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This season I will once again be charting Syracuse’s games in terms of “winning plays”. I look at the results of each play and decide which team got the minimum they wanted out of the play. Rather than making instinctive judgments, I use a formula:
- On first down, the offensive team wants to get at least a third of the way to a new first down: they will have two more plays before they might have to surrender the ball and if they gain that same amount of yards on each of those two plays, they’ll get the first down. If they don’t make it a third of the way to a new first down, the defense won the play.
- On second down, the offense wants to get at least halfway to a new first down by the same logic.
- On third and fourth down, they want to get the first down.
- Penalties, if added onto a play by the referees, are added on to the results above. If the offense gains 5 yards on first down but there was holding and they lost yardage instead, the defense won the play. If a running back made a 20 yard run on first and ten and the holding was 15 yards downfield, turning it into a 5 yard gain, that’s still a win for the offense. If the defense is penalized and it’s tacked on, again the net result is what is evaluated. The penalties I’ve listed negated the play entirely and are a “loss” for the penalized team and thus a win for their opponent. .
- If a penalty was not tacked onto a play, it’s a lost play for the team being penalized. I'll count them separate from the other plays from scrimmage because I don't know if the intended play before the penalty would have been a run or a pass - so i wouldn't know where to put it in the chart below.
- A turnover is, obviously, a win for the team that wound up with the ball.
- On a kick-off a touchback brings the ball out to the 25 yard line. Teams still seem to be trying to kick the ball into the end zone and avoid a runback if they can, so any kick-off that results in the receiving team starting between their goal line and their 25 is a win for the kicking team. Beyond that, the receiving team wins.
- On a punt, a touchback takes the ball out of the 20. So any punt that results in the other team taking over from their goal line to their 20 is a win for the punting team. If the next change in field position is at least 40 yards, the punting tam has also won the play.
- A successful place kick is, obviously, a win for the kicking team.
- Any play that results in a touchdown is, obviously, a win for that team that scores it.
- A “victory play” where a team accepts a loss just to let the clock run out, is a win for the offensive team.
I will indicate in parenthesis how many yards there were to go to get a new first down, (if other than 10), unless it was for no gain or negative yardage. If it was a touchdown, (“TD)” a scramble/sack (“S”) a victory play (“V”) or involved a penalty (P). I’ll treat a scramble or a sack as a passing play as the Cuse.com play by play now tells you when it’s either of those two. 1R means first down running plays. 1P means first down passing plays, etc.
When Syracuse had the ball:
KO: BC 25, BC 25, BC 25, BC 25, BC 20
Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 0
P: 52 to BC 18, 42 to BC 49, 48 to BC 26, 49 to BC 10
Total: Syracuse 4 Boston College 0
FG: Good from 47, Good from 30
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 0
XP: Goods, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 3 Boston College 0
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 14 Boston College 0
1r: 6, 3, 7, 7, 3, 12, 3, 1, 2, 2, -6, 15, 9
Total: Syracuse 6 Boston College 7
1p: 11, I, 12, 35(9), 9TD, I, -3, 6, I, 9, I, 7, 3(s), -1 9(5), I, I, 11, I
Total: Syracuse 8 Boston College 9
First Down Total: Syracuse 14 Boston College 16
2r: 0, 1(8), 2(7), 4, 0, 3(7), 1(6), -2, 0, -1, 2(1)
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 9
2p: 4(4), I, 9(7), I, 6(8), -1(s), -8(s), 2(1), 33(12), -10(s), 10(3s), I, 7(s)
Total: Syracuse 7 Boston College 6
Second Down Total: Syracuse 9 Boston College 15
3r: 1, -6, Fumble, 8(20), 4(5), 4(3), 8
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 5
3p: 2(7), 26TD, 16(5), 24(6), 0, -3, I, 85TD, 11(12), 6
Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 5
Third Down Total: Syracuse 7 Boston College 10
4r: 4(7), 2(1), 1(4), 8(13)
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 3
4p: I, 12(1)
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 1
