2020 SYRACUSE FOOTBALL 1959 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS // 5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS // 18 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS GAME INFORMATION SYRACUSE ORANGE (1-2, 1-2 ACC) AP/Coaches Rank: -/- Date ...........................................................Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 Head Coach: Dino Babers (5th year) Location .................................................................... Syracuse, N.Y. Overall Record: 61-44 (.581) Stadium ...................................................... Carrier Dome (49,057) at Syracuse: 24-28 (.462) Kickoff ...........................................................................12:30 p.m. vs. Duke: 1-0 Series ..................................................................... Duke leads, 3-1 vs Tickets ......................................................................................N/A (0-4, 0-4 ACC) Television ......................................................................... ACC RSN DUKE AP/Coaches Rank: -/- Play-by-Play .........................................................Tom Werme '91 Head Coach: David Cutcliffe Analyst ...................................................................... James Bates Overall Record: 116-112 Reporter ......................................................................Abby Labar at Duke: 72-83 Radio ..........Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield IMG College vs. Syracuse: 1-1 Play-by-Play ............................................................ Matt Park '97 Analyst ..................................................................Adam Terry '04 Reporter .............................................................Brian Higgins '04 OPENING DRIVE Student Radio .......................................WAER 88.3 FM (Syracuse) Satellite Radio ...................................................Sirius 133/XM 201 LOOKING TO START A WIN STREAK Live Audio ...................................................Cuse.com/TuneIn App • Following a victory against Georgia Tech in the home opener and a bye week, Syracuse returns Live Stats ........................................................................ Cuse.com to action on Saturday when Duke visits the Carrier Dome. Twitter ....................................................................@CuseFootball • It will be the second-straight season Syracuse has faced Duke, a scheduling oddity of the Facebook ...........................................Facebook.com/CuseFootball COVID-19 pandemic changing the ACC's scheduling model. Under normal circumstances, Duke Instagram ...............................................................@CuseFootball wouldn't have visited the Orange again until 2025 after their 2019 meeting in Durham. • The game will air on ACC Regional Sports Networks, with Tom Werme '91 (PxP), James Bates (analyst) and Abby Labar (reporter) on the call. 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall Record: 1-2 • ACC Record: 1-2 BALL HAWKS Home: 1-0 • Away: 0-2 • Neutral: 0-0 • Streak: W1 • Syracuse intercepted four passes in its 37-20 victory over Georgia Tech, the highest single-game total in head coach Dino Babers' five-year tenure, and the most interceptions by a Syracuse team Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result in 14 years. Sept. 12 at North Carolina * (ACC Network) L, 6-31 • Four different players came away with picks, including the first-career interceptions by Sept. 19 at Pittsburgh * (ACC Network) L, 10-21 freshmen DBs Ja'Had Carter and Rob Hanna. Defensive tackle Josh Black also came down with Sept. 26 GEORGIA TECH * W, 37-20 his first-career pick, while DBTrill Williams added the fourth of his career. Oct. 10 DUKE * 12:30 p.m. • The last time Syracuse picked off four-or-more passes in a game was on Sept. 9, 2006 vs. Iowa, Oct. 17 LIBERTY TBA a game where 'Cuse fell in double overtime to the No. 14 ranked Hawkeyes. Oct. 24 at Clemson * TBA Oct. 31 WAKE FOREST * TBA BYE, BYE, BYE Nov. 7 BOSTON COLLEGE * TBA • Since 2009, Syracuse is 11-7 in games when it has an additional week to prepare, including a Nov. 20 at Louisville * (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. 