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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: Lou 23, Lou 25, Lou 25, SU 28, Lou 35, Lou 40, Lou 31
Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 4
P: 27 to LOU 40, 27 to Lou 40, 41 to Lou 6, 39 to Lou 10
Total: Syracuse 2 Louisville 2
FG: Good from 33, Good from 46
Total: Syracuse 2 Louisville 0
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 4 Louisville 0
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 11 Louisville 6
1r: 12, 9, 6, 5, 1, 7, 2, 6, 4, 4, 1, 8, 4, 0, 13, 45TD, 33, 14(p), 16TD, 6, 3, 1, 5, 3, 0, 0, 7
Total: Syracuse 18 Louisville 9
1p: 11, I, 9, 20TD, I, 6, 11, 12, 81
Total: Syracuse 7 Louisville 2
First Down Total: Syracuse 25 Louisville 11
2r: 0, 6(5), -1, 0, 3(9), 1(3), 1(8), 3(4), 4(4), 8(6), 5(9), 7(2), 18(14), 1, -2, -1, 1394), 1, -9(p), 3(3)
Total: Syracuse 8 Louisville 12
2p: 7(1), I, 48(6), -10(s), 9TD, 3(3)
Total: Syracuse 4 Louisville 2
Second Down Total: Syracuse 12 Louisville 14
3r: 2(4), 7(2), 12(6), 1(2), 1(1)
Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 2
3p: -2, 2, I, -8(s), I, 6(6), 8(8), I, 3(16)
Total: Syracuse 2 Louisville 7
Third Down Total: Syracuse 5 Louisville 9
4r: 1(1)
Total: Syracuse 1 Louisville 0
4p: I, 12(18)
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 2
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 1 Louisville 2
Total on running plays: Syracuse 30 Louisville 23
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 13 Louisville 13
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 43 Louisville 36
Penalties not tacked on to plays: +10, -10, -5, -5, -5, -5, -5 Syracuse 1 Louisville 6
Game total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 43 Louisville 36
When Louisville had the ball:
KO: SU 48, SU 25, SU 25, SU 36, SU 36, SU 42, SU 37, SU 37, SU 18
Total: Syracuse 6 Louisville 3
P: Recovered Fumble, 52 to SU 1, 36 to SU 16
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 3
FG: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 0
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good, Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 8
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 6 Louisville 14
1r: 2, 8, 3, 1, 8, 9, 8, 21, 2, 4, 10, -1, 9, 8, 12, 44TD, -1, 3, 4, 8, 4
Total: Syracuse 7 Louisville 14
1p: 7, 27, 29TD, 12, 12, I, 28TD, I, 12TD, I, Interception
Total: Syracuse 4 Louisville 7
First Down Total: Syracuse 11 Louisville 21
2r: 10(3), 1(2), 7TD, 1(9), 0, 3(8), 8(11), 20(10), -3, 7, 8(11), 7(7), 7(6),47(2),
Total: Syracuse 4 Louisville 10
2p: 9(8), I, 90TD, I, I, 14(6)
Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 3
Second Down Total: Syracuse 7 Louisville 13
3r: 3(1), 11(2), 20TD, 19(3), 4(1), 20(13), 9(3)
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 7
3p: I, I, 3(2), 12(18)
Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 1
Third Down Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 8
4r: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 0
4p: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 0
Total on running plays: Syracuse 11 Louisville 31
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 10 Louisville 11
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 21 Louisville 42
Penalties not tacked on to plays: -5, -15, -15 Syracuse 0 Louisville 3
Game total when Louisville had the ball: Syracuse 30 Louisville 56
Overall game total: Syracuse 85 Louisville 104
Comments: Our special teams advantage has eroded. Four of our 7 kickoffs wound up with the other team starting past their 25 yard line. Sterling Hofrichter’s first two punts went 27 yards to the Louisville 40. Sean Riley fumbled a punt and passed on fielding another ball that put us in a big hole. Somehow, (thank you Jawhar Jordan), we still had an advantage in average starting position (32-28) and yards to go (889 vs. 932 = +43). But we failed to take advent age of it.