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 4
Total on running plays: Syracuse 11 Boston College 24
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 21 Boston College 21
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 32 Boston College 45
Penalties not tacked on to plays: -5, -5, +5, +15, -5, -10 Syracuse 2 Boston College 4
Game total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 48 Boston College 49
When Boston College had the ball:
KO: SU 16, SU 25, SU 25, SU 12, SU 21, SU 25, SU 25, SU 25, SU 35, SU 25
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 9
P: 30 to SU 15, 44 to SU 40, 44 to SU 20
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 2
FG: Good from 21
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 1
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good, try for 2- No Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 7
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 3 Boston College 19
1r: 11, 7, 0, 11, 1, 3, 3, 4, 2, Fumble, 7, 5, 4, 0, 74TD, 9, 4, 4TD, 32, 9
Total: Syracuse 11 Boston College 21
1p: 13(5), 10, I, 64TD, 50TD
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 4
First Down Total: Syracuse 12 Boston College 26
2r: 3(9), 12(7), 29TD, 5(6), 4(3), 9(5), 2(6), 51TD, 5(1), 5(6), 2(1), 13(11),
Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 15
2p: I, 9, 15(2), Fumble
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 2
Second Down Total: Syracuse 7 Boston College 17
3r: 4(3), 9(1), 3(4), 2(1), 5(4), 0, 6(2), -1, 0, 0
Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 5
3p: 19(8), 28(7)
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 2
Third Down Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 7
4r: 3(1)
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 1
4p: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 1
Total on running plays: Syracuse 21 Boston College 42
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 3 Boston College 8
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 24 Boston College 50
Penalties not tacked on to plays: +15, -5 Syracuse 1 Boston College 1
Game total when Boston College had the ball: Syracuse 28 Boston College 70
Overall Game Total: Syracuse 76 Boston College 119
Comments: The defensive numbers are hardly a surprise to anyone who watched the game. Not only did we lose 50 of 74 plays from scrimmage but they also got the explosive plays: four 50 yard scoring plays in 10 plays from scrimmage to open the second quarter. They beat us play after play and made the big plays. You can’t beat that. It was like watching someone bowl: Dillon and Bailey were the bowling balls and our defenders were the pins. There were just 11 of them instead of 10. If they didn’t bowl a strike on the first play, they picked up plenty of spares.
But the offense also contributed. We were erratically productive but in the key stretch in the second quarter, we responded to the four 50 yarders with three consecutive three and outs, (actually the third ended in the fumble on third down). Add in the two plays before halftime and our last 11 plays from scrimmage of the half totaled -1 yard with a fumble.
In the first quarter, which we won 17-10, we were 9-4 in our plays from scrimmage and 11-14 against theirs. If we’d maintained our offensive productiveness, then the game would have bene a wild scoring duel. Instead, we completely failed to answer and the game became an embarrassing rout.
Tommy DeVito is running the ball more aggressively. Here are his sacks/scrambles, (marked with an “s”),: +3, -1, -8, -10, +10 +7. Four of six times he didn’t just get tangled up in the pocket and go down. He didn’t quite make it back to the line of scrimmage once and he made it past three times, two for substantial gains. He had ten other designed runs for 60 yards. That should open up things more the passing game moving forward. It may also slow down the pass rush.
I’d figure out the average starting points of drives but in this game, it really didn’t seem to matter. We were decent on third and fourth down: 9-14 on offense, 5-8 on defense. But the key was that we had 23 such plays and they only had 13. They didn’t need to make it on 3rd and 4th down because they’d already made it, often all the way into the end zone.
This was our worst performance of the year: 76-119 = -43. Maryland, believe it or not was only -30 and Clemson -36. Boston College beat us like we beat Holy Cross (110-67) .
