2008 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL SYRACUSE vs. LOUISVILLE (1-6 overall, 0-3 BIG EAST) (5-2 overall, 1-1 BIG EAST) November 1, 2008 • 7:00 p.m. • ESPNU • Carrier Dome • Syracuse GROZA AWARD SEMIFINALIST – PATRICK SHADLE Senior Patrick Shadle (Morgantown, W. Va.) is a Lou Groza Award ORANGE SLICES semifinalist, as announced on Friday, October 31 … The Groza Award Orange on Television ORANGE PRIDE is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I college place-kicker ESPNU will broadcast Syracuse’s game as determined by a national voting panel comprised of all Division I against Louisville. Clay Matvick and David head coaches, sports writers and sportscasters from across the country, Diaz-Infante will call the action. Steve Melton conference officials, various NFL kickers, and all previous Groza Award is the producer. finalists … It is Shadle’s second time as a semifinalist for the award (2006) … In 2008, Shadle is 11-of-12 on field goals (.916) and 13-of-13 on PATs … Patrick Shadle Orange on Radio His 11 field goals this season is 15th on Syracuse’s single-season record list … Shadle hit a Syracuse ISP Sports Network career-long 53-yard field goal at West Virginia, which set a Mountaineer Field record and Voice of the Orange Matt Park ‘97 and former tied for fourth on Syracuse’s longest field goals record list (Sean Reali vs. Rutgers, 1994) … Orange All-American tight end Chris Gedney Shadle currently holds the Syracuse record for field goal accuracy (.822), ranks 13th on SU’s ‘93 call the game action and Brian Higgins ‘04 career scoring record list (168), seventh on the career field goals made list (37), eighth on provides sideline reports for the Syracuse ISP the career field goals attempted record list (45) and 10th on the career PATs list (57). Sports Network. Higgins also hosts the pre- BRINKLEY KNOCKING ON DOOR TO ORANGE TOP 20 game and post-game shows. Former Orange Senior Curtis Brinkley (Philadelphia, Pa.) is four yards shy of joining the list head coach Dick MacPherson lends insight of the top 20 most productive rushers in Syracuse history … He moved into and analysis during the pre- and post-game the 21st spot on Syracuse’s careeer rushing record list with his 112-yard shows and at halftime. TK-99.5 FM serves as performance at South Florida, and earned BIG EAST Honor Roll recognition the flagship for the ISP Sports Network. The … He has 1,701 career rushing yards on 389 carries (4.4 yards per rush) … In Syracuse ISP Sports Network covers New York, seven games this year, Brinkley has 733 yards on 132 carries (5.6 yards per New Jersey, Vermont and Pennsylvania. For a carry) … He recorded his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season at USF complete list of stations on the network, see (112 yards on 20 carries) … His four consecutive 100-yard games ties the SU Curtis Brinkley page 8. single-season record (Joe Morris, 1978 and 1979, and James Mungro, 2000) … Brinkley is one Sirius Satellite Radio of two backs in the BIG EAST to have five 100-yard games … Brinkley gained a career-high Syracuse game broadcasts are also available 145 rushing yards on 24 carries and scored a touchdown against Northeastern … Brinkely on SIRIUS satellite radio (channel 123). is 22nd nationally and is fourth in the BIG EAST in rushing with 104.7 yards per game … His WAER 104.7 rushing yards per game ranks seventh on Syracuse’s single-season record list. Located on the SU campus, WAER-FM88 also MELE PACES ORANGE DEFENSE carries every Orange football game. Sophomore Mike Mele (Sea Girt, N.J.) leads the Orange with 50 tackles (7.1 Orange on the Internet per contest) through seven games, which is seventh in the BIG EAST … At Every Syracuse ISP Sports Network broadcast South Florida, Mele ed a career-high with 10 tackles, including a personal- is available on the official Syracuse Athletics best seven solo stops … He has 79 career tackles in 19 games for the Orange. website – suathletics.com. The site is home of Orange All Access, SU’s multi-media UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL 2008 SYRACUSE package, which features live game webcasts, highlights and news conferences. Mike Mele 2008 SYRACUSE SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (1-6 overall, 0-3 BIG EAST) The Coaches Date Opponent Result (Televison) Time/Attendance Syracuse: Greg Robinson August 30 at Northwestern L, 10-30 (ESPN2) 20,015 Year as a head coach: Fourth September 6 AKRON L, 28-42 (TW Sports) 31,808 Overall Record: 8-34 13 #17/17 PENN STATE L, 13-55 (ABC) 45,795 Year at SU: Fourth 20 NORTHEASTERN W, 30-21 (TW Sports) 34,694 Record at SU: 8-34 27 PITTSBURGH * L, 24-34 (BIG EAST Network) 27,549 BIG EAST Record: 2-22 October 4 Open Alma Mater: University of Pacific ‘75 11 at West Virginia * L, 6-17 (ESPNU) 58,133 18 at #19/20 South Florida * L, 13-45 BIG EAST Network 51,384 Louisville: Steve Kragthorpe 25 Open Year as a head coach: Sixth November 1 LOUISVILLE * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. Overall Record: 40-30 8 at Rutgers * ESPNU 12:00 p.m. Year at UL: Second 15 CONNECTICUT * TBA at UL: 11-8 22 at Notre Dame NBC 2:30 p.m. BIG EAST Record: 4-5 29 at Cincinnati * BIG EAST Network 12:00 p.m. Alma Mater: West Texas State ‘88 HOME GAMES LISTED IN BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS * Indicates BIG EAST Conference game • All times are Eastern SYRACUSE vs. LOUISVILLE • November 1, 2008 • 7:00 p.m. • ESPNU • Carrier Dome • Syracuse • McPHERSON WILL BE RECOGNIZED ON LEGENDS DAY Former Syracuse football great and 2008 Na onal Football Founda on and College Hall of Fame ORANGE SLICES inductee Don McPherson will be honored as part of Syracuse’s Legends Day on Saturday. Syracuse vs. Louisville Series Notes McPherson will be inducted into the Na onal Football Founda on and College Football Hall of Fame in December at the annual NFF Hall of Fame Dinner. McPherson was introduced as a member of the Series Record: Syracuse leads, 4-3 (Current Streak: SU, 1) Class of 2008 in May. The great tradi on of Syracuse football lives and breathes in the halls of the at Syracuse: UL leads 2-1 (Current Streak: UL, 2) at Carrier Dome: UL leads, 2-1 (Current Streak: UL, 2) Na onal Football Founda on and College Football Hall of Fame with 14 former Orange student-athletes, at Louisville: Syracuse leads, 2-1 (Current Streak: SU, 1) including Ernie Davis, Tim Green, Jim Brown, Larry Csonka and Floyd Li le. Neutral: Syracuse leads, 1-0 (Current Streak: SU, 1) Being honored for his unique athle c ability is nothing new for McPherson. The 1987 All-American Last Syracuse Win: 2007 (38-35) Last Louisville Win: 2006 (28-13) ORANGE PRIDE fi nished second in the 1987 Heisman Trophy ballo ng, won the Maxwell Award, which honors the Largest Margin of Syracuse Victory: 48 (1985) college football player of the year, the Davey O’Brien Award, which recognizes the best collegiate Largest Margin of Louisville Victory: 34 (2005) quarterback, and was the fi rst recipient of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. McPherson led the na on in passing effi ciency with a 164.3 mark and set 22 Syracuse records, including the single-season Rushing: SU, Walter Reyes 16-94 (9/13/03) marks for passing yards per game (212.8), touchdown passes (22), and most consecu ve games with a UL, Kolby Smith 16-165 (10/21/06) Passing: SU, Andrew Robinson 17-26-423 (9/22/07) touchdown pass (10). He led the 1987 Orange to an undefeated regular season (11-0) and a No. 4 fi nal UL, Brian Brohm 45-64-555 (9/22/07) ranking. Receiving: SU, Taj Smith 4-173-2 (9/22/07) McPherson fi nished his SU playing career in 1987 with the program’s all- me passing yards, comple ons UL, Harry Douglas 12-205-1 (9/22/07) and pass a empts records. A er gradua ng, McPherson con nued his football career with the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and Houston Oilers. Upon re ring from pro football in 1994, McPherson joined Tale of the Tape Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society as director of Athletes in Service to SU OFFENSE UL DEFENSE America. During this me, McPherson turned his focus to the issue of “men’s violence against women,” 17.7 Scoring 23.3 as director of Sport in Society’s Mentors in Violence Preven on Program. McPherson has become one 287.7 Total Yardage 306.7 of the na on’s leading educators and advocates for the preven on of men’s violence against women 146.6 Rushing Yardage 75.1 and has been featured on Nightline and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He has conducted workshops and 141.1 Passing Yardage 231.6 lectures for more than 200 college campuses, community organiza ons and na onal sports and violence 59.3 Total Plays 64.7 32.7 Rushing Plays 27.6 preven on organiza ons, and was a facilitator at the fi rst NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Conference 26.6 Passing Plays 37.1 in 1997. His programs and lectures have reached more than one million people. 4.9 Avg. Per Play 4.7 McPherson works in the SU athle cs department with the Life Skills program for student-athletes 4.5 Avg. Per Rush 2.7 and as a consultant with the Orange Club.