We were great on first down, (25-11, including 18-9 on running plays), which tells us a lot about how our offensive line has improved and about how bad the Louisville defense is. But our success eroded on second down (12-14, 8-12 on runs) and third down 5-9, (which actually isn’t bad). And, of course we had real problems in the red zone, especially in the fourth quarter. Louisville had success on every down (21-11 on first, 13-7 on second and 8-3 on third), except fourth down. They only faced three fourth downs and punted on each – and they got the ball back on the first one due to Riley’s fumble.
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 + 5-3 + 3-4 = 44-12
P: 6-0 + 3-2 + 9-0 + 5-0 + 5-0 + 4-3 + 6-1 + 5-1 + 4-0 + 3-4 + 2-2 = 52-13
FG: 1-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 1-1 + 2-1 + 1-1 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 = 14-3
XP: 3-0 + 2-1 + 0-0 + 7-0 + 5-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 2-0 + 3-0 + 7-0 + 4-0 = 36-1
Kicking plays total: 14-0 + 9-3 + 14-0 + 20-1 + 16-1 + 7-6 + 15-2 + 11-3 + 14-0 + 15-7 + 11-6 = 146-29
1r: 5-13 + 8-3 + 4-7 + 9-16 + 8-5 + 2-11 + 5-8 + 8-13 + 6-7 + 16-7 + 18-9 = 89-99
1p: 3-8 + 10-10 + 6-9 + 6-5 + 7-9 + 11-8 + 3-17 + 5-7 + 8-9 + 1-3 + 7-2 = 67-87
First Down Total: 8-21 + 18-13 + 10-16 +15-21 + 15-14 + 13-19 + 8-25 + 13-20 + 14-16 + 17-10 + 25-11 = 156-186
2r: 10-1 + 3-4 + 5-8 + 5-7+ 7-5 + 4-7 + 0-2 + 6-5 + 2-9 + 9-5 + 8-12 = 59-65
2p: 6-10 + 6-8 + 2-8 + 11-6 + 8-4 + 8-6 + 11-13 + 7-9 + 7-6 + 2-3 + 4-2 = 72-75
Second Down Total: 16-11 + 9-12 + 7-16 + 16-13 + 15-9 + 12-13 + 11-15 + 13-14 + 9-15 + 11-8 + 12-14 = 131-140
3r: 5-5 + 3-4 + 2-5 + 3-3 + 2-3 + 2-2 + 1-1 + 4-2 + 2-5 + 1-3 + 3-2 = 28-35
3p: 4-5 + 2-5 + 2-10 + 5-5 + 3-8 + 3-9 + 5-10 + 8-9 + 5-5 + 3-5 + 2-7 = 42-78
Third Down Total: 9-10 + 5-9 + 4-15 + 8-8 + 5-11 + 5-11 + 6-11 + 12-11 + 7-10 + 4-8 + 5-9 = 70-113
4r: 2-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 1-2 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 1-3 + 1-0 + 1-0 = 10-7
4p: 0-1 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1= 1-1 + 0-0 + 0-2 = 1-11
Fourth Down Total: 2-2 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 1-0 + 1-2 + 1-1 + 2-0 + 0-1+ 2-4 + 1-0 + 1-2 = 11-18
Total on running plays: 22-20 + 14-11 + 11-21 +18-26 + 18-15 + 9-20 + 8-11 + 18-20 + 11-24 + 27-15 + 30-23 = 186-206
Total on passing plays: 13-24 + 18-26 + 10-29 + 22-16 + 18-21 + 22-24 + 19-40 + 20-26 + 21-21 + 6-11 + 13-13 = 182-251
Total on plays from scrimmage: 35-44 + 32-37 + 21-50 + 40-42 + 36-36 + 31-44 + 27-51 + 38-46 + 32-45 + 33-26 + 43-36 = 368-457
Penalties not tacked on to plays: 0-4 + 2-4 + 3-4 + 2-6 + 1-3 + 2-7 + 3-5 + 4-6 + 2-4 + 0-1 + 1-6 = 20-50
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 + 48-34 + 55-48 = 534-536