GAME BY GAME and TOTALS FOR THE YEAR
When SYRACUSE had the ball:
KO: 4-0 + 4-0 + 3-0 + 7-1 + 4-1 + 1-2 + 5-0 + 3-1 + 5-0 = 36-5
P: 6-0 + 3-2 + 9-0 + 5-0 + 5-0 + 4-3 + 6-1 + 5-1 + 4-0 = 47-7
FG: 1-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 1-1 + 2-1 + 1-1 + 2-0 = 12-3
XP: 3-0 + 2-1 + 0-0 + 7-0 + 5-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 2-0 + 3-0 = 25-1
Kicking plays total: 14-0 + 9-3 + 14-0 + 20-1 + 16-1 + 7-6 + 15-2 + 11-3 + 14-0 = 120-16
1r: 5-13 + 8-3 + 4-7 + 9-16 + 8-5 + 2-11 + 5-8 + 8-13 + 6-7 = 55-83
1p: 3-8 + 10-10 + 6-9 + 6-5 + 7-9 + 11-8 + 3-17 + 5-7 + 8-9 = 59-82
First Down Total: 8-21 + 18-13 + 10-16 +15-21 + 15-14 + 13-19 + 8-25 + 13-20 + 14-16 = 114-165
2r: 10-1 + 3-4 + 5-8 + 5-7+ 7-5 + 4-7 + 0-2 + 6-5 + 2-9 = 42-48
2p: 6-10 + 6-8 + 2-8 + 11-6 + 8-4 + 8-6 + 11-13 + 7-9 + 7-6 = 66-70
Second Down Total: 16-11 + 9-12 + 7-16 + 16-13 + 15-9 + 12-13 + 11-15 + 13-14 + 9-15 = 108-118
3r: 5-5 + 3-4 + 2-5 + 3-3 + 2-3 + 2-2 + 1-1 + 4-2 + 2-5 = 24-30
3p: 4-5 + 2-5 + 2-10 + 5-5 + 3-8 + 3-9 + 5-10 + 8-9 + 5-5 = 37-66
Third Down Total: 9-10 + 5-9 + 4-15 + 8-8 + 5-11 + 5-11 + 6-11 + 12-11 + 7-10 = 61-96
4r: 2-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 1-2 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 1-3 = 8-7
4p: 0-1 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1= 1-1 = 1-9
Fourth Down Total: 2-2 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 1-0 + 1-2 + 1-1 + 2-0 + 0-1+ 2-4 = 9-16
Total on running plays: 22-20 + 14-11 + 11-21 +18-26 + 18-15 + 9-20 + 8-11 + 18-20 + 11-24 = 129-168
Total on passing plays: 13-24 + 18-26 + 10-29 + 22-16 + 18-21 + 22-24 + 19-40 + 20-26 + 21-21 = 163-227
Total on plays from scrimmage: 35-44 + 32-37 + 21-50 + 40-42 + 36-36 + 31-44 + 27-51 + 38-46 + 32-45 = 292-395
Penalties not tacked on to plays: 0-4 + 2-4 + 3-4 + 2-6 + 1-3 + 2-7 + 3-5 + 4-6 + 2-4 = 19-43
Game total when SYRACUSE had the ball: 49-48 + 43-44 + 38-54 + 62-49 + 53-40 + 40-57 + 45-58 + 53-55 + 48-49 = 431-454
When OPPONENT had the ball:
KO: 0-1 + 4-6 + 0-7 + 2-3 + 1-0 + 0-5 + 0-5 + 0-6 + 1-9 = 8-42
P: 2-6 + 2-1 + 3-3 + 1-3 + 5-5 + 1-4 + 2-5 + 2-3 + 1-2 = 19-32
FG: 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 = 1-10
XP: 0-0 + 0-9 + 0-5 + 1-4 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 1-4 + 1-7 = 3-33
Kicking plays total: 2-8 + 6-16 + 4-17 + 4-10 + 6-6 + 1-13 + 2-15 + 3-13 + 3-19 = 31-117
1r: 10-5 + 9-17 + 6-13 + 10-8 + 7-7 + 9-5 + 12-11 + 11-11+ 11-21 = 85-98
1p: 11-8 + 9-7 + 7-8 + 10-7 + 6-4 + 3-12 + 6-6 + 5-8 + 1-4 = 58-64
First Down Total: 21-13 + 18-24 + 13-21 + 20-15 + 13-11 + 12-17 + 18-17 + 16-19 + 12-25 = 143-162
2r: 5-2 + 5-7 + 1-6 + 2-6 + 8-3 + 6-7 + 5-6 + 4-10 + 5-15 = 41-62
2p: 12-6 + 6-7 + 9-7 + 9-7 + 9-3 + 6-1 + 10-5 + 7-6 + 2-2 = 70-44
Second Down Total: 17-8 + 11-14 + 10-13 + 11-13 + 17-6 + 12-8 + 15-11 + 11-16 + 7-17 = 111-106
3r: 5-1 + 0-4 + 1-2 + 2-2 + 3-0 + 1-2 + 1-3 + 1-4 + 5-5 = 19-23
3p: 8-2 + 4-7 + 8-3 + 7-5 + 11-3 + 10-2 + 9-8 + 6-4 + 0-2 = 63-36
Third Down Total: 13-3 + 4-11 + 9-5 + 9-7= 14-3 + 11-4 + 10-11 + 7-8 + 5-7 = 82-59
4r: 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-2 + 0-1 = 2-3
4p: 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 3-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 = 7-1
