Winning Plays- Georgia Tech

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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 25 yard run on first and ten and the holding was 20 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 team 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.

I have decided to list the “Big Plays” at the bottom of each team’s summary. A big play is a play from scrimmage of over 20 yards, (or 20+ yards lost), kickoff returns of +25 yards, punt returns of +20, blocked kicks, missed kicks, and takeovers on fumbles, interceptions and downs.

When Syracuse had the ball:

Drive Starts: SU38, SU36, GT39, SU9, SU27, SU29, GT41, GT18, SU26, SU35, SU25 = 427/11 = SU39 with 673 yards to go (+130)

KO: GT25, GT20, GT25, GT27, GT25
Total: Syracuse 4 Georgia Tech 1
P: 43 to GT18, 41 to GT33, 41 to GT21
Total: Syracuse 3 Georgia Tech 0
FG: Good from 44, No Good from 50
Total: Syracuse 1 Georgia Tech 1
XP: Good, No Good, Try for 2- No Good
Total: Syracuse 1 Georgia Tech 2
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 9 Georgia Tech 4

1r: 3, 6, -1, 3, 0, 1, 6, 6, 4TD, 2, 6(7), 1, 3, 10, 23, 2TD
Total: Syracuse 8 Georgia Tech 8
1p: 4, 7, 5, 2, 0, 7, 12, 0, Interception
Total: Syracuse 5 Georgia Tech 4
First Down Total: Syracuse 12 Georgia Tech 12
2r: 4(7), 7(4), 7(6), 6(3), 7(31), 3(12), -2, -1v, 17(4p), 11, 11(15), 4(8), 4(3), 0, 17
Total: Syracuse 12 Georgia Tech 3
2p: 7(5), -1, 6(9), -6
Total: Syracuse 2 Georgia Tech 2
Second Down Total: Syracuse 14 Georgia Tech 5
3r: 2(3), 0, 2(9), 9(12), 21(4), 3(40, 1TD, 2(3), 4(13)
Total: Syracuse 2 Georgia Tech 7
3p: 5
Total: Syracuse 0 Georgia Tech 1
Third Down Total: Syracuse 2 Georgia Tech 8
4r: 4(1), 0, 2(1)
Total: Syracuse 2 Georgia Tech 1
4p: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Georgia Tech 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 2 Georgia Tech 1

Total on running plays: Syracuse 24 Georgia Tech 19
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 7 Georgia Tech 7
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 31 Georgia Tech 26

Penalties not tacked on to plays: -10, -15, -5, -5, +15 Syracuse 1 Georgia Tech 4

Game total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 41 Georgia Tech 34

Big Plays: Interception, 21 yard run, Fumble recovered, 53 yard punt return, 23 yard run (5)


When Georgia Tech had the ball:

Drive Starts: GT25, GT20, GT18, GT32, GT33, SU30, GT25, GT32, GT27, GT21, GT25, SU31 = 397/12 = SU 33 with 803 yards to go (-130)

KO: SU38, SU9(p), SU27, fumble recovered by GT, SU29, SU25
Total: Syracuse 3 Georgia Tech 3
P: 39 to SU 36, -11 to GT18, 37 to SU26, 39 to SU35
Total: Syracuse 4 Georgia Tech 0
FG: Good from 22
Total: Syracuse 0 Georgia Tech 1
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 0 Georgia Tech 4
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 7 Georgia Tech 8

1r: 3, -1, 2, 4, 1, 10, 3, 11, 3, 5, 17, 0, 30TD, Fumble, 1, 5, 2, 3, 6, 11, 8, 4, 1, 12(p), -1v
Total: Syracuse 13 Georgia Tech 12
1p: 15, 6
Total: Syracuse 0 Georgia Tech 2
First Down Total: Syracuse 13 Georgia Tech 14
2r: 14(7), 6(6), 8(9), 15(5p), 4(2), 5(4), 4(2), 19TD, 17(9p)
Total: Syracuse 0 Georgia Tech 9
2p: 8(11), 9(8), I, Interception, 53TD, I, 1, 4(9), 2(4), I, 1(8)
Total: Syracuse 7 Georgia Tech 4
Second Down Total: Syracuse 7 Georgia Tech 13
3r: 0, 3(2), 2(7)
Total: Syracuse 2 Georgia Tech 1
3p: 15(3), 4(9), 14(7), 7(9), -6(s)
Total: Syracuse 4 Georgia Tech 2
Third Down Total: Syracuse 6 Georgia Tech 3
4r: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Georgia Tech 0
4p: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Georgia Tech 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 0 Georgia Tech 0