7-7 record in regular-season games after a bye. The Orange's other four victoriesin that time are Nov. 28 NC STATE * TBA bowl wins that followed the 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2018 campaigns. Dec. 5 at Notre Dame * TBA • Head coach Dino Babers has won two of his last-three games with an additional week of preparation. The 2018 Orange defeated West Virginia (Camping World Bowl) and North Carolina * - ACC game in 2018, but lost to NC State in 2019 on a Thursday night contest following a bye weekend. Home games in BOLD CAPS All times Eastern A NEW STADIUM EXPERIENCE • Saturday's game will be the second at Syracuse since the University began work on creating a new stadium experience. It features a new fixed roof, a vertically hung scoreboard, state-of-the- WHAT'S INSIDE art sound and lighting systems, improved accessibility and added Wi-Fi capabilities are just a handful of features. Media Information ...............2 Player Notes ................. 17-20 • Unfortunately it'll once again be in a fan-less stadium due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Matchup/Series History........3 Stats .............................. 21-35 • The new crown truss atop the building consists of more than six million pounds of structural Notes .............................. 4-10 Long Plays ...........................30 steel and the center-hung scoreboard is 7,022 square feet, making it the second-largest indoor Team ...................................4 Starting Lineups ..................31 center-hung system in the United States. Offense ........................... 5-6 Scoring Drives ............... 32-33 Defense...............................7 Conversions/TOP ................31 Special Teams .....................8 Red-Zone Stats ...................32 Miscellaneous ............... 9-10 Superlatives ........................33 Dome ....................................9 Last Time That .............. 36-38 NUMBERS TO KNOW On This Date .........................9 Takeaways by the Syracuse RB Sean Tucker's became the 11th Overtime History ..................9 defense thus far, a mark that true freshman in SU history to rush for Orange in the NFL ..............10 10 ranks 2nd in the FBS. 11 100-yards or more in a game when he ACC Standings/Polls ............11 did so against Georgia Tech. HC Dino Babers............. 12-13 Career field goals for PKAndre Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, no fans Assistant Coaches ...............14 Szmyt. He's eight away from the will be permitted to attend this game in Depth Chart ........................15 Orange's all-time record, held by an effort to maintain a safe and healthy Start Chart ..........................15 51 0 Cole Murphy (2014-17). campus community. Roster/Pronunciations ........16 CUSE.COM // @CUSEFOOTBALL 1 MEDIA CONTACTS WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE MONDAY • Dino Babers News Conference - 11:30 a.m. via Zoom SYRACUSE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • Game notes on Cuse.com 1301 East Colvin Street, Syracuse, NY 13244 Office: 315-443-2608 | Web: Cuse.com 5 TYLER CADY TUESDAY • Student-Athlete Interviews - 6:45 p.m. via Zoom. Football SID Assistant Director/ Athletic Communications 6 (315) 443-2608 (O) (315) 941-6569 (C) WEDNESDAY • No media availability [email protected] 7 SUE EDSON THURSDAY • AmeriCU Dino Babers Radio Show Executive Sr. Associate AD/ Live from 7 to 8 p.m. on TK99/105 Chief Communications Officer (Credential Contact) 8 (315) 443-2608 (O) (315) 952-4787 (C) FRIDAY • No media availability [email protected] 9 PETE MOORE Director/ SATURDAY • Game #4 - Syracuse vs. Duke (12:30 p.m., ACC RSN) Athletic Communications (315) 443-2608 (O) (315) 952-5011 (C) 10 [email protected] GENERAL MEDIA INFORMATION ACC COMMUNICATIONS 4512 Weybridge Lane, Greensboro, NC 27407 INTERVIEWS POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Office: 336-854-8787 | Web: theACC.com Interviews with all Orange student-athletes and All postgame media will be virtual this season. Coach Dino Babers MUST be arranged through the Coach Babers and select student-athletes will be Amy Yakola, Chief of External Affairs Syracuse Athletic Communications Department. made available after the game via Zoom. An email Kevin Best, Sr. Assoc. Commissioner (Football) Contact Tyler Cady, Football SID, via email at will be sent weekly to the football listserv asking Andy Fledderjohann, Assistant Commissioner [email protected] or by calling (315) 443-2608. Please for RSVPs to participate and a Zoom link will be Steve Phillips, Editorial & Content Manager give as much advance notice as possible when provided. An off-site moderator will open the Zoom Justin Wilson, Director requesting interviews. 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