Fourth Down Total: 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 4-1 + 3-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-1 = 9-4
Total on running plays: 20-8 + 14-28 + 8-21 + 16-16 + 18-10 +16-14 + 18-20 + 16-27 + 21-42 = 147-186
Total on passing plays: 32-16 + 19-21 + 24-18 + 28-20 + 29-10 + 19-15 + 25-19 + 19-18 + 3-8 = 198-145
Total on plays from scrimmage: 52-24 + 33-49 + 32-39 + 44-36 + 47-20 + 35-29 + 43-39 + 35-45 + 24-50 = 345-331
Penalties not tacked on to plays: 1-4 + 0-3 + 3-3 + 3-4 + 4-1 + 2-1 + 2 -2 + 5-2 + 1-1 = 21-21
Game total when OPPONENT had the ball: 55-36 + 39-68 + 39-59 + 51-50 + 57-27 + 38-43 + 47-56 + 43-60 + 28-70 = 397-469
Overall game total: 104-84 + 82-112 + 77-113 + 113-99 + 110-67 + 78-100 + 92-114 + 96-115 +76-119 = 828-923
Comments: Overall, we are 292-395 on offensive plays from scrimmage, which reflects the problems we’ve had in our offensive line. That’s got to be turned around if we are to make something of this season. It may not seem like it but we are actually 345-331 on defensive plays from scrimmage. We are still strong on third and fourth down defense, (91-63) but have lost the knack we had of picking up first downs on such plays on offense, (70-112).
HISTORICAL WINNING PLAYS (Babers Era – game totals only)
2016
Syracuse 101 Colgate 74 = +27
Syracuse 99 Louisville 132 = -33
Syracuse 95 South Florida 116 = -21
Syracuse 91 Connecticut 99 = -8
Syracuse 98 Notre Dame 111 = -13
Syracuse 72 Wake Forest 101 = -29
Syracuse 103 Virginia Tech 104 = -1
Syracuse 93 Boston College 84 = +9
Syracuse 74 Clemson 120 = -46
Syracuse 71 North Carolina State 103 = -32
Syracuse 71 Florida State 120 = -49
Syracuse 107 Pittsburgh 118 = -11
TOTAL: Syracuse 1075 Opponent 1282 = -207 We 'won' 2 of 12 games.
2017
Syracuse 132 Central Connecticut 65 = +67
Syracuse 104 Middle Tennessee 98 = +6
Syracuse 107 Central Michigan 100 = +7
Syracuse 80 Louisiana State 103 = -23
Syracuse 93 North Carolina State 112 = -19
Syracuse 97 Pittsburgh 96 = +1
Syracuse 95 Clemson 97= -2
Syracuse 86 Miami 119 = -33
Syracuse 90 Florida State 108 = -18
Syracuse 120 Wake Forest 125 = -5
Syracuse 96 Louisville 100 = -4
Syracuse 77 Boston College 87 = -10
TOTAL: Syracuse 1177 Opponents 1210 = -33 We’ve ‘won’ 4 of12 games
2018
Syracuse 109 Western Michigan 96 = +13
Syracuse 139 Wagner 65 = +74
Syracuse 113 Florida State 77 = +36
Syracuse 109 Connecticut 83 = +26
Syracuse 86 Clemson 102= -16
Syracuse 99 Pittsburgh 97 = +2
Syracuse 113 North Carolina 115 = -2
Syracuse 113 North Carolina State 96 = +17
Syracuse 117 Wake Forest 107 = +10
Syracuse 124 Louisville 83 = +41
Syracuse 86 Notre Dame 99 = -13
Syracuse 110 Boston College 96 = +14
Syracuse 116 West Virginia 79 +37
TOTAL: Syracuse 1434 Opponents 1195 = +239 We ‘won’ 10 of 13 games
2019
Syracuse 104 Liberty 84 = +20
Syracuse 82 Maryland 112 = -30
Syracuse 77 Clemson 113 = -36
Syracuse 113 Western Michigan 99 =+14
Syracuse 110 Holy Cross 67 = +43
Syracuse 78 North Carolina State 100 = -22
Syracuse 92 Pittsburgh 114 = -22
Syracuse 96 Florida State 115 = -19
Syracuse 76 Boston College 119 = -43
Totals since 2016: Syracuse has won 4,514 plays, (49.5%) and 19 games, (41.3%). The opposition has won 4,610 plays and 27 games. They’ve obtained their goals on 96 more plays than we have in 46 games, an average of 2.1 plays a game.