Total on running plays: Syracuse 15 Georgia Tech 22
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 11 Georgia Tech 8
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 26 Georgia Tech 30

Penalties not tacked on to plays: -5, +6, -5 Syracuse 2 Georgia Tech 1

Game total when Georgia Tech had the ball: Syracuse 35 Georgia Tech 39

Big Plays: 53 TD pass, Fumble on KO recovered, 30TD run, Interception

Overall Game Total: Syracuse 76 Georgia Tech 73


Comments: This was only the 5th time in the Babers era where we won the plays but lost the points. The other were Middle Tennessee in 2017, Pittsburgh in 2018, Wake Forest in 2021 and Minnesota in last year’s Pinstripe bowl.

We had a significant advantage in field position in this game but could not take advantage of it. Tech punted four times and each one turned out to be favorable for us, the first time that stat had been a shut out all season.

Second down runs: 12-3 on ours and 0-9 on theirs. Defenses are geared to the run on first down but have to beginning to worry about the pass on second down.

This was a +3 game, (76-73). These are the most similar games of the Dino Babers Era:
2016 Syracuse 103 Virginia Tech 104 = -1 We won 31-17
2017 Syracuse 104 Middle Tennessee 98 = +6 We lost 23-30
2017 Syracuse 107 Central Michigan 100 = +7 We won 41-17
2017 Syracuse 97 Pittsburgh 96 = +1 We won 27-24
2018 Syracuse 99 Pittsburgh 97 = +2 We lost 37-44 in OT
2019 Syracuse 118 Wake Forest 111 = +7 We won 39-30 in OT
2020 Syracuse 108 Georgia Tech 102 = +6 We won 37-20
2021 Syracuse 86 Boston College 79 = +7 We won 21-6
2022 Syracuse 99 Purdue 92 = +7 We won 32-29
2023 Syracuse 80 Pittsburgh 73 = +7 We won 28-13
We’ve never broke even in plays won in a Dino Babers game. When we won the plays, we tend to win the game as well, even if it’s close.

 

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TOTALS FOR THE YEAR

When SYRACUSE had the ball:

Drive Starts:
564/14 = SU 40 with 836 yards to go (+365)
301/12 = SU 25 with 899 yards to go (-15)
326/12 = SU 27 with 874 yards to go (-99)
443/12 = SU 37 with 757 yards to go (+77)
347/14 = SU 24 with 1,053 yards to go (-213)
268/11 = SU 24 with 832 yards to go (-133)
300/14 = SU 21 with 1,100 yards to go (-189)
295/12 = SU 25 with 905 yards to go (-87)
408/12 = SU 34 with 792 yards to go (+48)
342/11 = SU 31 with 758 yards to go (+112)
427/11 = SU 39 with 673 yards to go (+130)
4,021/135 = SU 30 with 9,479 yards to go (-4)

KO: 11-0 + 6-1 + 6-0 + 6-1 + 3-0 + 2-0 + 2-0 + 3-0 + 2-1 + 5-0 + 4-1 = 50-4
P: 1-0 + 4-0 + 1-2 + 3-0 + 4-1 + 5-1 + 5-3 + 6-3 + 4-1 + 2-2 + 3-0 = 38-13
FG: 1-0 + 2-0 + 0-1 + 3-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-1 + 1-0 + 1-1 + 0-1 + 1-1 = 10-6
XP: 8-1 + 6-0 + 5-0 + 2-1 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 4-0 + 1-2 = 31-4
Kicking plays total: 21-1 + 18-1 + 12-3 + 14-2 + 9-2 + 8-1 + 7-4 + 11-3 + 8-3 + 11-3 + 9-4 = 129-27