When OPPONENT had the ball:
KO: 0-1 + 4-6 + 0-7 + 2-3 + 1-0 + 0-5 + 0-5 + 0-6 + 1-9 + 0-3 + 6-3 = 14-48
P: 2-6 + 2-1 + 3-3 + 1-3 + 5-5 + 1-4 + 2-5 + 2-3 + 1-2 + 2-4 + 0-3 = 21-39
FG: 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-2 + 0-0 = 2-12
XP: 0-0 + 0-9 + 0-5 + 1-4 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 1-4 + 1-7 + 0-0 + 0-8 = 3-41
Kicking plays total: 2-8 + 6-16 + 4-17 + 4-10 + 6-6 + 1-13 + 2-15 + 3-13 + 3-19 + 3-9 + 6-14 = 40-140
1r: 10-5 + 9-17 + 6-13 + 10-8 + 7-7 + 9-5 + 12-11 + 11-11 + 11-21 + 11-6 + 7-14 = 103-118
1p: 11-8 + 9-7 + 7-8 + 10-7 + 6-4 + 3-12 + 6-6 + 5-8 + 1-4 + 9-8 + 4-7 = 71-79
First Down Total: 21-13 + 18-24 + 13-21 + 20-15 + 13-11 + 12-17 + 18-17 + 16-19 + 12-25 + 20-14 + 11-21 = 174-197
2r: 5-2 + 5-7 + 1-6 + 2-6 + 8-3 + 6-7 + 5-6 + 4-10 + 5-15 + 4-11 + 4-10 = 49-83
2p: 12-6 + 6-7 + 9-7 + 9-7 + 9-3 + 6-1 + 10-5 + 7-6 + 2-2 + 10-2 + 3-3 = 83-49
Second Down Total: 17-8 + 11-14 + 10-13 + 11-13 + 17-6 + 12-8 + 15-11 + 11-16 + 7-17 + 14-13 + 7-13 = 132-132
3r: 5-1 + 0-4 + 1-2 + 2-2 + 3-0 + 1-2 + 1-3 + 1-4 + 5-5 + 6-2 + 0-7 = 25-32
3p: 8-2 + 4-7 + 8-3 + 7-5 + 11-3 + 10-2 + 9-8 + 6-4 + 0-2 + 9-3 + 3-1 = 75-40
Third Down Total: 13-3 + 4-11 + 9-5 + 9-7= 14-3 + 11-4 + 10-11 + 7-8 + 5-7 + 15-5 + 3-8 = 100-72
4r: 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-2 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 0-0 = 3-3
4p: 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 3-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 0-0 = 9-2
Fourth Down Total: 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 4-1 + 3-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-1 + 3-1 + 0-0 = 12-5
Total on running plays: 20-8 + 14-28 + 8-21 + 16-16 + 18-10 +16-14 + 18-20 + 16-27 + 21-42 + 22-19 + 11-31 = 180-236
Total on passing plays: 32-16 + 19-21 + 24-18 + 28-20 + 29-10 + 19-15 + 25-19 + 19-18 + 3-8 + 30-14 + 10-11 = 238-170
Total on plays from scrimmage: 52-24 + 33-49 + 32-39 + 44-36 + 47-20 + 35-29 + 43-39 + 35-45 + 24-50 + 52-33 + 21-42 = 418-406
Penalties not tacked on to plays: 1-4 + 0-3 + 3-3 + 3-4 + 4-1 + 2-1 + 2 -2 + 5-2 + 1-1 + 4-2 + 3-0 = 28-23
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 + 59-44 + 30-56 = 486-569
Overall game total: 104-84 + 82-112 + 77-113 + 113-99 + 110-67 + 78-100 + 92-114 + 96-115 +76-119 + 107-78 + 85-104 = 1020-1105
Comments: Overall, we are 368-457 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 – and maybe it finally is happening. It may not seem like it but we are actually 418-406 on defensive plays from scrimmage. We are still pretty good on third and fourth down defense, (112-77) but have lost the knack we had of picking up first downs on such plays on offense, (81-131). We need to avoid having to pass the ball on fourth down (1-11).