- On first down, the offensive team wants to get at least a third of the way to a new first down: they will have two more plays before they might have to surrender the ball and if they gain that same amount of yards on each of those two plays, they’ll get the first down. If they don’t make it a third of the way to a new first down, the defense won the play.
- On second down, the offense wants to get at least halfway to a new first down by the same logic.
- On third and fourth down, they want to get the first down.
- Penalties, if added onto a play by the referees, are added on to the results above. If the offense gains 5 yards on first down but there was holding and they lost yardage instead, the defense won the play. If a running back made a 20 yard run on first and ten and the holding was 15 yards downfield, turning it into a 5 yard gain, that’s still a win for the offense. If the defense is penalized and it’s tacked on, again the net result is what is evaluated. The penalties I’ve listed negated the play entirely and are a “loss” for the penalized team and thus a win for their opponent. .
- If a penalty was not tacked onto a play, it’s a lost play for the team being penalized. I'll count them separate from the other plays from scrimmage because I don't know if the intended play before the penalty would have been a run or a pass - so i wouldn't know where to put it in the chart below.
- A turnover is, obviously, a win for the team that wound up with the ball.
- On a kick-off a touchback brings the ball out to the 25 yard line. Teams still seem to be trying to kick the ball into the end zone and avoid a runback if they can, so any kick-off that results in the receiving team starting between their goal line and their 25 is a win for the kicking team. Beyond that, the receiving team wins.
- On a punt, a touchback takes the ball out of the 20. So any punt that results in the other team taking over from their goal line to their 20 is a win for the punting team. If the next change in field position is at least 40 yards, the punting tam has also won the play.
- A successful place kick is, obviously, a win for the kicking team.
- Any play that results in a touchdown is, obviously, a win for that team that scores it.
- A “victory play” where a team accepts a loss just to let the clock run out, is a win for the offensive team.
I will indicate in parenthesis how many yards there were to go to get a new first down, (if other than 10), unless it was for no gain or negative yardage. If it was a touchdown, (“TD)” a scramble/sack (“S”) a victory play (“V”) or involved a penalty (P). I’ll treat a scramble or a sack as a passing play as the Cuse.com play by play now tells you when it’s either of those two. 1R means first down running plays. 1P means first down passing plays, etc.
When Syracuse had the ball:
KO: BC 25, BC 25, BC 25, BC 25, BC 20
Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 0
P: 52 to BC 18, 42 to BC 49, 48 to BC 26, 49 to BC 10
Total: Syracuse 4 Boston College 0
FG: Good from 47, Good from 30
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 0
XP: Goods, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 3 Boston College 0
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 14 Boston College 0
1r: 6, 3, 7, 7, 3, 12, 3, 1, 2, 2, -6, 15, 9
Total: Syracuse 6 Boston College 7
1p: 11, I, 12, 35(9), 9TD, I, -3, 6, I, 9, I, 7, 3(s), -1 9(5), I, I, 11, I
Total: Syracuse 8 Boston College 9
First Down Total: Syracuse 14 Boston College 16
2r: 0, 1(8), 2(7), 4, 0, 3(7), 1(6), -2, 0, -1, 2(1)
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 9
2p: 4(4), I, 9(7), I, 6(8), -1(s), -8(s), 2(1), 33(12), -10(s), 10(3s), I, 7(s)
Total: Syracuse 7 Boston College 6
Second Down Total: Syracuse 9 Boston College 15
3r: 1, -6, Fumble, 8(20), 4(5), 4(3), 8
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 5
3p: 2(7), 26TD, 16(5), 24(6), 0, -3, I, 85TD, 11(12), 6
Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 5
Third Down Total: Syracuse 7 Boston College 10
4r: 4(7), 2(1), 1(4), 8(13)
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 3
4p: I, 12(1)
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 1
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 4
Total on running plays: Syracuse 11 Boston College 24