1r: 14-14 + 7-11 + 12-9 + 10-7 + 4-7 + 7-6 + 6-11 + 4-8 + 6-8 + 17-11 + 8-8 = 95-100
1p: 11-3 + 7-9 + 4-9 + 9-2 + 2-12 + 5-4 + 3-6 + 3-5 + 3-6 + 0-1 + 5-4 = 52-61
First Down Total: 25-17 + 14-20 + 16-18 + 19-9 + 6-19 + 12-10 + 9-17 + 7-13 + 9-14 + 17-12 + 13-12 = 147-161
2r: 12-5 + 8-3 + 5-4 + 10-6 + 8-4 + 5-2 + 6-6 + 2-2 + 4-5 + 13-6 + 12-3 = 85-46
2p: 7-5 + 5-9 + 7-6 + 3-2 + 7-3 + 6-6 + 1-8 + 5-5 + 3-4 + 2-3 + 2-2 = 48-53
Second Down Total: 19-10 + 13-12 + 12-10 + 13-8 + 15-7 + 11-8 + 7-14 + 7-7 + 7-9 + 15-9 + 14-5 = 133-99
3r: 4-2 + 2-1 + 5-0 + 0-4 + 6-2 + 2-3 + 2-2 + 0-1 + 3-3 + 8-5 + 2-7 = 34-30
3p: 7-4 + 5-5 + 2-5 + 3-4 + 3-6 + 2-3 + 4-13 + 0-8 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 0-1 = 26-55
Third Down Total: 11-6 + 7-6 + 7-5 + 3-8 + 9-8 + 4-6 + 6-15 + 0-9 + 3-6 + 8-8 + 2-8 = 60-85
4r: 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 3-1 + 2-1 = 6-4
4p: 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 = 1-3
Fourth Down Total: 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-1 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 3-1 + 2-1 = 6-7

Total on running plays: 30-22 + 17-15 + 22-13 + 20-18 + 18-13 + 14-11 + 15-19 + 6-11 + 13-16 + 41-23 + 24-19 = 220-180
Total on passing plays: 25-12 + 17-23 + 13-21 + 16-8 + 12-22 + 13-13 + 8-28 + 8-18 + 6-13 + 2-7 + 7-7 = 127-172
Total on plays from scrimmage: 55-34 + 34-38 + 35-34 + 36-26 + 30-35 + 27-24 + 23-47 + 14-29 + 19-29 + 43-30 + 31-26 = 347-352

Penalties not tacked on to plays: 0-2 + 4-4 + 6-1 + 0-2 + 3-2 + 0-4 + 0-2 + 0-4 + 1-6 + 1-3 + 1-4 = 16-34

Game total when SYRACUSE had the ball: 76-37 + 56-43 + 53-38 + 50-30 + 42-39 + 35-29 + 31-53 + 25-36 + 28-38 + 55-36 + 41-34 = 492-413

Big Plays: 12 + 8 + 13 + 8 + 5 + 3 + 7 + 2 + 5 + 8 + 5 = 76


When OPPONENT had the ball:

Drive Starts:
399/16 = Colgate 25 with 1,201 yards to go (-365)
316/12 = W Michigan 26 with 884 yards to go (+15)
325/11 = Purdue 30 with 775 yards to go (+99)
266/11 = Army 24 with 834 yards to go (-77)
560/14 = Clemson 40 with 840 yards to go (+213)
301/10 = North Carolina 30 with 699 yards to go (+133)
489/14 = Florida State 35 with 911 yards to go (+189)
382/12 = Virginia Tech 32 with 818 yards to go (+87)
360/12 = Boston College 30 with 840 yards to go (-48)
330/12 = Pittsburgh 27.5 with 870 yards to go (-112)
397/12 = Georgia Tech 33 with 803 yards to go (-130)
4,125/136 = Opposition 30 with 9,475 yards to go (+4)

KO: 0-1 + 2-0 + 0-4 + 1-3 + 0-6 + 0-8 + 0-8 + 0-8 + 1-3 + 0-3 + 3-3 = 7-47
P: 3-6 + 1-5 + 0-2 + 2-3 + 1-5 + 0-1 + 0-4 + 1-2 + 3-2 + 0-5 + 4-0 = 15-35
FG: 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-1 + 0-4 + 0-2 + 0-5 + 0-1 + 0-2 + 0-1 = 1-17
XP: 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 1-1 + 0-4 + 0-4 + 0-5 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-1 + 0-4 = 1-28
Kicking plays total: 3-7 + 3-6 + 0-9 + 4-8 + 2-16 + 0-17 + 0-19 + 1-18 + 4-8 + 0-11 + 7-8 = 24-127

