletes raised $7,500 at the won its last home game against SU, 34-7 in 2002… The Mountaineers lead the series in games seventh annual Dollar Day at the Dome played at Morgantown, 14-12 … SU’s last win in Morgantown was a 31-27 win in 2000. prior to SU’s game against Florida State on October 9 … Student-athletes from SU’s On This Date in SU Football History … women’s basketball, men’s and women’s rowing, women’s lacrosse, softball, men’s October 21 and women’s swimming and diving, tennis Syracuse is 6-10-1 … In 2000 Dwight Freeney set the SU single-game sacks record with 4.5 and men’s and women’s track & field against Virginia Tech … Bill Scharr threw for four touchdown passes at Rutgers in 1989, which teams raised the second-highest amount of tied the SU record with six other quarterbacks … monney since the program began in 1998 … The highest total raised is $10,807 in 2000 Virginia Tech L, 14-22 1939 at Duke L, 6-33 2001, which was raised two weeks after the 1995 West Virginia W, 22-0 193 at Cornell W, 14-7 September 11 attacks on the U.S. … Prior 1989 at Rutgers W, 49-28 1922 Pittsburgh L, 14-21 to the game student-athletes from SU’s 1978 at Penn State L, 15-45 1916 Pittsburgh L, 0-30 athletics teams interacted with fans outside 1972 at Penn State L, 0-17 1911 Lafayette L, 0-10 the Dome collecting donations for the 1967 California W, 20-14 1905 Colgate W, 11-5 United Way of Central New York … These 1961 at Penn State L, 0-14 1893 St. John’s Military Acad. L, 4-18 student athletes were easily identified with 1950 at Holy Cross W, 34-27 1892 – Syracuse Athletic Assoc. L, 4-18 their white shirts emblazoned with the logo 1944 at Temple T, 7-7 “’CUSE Cares” on the front and Citizens Bank on the back … In 2003 167 student- Familiar Faces athlets from SU’s womens basketball, One Syracuse student-athlete attended the same high school of current a West Virginia player … men’s and women’s rowing, lacrosse, track & field, and swimming and diving teams Syracuse West Virginia High School Hometown raised almost $4,400 for the United Way … Kyle Bell (WR) Rasheed Marshall (QB) Valley Forge Military Academy Pennsylvania In 2002 more than 180 Syracuse University student-athletes raised $5,525 for the The Rebound Factor United Way … In 2001, SU student-athletes collected more than $10,800 for the United Syracuse has won its last five, and six of its last seven, in games following a loss to a top-10 team Way September 11th Fund on September … Last season, the Orange rebounded from a 51-7 loss to fourth-ranked Virginia Tech with a 22 prior to SU’s game against Auburn … 39-14 win at home versus Boston College … The matchup with West Virginia is déjà vu all over In seven years, SU student-athletes have again for Syracuse … No. 2 Virginia Tech beat SU, 22-14, in 2000 and the Orange rebounded collected more than $40,400 for the United with a 31-27 win in Morgantown after an open week … The last time SU lost the game after Way … Dollar Day at the Dome is just one of many ‘Cuse Cares community service losing to a top-10 team was in 1999 … The Orange lost to fourth-ranked Virginia Tech and then projects SU student-athletes are involved lost 24-23 at home to Boston College. with in this area … The United Way of Central New York helps thousands of A Winning Tradition in the Carrier Dome people in our community with 129 quality SU’s 41-31 victory against Rutgers was its 101st in the Carrier Dome … Syracuse has won programs at its 43 member agencies. The ‘Cuse Cares Program, supported seven of its last nine games in the Carrier Dome … The building celebrated its 24th birthday on by Citizens Bank – New York, is the Monday, September 20 … SU won the first-ever game in the Dome, beating Miami (OH) 36- community outreach program for student- 24 … SU’s record in the Dome is 101-44-2 since the building opened in 1980 … SU head athletes at Syracuse University … SU’s coach Paul Pasqualoni has a 59-22 record in the Carrier Dome, including a 19-7 record in student-athletes have been recognized the month of October.