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 21 Boston College 21
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 32 Boston College 45
Penalties not tacked on to plays: -5, -5, +5, +15, -5, -10 Syracuse 2 Boston College 4
Game total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 48 Boston College 49
When Boston College had the ball:
KO: SU 16, SU 25, SU 25, SU 12, SU 21, SU 25, SU 25, SU 25, SU 35, SU 25
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 9
P: 30 to SU 15, 44 to SU 40, 44 to SU 20
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 2
FG: Good from 21
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 1
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good, try for 2- No Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 7
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 3 Boston College 19
1r: 11, 7, 0, 11, 1, 3, 3, 4, 2, Fumble, 7, 5, 4, 0, 74TD, 9, 4, 4TD, 32, 9
Total: Syracuse 11 Boston College 21
1p: 13(5), 10, I, 64TD, 50TD
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 4
First Down Total: Syracuse 12 Boston College 26
2r: 3(9), 12(7), 29TD, 5(6), 4(3), 9(5), 2(6), 51TD, 5(1), 5(6), 2(1), 13(11),
Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 15
2p: I, 9, 15(2), Fumble
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 2
Second Down Total: Syracuse 7 Boston College 17
3r: 4(3), 9(1), 3(4), 2(1), 5(4), 0, 6(2), -1, 0, 0
Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 5
3p: 19(8), 28(7)
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 2
Third Down Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 7
4r: 3(1)
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 1
4p: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 1
Total on running plays: Syracuse 21 Boston College 42
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 3 Boston College 8
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 24 Boston College 50
Penalties not tacked on to plays: +15, -5 Syracuse 1 Boston College 1
Game total when Boston College had the ball: Syracuse 28 Boston College 70
Overall Game Total: Syracuse 76 Boston College 119
Comments: The defensive numbers are hardly a surprise to anyone who watched the game. Not only did we lose 50 of 74 plays from scrimmage but they also got the explosive plays: four 50 yard scoring plays in 10 plays from scrimmage to open the second quarter. They beat us play after play and made the big plays. You can’t beat that. It was like watching someone bowl: Dillon and Bailey were the bowling balls and our defenders were the pins. There were just 11 of them instead of 10. If they didn’t bowl a strike on the first play, they picked up plenty of spares.
But the offense also contributed. We were erratically productive but in the key stretch in the second quarter, we responded to the four 50 yarders with three consecutive three and outs, (actually the third ended in the fumble on third down). Add in the two plays before halftime and our last 11 plays from scrimmage of the half totaled -1 yard with a fumble.
In the first quarter, which we won 17-10, we were 9-4 in our plays from scrimmage and 11-14 against theirs. If we’d maintained our offensive productiveness, then the game would have bene a wild scoring duel. Instead, we completely failed to answer and the game became an embarrassing rout.
Tommy DeVito is running the ball more aggressively. Here are his sacks/scrambles, (marked with an “s”),: +3, -1, -8, -10, +10 +7. Four of six times he didn’t just get tangled up in the pocket and go down. He didn’t quite make it back to the line of scrimmage once and he made it past three times, two for substantial gains. He had ten other designed runs for 60 yards. That should open up things more the passing game moving forward. It may also slow down the pass rush.
I’d figure out the average starting points of drives but in this game, it really didn’t seem to matter. We were decent on third and fourth down: 9-14 on offense, 5-8 on defense. But the key was that we had 23 such plays and they only had 13. They didn’t need to make it on 3rd and 4th down because they’d already made it, often all the way into the end zone.
This was our worst performance of the year: 76-119 = -43. Maryland, believe it or not was only -30 and Clemson -36. Boston College beat us like we beat Holy Cross (110-67) .
