Category: Syracuse Orange Football

Syracuse (3-3, 1-1 ACC) hosts the reigning national champion No. 2 Clemson Tigers (6-0, 4-0 ACC) in a primetime matchup Friday, Oct. 13. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. with the game airing on ESPN. Dave Lamont and Mack Brown have the call alongside reporter Jen Lada. The game is the 1,300th in Syracuse’s 128-year football history and will be... more

Syracuse (4-3, 2-1 ACC) pulled off one of the biggest upsets in program history, defeating #2 and previously unbeaten Clemson (6-1, 4-1 ACC), 27-24, in the Dome. Junior quarterback Eric Dungey engineered the victory, completing 20-of-32 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran 21 times for 61 yards to finish with 339 yards of total offense. A... more

The Syracuse Orange (2-3, 0-1) return home after two weeks away to face teh Pittsburgh Panthers (2-3, 0-1) on homecoming. You can call it Orange Central if you’d like, but we certainly won’t based on principle alone. Last these two non-rivals met, they were setting an FBS scoring record. While SU’s defense may have improved since then, I’m not sure... more

Quarterback Eric Dungey threw for two touchdowns and ran for one score and Syracuse (3-3, 1-1) secured a Homecoming Weekend triumph against Pittsbugh (2-4, 0-2) in the Carrier Dome. Dungey engineered an Orange rally from a 10-3, first-half deficit. He connected with Devin C. Butler on a 32-yard touchdown pass with 34 seconds left in the second period and then... more

The Orange host the reigning National Champion Clemson Tigers for a primetime matchup Friday night at the Carrier Dome. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. with the game airing on ESPN. The team is looking forward to packing the Dome on Family Weekend and fans can purchase tickets for the game here. “To have the community and the nation tuning... more

The Orange host the Clemson Tigers for a primetime matchup Friday night at the Carrier Dome. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. with the game airing on ESPN. It’s Family Weekend at Syracuse University and fans can purchase tickets for the game here. Friday’s game marks the ninth time since 1936 Syracuse will play the defending national champion. It’s also... more

The Orange return home to take on Pittsburgh for the homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 6. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. and the game will air on local sports networks. Syracuse seeks redemption after a high-scoring loss to Pittsburgh in 2016 to close out the season. “It’s going to be a very tough game,” said head coach Dino Babers.... more

Syracuse (2-2, 0-0 ACC) opens conference play against Atlantic Division rival NC State (3-1, 1-0 ACC) on Saturday, Sept. 30. Kickoff is set for 12:20 p.m. on the ACC Network. Syracuse graduate Tom Werme and former NFL quarterbacks Dave Archer and D.J. Shockley have the call. The Orange narrowly missed in their upset bid of LSU last weekend, falling on... more

The Orange open ACC play on the road this weekend when they take on NC State Saturday, Sept. 30. Kickoff is at 12:20 p.m. and the game will air on the ACC Network. Syracuse looks to rebound after a 35-28 loss to LSU, during which the defense showed exceptional effort. “It was a total defensive effort and I thought it... more

LSU will be without star running back Derrius Guice when Syracuse football travels to Death Valley this weekend. LSU coach Ed Orgeron said during his Wednesday radio show that Guice will not play in the game. Syracuse.com: Read More more

Inside a computer lab at University Christian (Florida) High School in 1995, Ed Orgeron instructed Derrick Corley to crouch into a defensive stance. Orgeron’s energy was contagious. How he spoke in a raspy, Southern drawl. How he told Corley to position his legs and angle his shoulders. How to spring off the ground as if he were rushing a quarterback.... more

Syracuse (2-1) hits the road for the first time this season when it visits Death Valley for a 7 p.m. ET matchup with No. 25 LSU (2-1) at Tiger Stadium. The Orange are coming off a 41-17 victory over Central Michigan, while LSU lost its SEC opener to Mississippi State last time out. Syracuse alum Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks and... more

Syracuse posted 23 second-half points but came up just short against No. 25 LSU, 35-26, in front of the fourth largest crowd (96,044) in Orange program history on Saturday in Death Valley. Wide receiver Steve Ishmael recorded his fourth consecutive 100-yard receiving game with 123 total yards on 11 receptions. He is just one game behind Amba Etta-Tawo for the... more

As Stephen Bailey points out, Josh Black’s been shifted over to defensive tackle, slotting in behind Chris Slayton — where Kenneth Ruff was previously set. That hands the starting defensive end gig over to JUCO transfer Alton Robinson, with Brandon Berry backing him up. Ervin Philips is still in there, despite an undisclosed injury, and same goes for Jamal Custis,... more