1r: 14-6 + 13-1 + 9-9 + 7-7 + 9-9 + 7-7 + 5-12 + 7-16 + 10-10 + 5-6 + 13-12 = 99-95
1p: 1-1 + 6-5 + 9-11 + 8-3 + 6-6 + 10-20 + 5-9 + 10-3 + 8-10 + 6-4 + 0-2 = 69-74
First Down Total: 15-7 + 19-6 + 18-20 + 15-10 + 15-15 + 17-27 + 10-21 + 17-19 + 18-20 + 11-10 + 13-14 = 168-169
2r: 3-3 + 2-4 + 3-4 + 4-8 + 3-7 + 4-14 + 2-6 + 8-13 + 5-11 + 4-5 + 0-9 = 38-84
2p: 9-3 + 9-10 + 8-9 + 5-4 + 9-5 + 8-6 + 9-5 + 1-4 + 9-6 + 3-5 + 7-4 = 77-61
Second Down Total: 12-6 + 11-14 + 11-13 + 9-12 + 12-12 + 12-20 + 11-11 + 9-17 + 14-17 + 7-10 + 7-13 = 115-145
3r: 4-2 + 2-1 + 3-1 + 4-8 + 1-4 + 4-6 + 1-5 + 2-6 + 5-10 + 1-0 + 2-1 = 29-44
3p: 9-1 + 11-5 + 4-3 + 2-3 + 5-6 + 4-5 + 4-7 + 5-3 + 5-0 + 5-4 + 4-2 = 58-39
Third Down Total: 13-3 + 13-6 + 7-4 + 6-11 + 6-10 + 8-11 + 5-12 + 7-9 + 10-10 + 6-4 + 6-3 = 87-83
4r: 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-3 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 1-3 + 0-1 + 0-0 = 3-7
4p: 1-0 + 4-1 + 2-1 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0= 11-2
Fourth Down Total: 1-0 + 4-1 + 3-1 + 1-3 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 1-3 + 0-1 + 0-0 = 14-9

Total on running plays: 21-11 + 17-6 + 16-14 + 15-26 + 13-20 + 15-27 + 9-23 + 17-35 + 21-34 + 10-12 + 15-22 = 169-230
Total on passing plays: 20-5 + 30-21 + 23-24 + 16-10 + 21-17 + 23-31 + 19-21 + 16-10 + 22-16 + 14-13 + 11-8 = 215-176
Total on plays from scrimmage: 41-16 + 47-27 + 39-38 + 31-36 + 34-37 + 38-58 + 28-44 + 43-50 + 24-25 + 26-30 = 384-406

Penalties not tacked on to plays: 6-2 + 3-0 + 4-3 + 2-0 + 3-4 + 3-2 + 2-0 + 2-2 + 0-1 + 1-1 + 2-1 = 28-16

Game total when OPPONENT had the ball: 50-25 + 53-33 + 43-50 + 37-44 + 39-57 + 41-77 + 30-63 + 36-65 + 47-59 + 25-37 + 35-39 = 436-549

Big Plays: 4 + 3 + 7 + 4 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 6 + 6 + 4 + 4 = 61

Overall Game Totals:
126-62 + 109-76 + 96-88 + 87-74 + 81-96 + 76-106 + 61-116 + 61-101 + 75-97 + 80-73 + 76-73 = 928-962

Comments: Through 11 games, even with all the strategies about when to defer, when to punt and the various turnovers, etc, there’s been no net difference between where we get the ball and how far we have to score or even the number of possessions.

We’ve kicked the ball 156 times and got what we wanted out of it 129 times, (83%). Our opposition has kicked the ball just 151 times and got what they wanted 127 times, (84%).

Big plays often decide games but were +15 there and are 5-6 on the season. There weren’t enough big plays in the games we’ve played for them to be decisive. It’s hard to win if the other team is dominating the incremental but consistent plays, (consistently good rather than occasionally great)

Go figure: we are 95-100 on first down runs on offense but 85-46 on second down runs. Defensively we are 99-95 on first down runs but 38-84 on second down runs. I guess defenses are more ready for first down runs and have to think about the pass more on second down.