GAME BY GAME and TOTALS FOR THE YEAR
When SYRACUSE had the ball:
KO: 4-0 + 4-0 + 3-0 + 7-1 + 4-1 + 1-2 + 5-0 + 3-1 + 5-0 = 36-5
P: 6-0 + 3-2 + 9-0 + 5-0 + 5-0 + 4-3 + 6-1 + 5-1 + 4-0 = 47-7
FG: 1-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 1-1 + 2-1 + 1-1 + 2-0 = 12-3
XP: 3-0 + 2-1 + 0-0 + 7-0 + 5-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 2-0 + 3-0 = 25-1
Kicking plays total: 14-0 + 9-3 + 14-0 + 20-1 + 16-1 + 7-6 + 15-2 + 11-3 + 14-0 = 120-16
1r: 5-13 + 8-3 + 4-7 + 9-16 + 8-5 + 2-11 + 5-8 + 8-13 + 6-7 = 55-83
1p: 3-8 + 10-10 + 6-9 + 6-5 + 7-9 + 11-8 + 3-17 + 5-7 + 8-9 = 59-82
First Down Total: 8-21 + 18-13 + 10-16 +15-21 + 15-14 + 13-19 + 8-25 + 13-20 + 14-16 = 114-165
2r: 10-1 + 3-4 + 5-8 + 5-7+ 7-5 + 4-7 + 0-2 + 6-5 + 2-9 = 42-48
2p: 6-10 + 6-8 + 2-8 + 11-6 + 8-4 + 8-6 + 11-13 + 7-9 + 7-6 = 66-70
Second Down Total: 16-11 + 9-12 + 7-16 + 16-13 + 15-9 + 12-13 + 11-15 + 13-14 + 9-15 = 108-118
3r: 5-5 + 3-4 + 2-5 + 3-3 + 2-3 + 2-2 + 1-1 + 4-2 + 2-5 = 24-30
3p: 4-5 + 2-5 + 2-10 + 5-5 + 3-8 + 3-9 + 5-10 + 8-9 + 5-5 = 37-66
Third Down Total: 9-10 + 5-9 + 4-15 + 8-8 + 5-11 + 5-11 + 6-11 + 12-11 + 7-10 = 61-96
4r: 2-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 1-2 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 1-3 = 8-7
4p: 0-1 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1= 1-1 = 1-9
Fourth Down Total: 2-2 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 1-0 + 1-2 + 1-1 + 2-0 + 0-1+ 2-4 = 9-16
Total on running plays: 22-20 + 14-11 + 11-21 +18-26 + 18-15 + 9-20 + 8-11 + 18-20 + 11-24 = 129-168
Total on passing plays: 13-24 + 18-26 + 10-29 + 22-16 + 18-21 + 22-24 + 19-40 + 20-26 + 21-21 = 163-227
Total on plays from scrimmage: 35-44 + 32-37 + 21-50 + 40-42 + 36-36 + 31-44 + 27-51 + 38-46 + 32-45 = 292-395
Penalties not tacked on to plays: 0-4 + 2-4 + 3-4 + 2-6 + 1-3 + 2-7 + 3-5 + 4-6 + 2-4 = 19-43
Game total when SYRACUSE had the ball: 49-48 + 43-44 + 38-54 + 62-49 + 53-40 + 40-57 + 45-58 + 53-55 + 48-49 = 431-454
When OPPONENT had the ball:
KO: 0-1 + 4-6 + 0-7 + 2-3 + 1-0 + 0-5 + 0-5 + 0-6 + 1-9 = 8-42
P: 2-6 + 2-1 + 3-3 + 1-3 + 5-5 + 1-4 + 2-5 + 2-3 + 1-2 = 19-32
FG: 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 = 1-10
XP: 0-0 + 0-9 + 0-5 + 1-4 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 1-4 + 1-7 = 3-33
Kicking plays total: 2-8 + 6-16 + 4-17 + 4-10 + 6-6 + 1-13 + 2-15 + 3-13 + 3-19 = 31-117
1r: 10-5 + 9-17 + 6-13 + 10-8 + 7-7 + 9-5 + 12-11 + 11-11+ 11-21 = 85-98
1p: 11-8 + 9-7 + 7-8 + 10-7 + 6-4 + 3-12 + 6-6 + 5-8 + 1-4 = 58-64
First Down Total: 21-13 + 18-24 + 13-21 + 20-15 + 13-11 + 12-17 + 18-17 + 16-19 + 12-25 = 143-162
2r: 5-2 + 5-7 + 1-6 + 2-6 + 8-3 + 6-7 + 5-6 + 4-10 + 5-15 = 41-62
2p: 12-6 + 6-7 + 9-7 + 9-7 + 9-3 + 6-1 + 10-5 + 7-6 + 2-2 = 70-44
Second Down Total: 17-8 + 11-14 + 10-13 + 11-13 + 17-6 + 12-8 + 15-11 + 11-16 + 7-17 = 111-106
3r: 5-1 + 0-4 + 1-2 + 2-2 + 3-0 + 1-2 + 1-3 + 1-4 + 5-5 = 19-23
3p: 8-2 + 4-7 + 8-3 + 7-5 + 11-3 + 10-2 + 9-8 + 6-4 + 0-2 = 63-36
Third Down Total: 13-3 + 4-11 + 9-5 + 9-7= 14-3 + 11-4 + 10-11 + 7-8 + 5-7 = 82-59
4r: 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-2 + 0-1 = 2-3
4p: 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 3-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 = 7-1