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
Syracuse 107 Duke 78 = +29
Syracuse 85 Louisville 104
Totals since 2016: Syracuse has won 4,706 plays, (49.5%) and 20 games, (42.6%). The opposition has won 4,792 plays and 28 games. They’ve obtained their goals on 86 more plays than we have in 48 games, an average of 1.8 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: Lou 23, Lou 25, Lou 25, SU 28, Lou 35, Lou 40, Lou 31
Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 4
P: 27 to LOU 40, 27 to Lou 40, 41 to Lou 6, 39 to Lou 10
Total: Syracuse 2 Louisville 2
FG: Good from 33, Good from 46
Total: Syracuse 2 Louisville 0
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 4 Louisville 0
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 11 Louisville 6
1r: 12, 9, 6, 5, 1, 7, 2, 6, 4, 4, 1, 8, 4, 0, 13, 45TD, 33, 14(p), 16TD, 6, 3, 1, 5, 3, 0, 0, 7
Total: Syracuse 18 Louisville 9
1p: 11, I, 9, 20TD, I, 6, 11, 12, 81
Total: Syracuse 7 Louisville 2
First Down Total: Syracuse 25 Louisville 11
2r: 0, 6(5), -1, 0, 3(9), 1(3), 1(8), 3(4), 4(4), 8(6), 5(9), 7(2), 18(14), 1, -2, -1, 1394), 1, -9(p), 3(3)
Total: Syracuse 8 Louisville 12
2p: 7(1), I, 48(6), -10(s), 9TD, 3(3)
Total: Syracuse 4 Louisville 2
Second Down Total: Syracuse 12 Louisville 14
3r: 2(4), 7(2), 12(6), 1(2), 1(1)
Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 2
3p: -2, 2, I, -8(s), I, 6(6), 8(8), I, 3(16)
Total: Syracuse 2 Louisville 7
Third Down Total: Syracuse 5 Louisville 9
4r: 1(1)
Total: Syracuse 1 Louisville 0
4p: I, 12(18)
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 2
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 1 Louisville 2
Total on running plays: Syracuse 30 Louisville 23
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 13 Louisville 13
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 43 Louisville 36
Penalties not tacked on to plays: +10, -10, -5, -5, -5, -5, -5 Syracuse 1 Louisville 6
Game total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 43 Louisville 36
When Louisville had the ball:
KO: SU 48, SU 25, SU 25, SU 36, SU 36, SU 42, SU 37, SU 37, SU 18
Total: Syracuse 6 Louisville 3
P: Recovered Fumble, 52 to SU 1, 36 to SU 16
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 3
FG: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 0
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good, Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 8
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 6 Louisville 14
1r: 2, 8, 3, 1, 8, 9, 8, 21, 2, 4, 10, -1, 9, 8, 12, 44TD, -1, 3, 4, 8, 4
Total: Syracuse 7 Louisville 14
1p: 7, 27, 29TD, 12, 12, I, 28TD, I, 12TD, I, Interception
Total: Syracuse 4 Louisville 7
First Down Total: Syracuse 11 Louisville 21
2r: 10(3), 1(2), 7TD, 1(9), 0, 3(8), 8(11), 20(10), -3, 7, 8(11), 7(7), 7(6),47(2),
Total: Syracuse 4 Louisville 10
2p: 9(8), I, 90TD, I, I, 14(6)
Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 3
Second Down Total: Syracuse 7 Louisville 13
3r: 3(1), 11(2), 20TD, 19(3), 4(1), 20(13), 9(3)
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 7
3p: I, I, 3(2), 12(18)
Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 1
Third Down Total: Syracuse 3 Louisville 8
4r: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 0
4p: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 0 Louisville 0
Total on running plays: Syracuse 11 Louisville 31
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 10 Louisville 11
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 21 Louisville 42
Penalties not tacked on to plays: -5, -15, -15 Syracuse 0 Louisville 3
Game total when Louisville had the ball: Syracuse 30 Louisville 56
Overall game total: Syracuse 85 Louisville 104
Comments: Our special teams advantage has eroded. Four of our 7 kickoffs wound up with the other team starting past their 25 yard line. Sterling Hofrichter’s first two punts went 27 yards to the Louisville 40. Sean Riley fumbled a punt and passed on fielding another ball that put us in a big hole. Somehow, (thank you Jawhar Jordan), we still had an advantage in average starting position (32-28) and yards to go (889 vs. 932 = +43). But we failed to take advent age of it.