We’re also pretty good at stopping third and fourth down passes, 69-41. Those are two very good downs to dominate. But we are 32-51 against the run on those downs.

Our best to worst plays on offense:
2nd down runs 85-46
4th down runs (6-4)
3rd down runs (34-30)
1st down runs (95-100)
2nd down passes: 48-53)
1st down passes (52-61)
3rd down passes (26-55)
4th down passes (1-3)

Defense:
4th down passes (11-2)
3rd down passes (58-39)
2nd down passes (77-61)
1st down runs (99-95)
1st down passes (69-74)
3rd down runs (29-44)
4th down runs (3-7)
2nd down runs (38-84)

I don’t think we faced a lot of really good passers this year. I know we didn’t have very many of them, either.

 

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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 ‘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
Syracuse 107 Duke 78 = +29
Syracuse 85 Louisville 104 = -19
Syracuse 118 Wake Forest 111 = +7
TOTAL: Syracuse 1138 Opponents 1216 = -78 We ‘won’ 5 of 12 games

2020
Syracuse 70 North Carolina 114 = -44
Syracuse 78 Pittsburgh 89 = -11
Syracuse 108 Georgia Tech 102 = +6
Syracuse 79 Duke 114 = -35
Syracuse 77 Liberty 93 = -16
Syracuse 72 Clemson 112 = -40
Syracuse 76 Wake Forest 99 = -23
Syracuse 68 Boston College 96 = -28
Syracuse 76 Louisville 81 = -5
Syracuse 76 North Carolina State 108 = -32
Syracuse 82 Notre Dame 100 = -18
TOTAL: Syracuse 862 Opponents 1108 = -248 We ‘won’ 1 of 11 games

2021
Syracuse 86 Ohio U. 63 = +23
Syracuse 64 Rutgers 101 = -37
Syracuse 103 Albany 69 = +34
Syracuse 79 Liberty 83 = -4
Syracuse 79 Florida State 90 = -11
Syracuse 102 Wake Forest 92 = +10
Syracuse 79 Clemson 99 = -20
Syracuse 90 Virginia Tech 94 = -4
Syracuse 86 Boston College 79 = +7
Syracuse 56 Louisville 91 = -35
Syracuse 65 North Carolina State 88 = -23
Syracuse 67 Pittsburgh 95 = -28
TOTAL: Syracuse 956 opponents 1044 = -88 We ‘won’ 4 of 12 games

2022
Syracuse 92 Louisville 73 = +19
Syracuse 96 Connecticut 59 = +37
Syracuse 99 Purdue 92 = +7
Syracuse 88 Virginia 99 = -11
Syracuse 103 Wagner 28 = +75
Syracuse 89 North Carolina State 65 = +24
Syracuse 77 Clemson 102 = -25
Syracuse 66 Notre Dame 113 = -47
Syracuse 66 Pittsburgh 95 = -29
Syracuse 59 Florida State 100 = -41
Syracuse 82 Wake Forest 114 = -32
Syracuse 107 Boston College 79 = +28
Syracuse 85 Minnesota 84 = +1 We ‘won’ 7 of 13 games
TOTAL: Syracuse 1,109 opponents 1,103 = +6

2023
Syracuse 126 Colgate 62 = +64
Syracuse 109 Western Michigan 76 = +33
Syracuse 96 Purdue 88 = +8
Syracuse 87 Army 74 = +13
Syracuse 81 Clemson 95 = -14
Syracuse 76 North Carolina 106 = -30
Syracuse 61 Florida State 116 = -55
Syracuse 61 Virginia Tech 101 = -40
Syracuse 75 Boston College 97 = -21
Syracuse 80 Pittsburgh 73 = +7
Syracuse 76 Georgia Tech 73 = +3 We’ve ‘won’ 6 of 11 games.
TOTAL: Syracuse 928 Opponents 961 = -33
Totals since 2016: Syracuse has won 10,012 plays, [Dino finally for to 10,000 plays won!] (48.9%) and 38 games, (39.2%). The opposition has won 10,474 plays, (yes we’ve now seen over 10,000 plays not go our way in the Babers Era) and 59 games. They’ve obtained their goals on 462 more plays than we have in 97 games, an average of 4.8 plays a game.