Fourth Down Total: 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 4-1 + 3-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-1 = 9-4
Total on running plays: 20-8 + 14-28 + 8-21 + 16-16 + 18-10 +16-14 + 18-20 + 16-27 + 21-42 = 147-186
Total on passing plays: 32-16 + 19-21 + 24-18 + 28-20 + 29-10 + 19-15 + 25-19 + 19-18 + 3-8 = 198-145
Total on plays from scrimmage: 52-24 + 33-49 + 32-39 + 44-36 + 47-20 + 35-29 + 43-39 + 35-45 + 24-50 = 345-331
Penalties not tacked on to plays: 1-4 + 0-3 + 3-3 + 3-4 + 4-1 + 2-1 + 2 -2 + 5-2 + 1-1 = 21-21
Game total when OPPONENT had the ball: 55-36 + 39-68 + 39-59 + 51-50 + 57-27 + 38-43 + 47-56 + 43-60 + 28-70 = 397-469
Overall game total: 104-84 + 82-112 + 77-113 + 113-99 + 110-67 + 78-100 + 92-114 + 96-115 +76-119 = 828-923
Comments: Overall, we are 292-395 on offensive plays from scrimmage, which reflects the problems we’ve had in our offensive line. That’s got to be turned around if we are to make something of this season. It may not seem like it but we are actually 345-331 on defensive plays from scrimmage. We are still strong on third and fourth down defense, (91-63) but have lost the knack we had of picking up first downs on such plays on offense, (70-112).
HISTORICAL WINNING PLAYS (Babers Era – game totals only)
2016
Syracuse 101 Colgate 74 = +27
Syracuse 99 Louisville 132 = -33
Syracuse 95 South Florida 116 = -21
Syracuse 91 Connecticut 99 = -8
Syracuse 98 Notre Dame 111 = -13
Syracuse 72 Wake Forest 101 = -29
Syracuse 103 Virginia Tech 104 = -1
Syracuse 93 Boston College 84 = +9
Syracuse 74 Clemson 120 = -46
Syracuse 71 North Carolina State 103 = -32
Syracuse 71 Florida State 120 = -49
Syracuse 107 Pittsburgh 118 = -11
TOTAL: Syracuse 1075 Opponent 1282 = -207 We 'won' 2 of 12 games.
2017
Syracuse 132 Central Connecticut 65 = +67
Syracuse 104 Middle Tennessee 98 = +6
Syracuse 107 Central Michigan 100 = +7
Syracuse 80 Louisiana State 103 = -23
Syracuse 93 North Carolina State 112 = -19
Syracuse 97 Pittsburgh 96 = +1
Syracuse 95 Clemson 97= -2
Syracuse 86 Miami 119 = -33
Syracuse 90 Florida State 108 = -18
Syracuse 120 Wake Forest 125 = -5
Syracuse 96 Louisville 100 = -4
Syracuse 77 Boston College 87 = -10
TOTAL: Syracuse 1177 Opponents 1210 = -33 We’ve ‘won’ 4 of12 games
2018
Syracuse 109 Western Michigan 96 = +13
Syracuse 139 Wagner 65 = +74
Syracuse 113 Florida State 77 = +36
Syracuse 109 Connecticut 83 = +26
Syracuse 86 Clemson 102= -16
Syracuse 99 Pittsburgh 97 = +2
Syracuse 113 North Carolina 115 = -2
Syracuse 113 North Carolina State 96 = +17
Syracuse 117 Wake Forest 107 = +10
Syracuse 124 Louisville 83 = +41
Syracuse 86 Notre Dame 99 = -13
Syracuse 110 Boston College 96 = +14
Syracuse 116 West Virginia 79 +37
TOTAL: Syracuse 1434 Opponents 1195 = +239 We ‘won’ 10 of 13 games
2019
Syracuse 104 Liberty 84 = +20
Syracuse 82 Maryland 112 = -30
Syracuse 77 Clemson 113 = -36
Syracuse 113 Western Michigan 99 =+14
Syracuse 110 Holy Cross 67 = +43
Syracuse 78 North Carolina State 100 = -22
Syracuse 92 Pittsburgh 114 = -22
Syracuse 96 Florida State 115 = -19
Syracuse 76 Boston College 119 = -43
Totals since 2016: Syracuse has won 4,514 plays, (49.5%) and 19 games, (41.3%). The opposition has won 4,610 plays and 27 games. They’ve obtained their goals on 96 more plays than we have in 46 games, an average of 2.1 plays a game.
