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[QUOTE="TexanMark, post: 1616121, member: 35"]
1979 was the year Syracuse played every game on the road (their home games were at Meadowlands, Buffalo Rich Stadium and Cornell's Skoelkopf Field). Syracuse in that era had some future great coaches on the staff: Tom Coughlin, Nick Saban, Randy Edsall under Frank Maloney.

Here is video for the younger guys...NFL greats: Syracuse (Joe Morris, Art Monk, Gary Anderson) Miami (Jim Kelly) are in the game video below. Also, I noticed MSU's DC Dave Warner played QB for Cuse (2nd string) at 11;45 mark and threw a pick.  Bill Hurley was the magical QB (he was MVP 2 months later at the Blue-Grey Game).  He played a few seasons in the NFL.  One of our board posters was on the team then.

The game was played at a near empty Rich Stadium (about 7-10k there) in late October.

Syracuse finished 7-5 and was actually better than their record indicated. They played undefeated McNeese St in one of the first Independence Bowls...they were expecting a Tangerine Bowl bid but lost the last week to BC. They accepted a bid to the Independence Bowl.  It came in unexpectedly.   McNeese who's fans were chirping about a predicted  huge win that would get them ranked after they beat Syracuse. They were essentially a 1-AA opponent but the best one out there that year. General Omar Bradley was the honored guest at the Bowl. The game was tied 3-3 at halftime then Cuse's depth/skill played took over and the Orangemen won 31-3.

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