We were great on first down, (25-11, including 18-9 on running plays), which tells us a lot about how our offensive line has improved and about how bad the Louisville defense is. But our success eroded on second down (12-14, 8-12 on runs) and third down 5-9, (which actually isn’t bad). And, of course we had real problems in the red zone, especially in the fourth quarter. Louisville had success on every down (21-11 on first, 13-7 on second and 8-3 on third), except fourth down. They only faced three fourth downs and punted on each – and they got the ball back on the first one due to Riley’s fumble.
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 + 5-3 + 3-4 = 44-12
P: 6-0 + 3-2 + 9-0 + 5-0 + 5-0 + 4-3 + 6-1 + 5-1 + 4-0 + 3-4 + 2-2 = 52-13
FG: 1-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 1-1 + 2-1 + 1-1 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 = 14-3
XP: 3-0 + 2-1 + 0-0 + 7-0 + 5-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 2-0 + 3-0 + 7-0 + 4-0 = 36-1
Kicking plays total: 14-0 + 9-3 + 14-0 + 20-1 + 16-1 + 7-6 + 15-2 + 11-3 + 14-0 + 15-7 + 11-6 = 146-29
1r: 5-13 + 8-3 + 4-7 + 9-16 + 8-5 + 2-11 + 5-8 + 8-13 + 6-7 + 16-7 + 18-9 = 89-99
1p: 3-8 + 10-10 + 6-9 + 6-5 + 7-9 + 11-8 + 3-17 + 5-7 + 8-9 + 1-3 + 7-2 = 67-87
First Down Total: 8-21 + 18-13 + 10-16 +15-21 + 15-14 + 13-19 + 8-25 + 13-20 + 14-16 + 17-10 + 25-11 = 156-186
2r: 10-1 + 3-4 + 5-8 + 5-7+ 7-5 + 4-7 + 0-2 + 6-5 + 2-9 + 9-5 + 8-12 = 59-65
2p: 6-10 + 6-8 + 2-8 + 11-6 + 8-4 + 8-6 + 11-13 + 7-9 + 7-6 + 2-3 + 4-2 = 72-75
Second Down Total: 16-11 + 9-12 + 7-16 + 16-13 + 15-9 + 12-13 + 11-15 + 13-14 + 9-15 + 11-8 + 12-14 = 131-140
3r: 5-5 + 3-4 + 2-5 + 3-3 + 2-3 + 2-2 + 1-1 + 4-2 + 2-5 + 1-3 + 3-2 = 28-35
3p: 4-5 + 2-5 + 2-10 + 5-5 + 3-8 + 3-9 + 5-10 + 8-9 + 5-5 + 3-5 + 2-7 = 42-78
Third Down Total: 9-10 + 5-9 + 4-15 + 8-8 + 5-11 + 5-11 + 6-11 + 12-11 + 7-10 + 4-8 + 5-9 = 70-113
4r: 2-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 1-2 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 1-3 + 1-0 + 1-0 = 10-7
4p: 0-1 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1= 1-1 + 0-0 + 0-2 = 1-11
Fourth Down Total: 2-2 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 1-0 + 1-2 + 1-1 + 2-0 + 0-1+ 2-4 + 1-0 + 1-2 = 11-18
Total on running plays: 22-20 + 14-11 + 11-21 +18-26 + 18-15 + 9-20 + 8-11 + 18-20 + 11-24 + 27-15 + 30-23 = 186-206
Total on passing plays: 13-24 + 18-26 + 10-29 + 22-16 + 18-21 + 22-24 + 19-40 + 20-26 + 21-21 + 6-11 + 13-13 = 182-251
Total on plays from scrimmage: 35-44 + 32-37 + 21-50 + 40-42 + 36-36 + 31-44 + 27-51 + 38-46 + 32-45 + 33-26 + 43-36 = 368-457
Penalties not tacked on to plays: 0-4 + 2-4 + 3-4 + 2-6 + 1-3 + 2-7 + 3-5 + 4-6 + 2-4 + 0-1 + 1-6 = 20-50
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 + 48-34 + 55-48 = 534-536
When OPPONENT had the ball:
KO: 0-1 + 4-6 + 0-7 + 2-3 + 1-0 + 0-5 + 0-5 + 0-6 + 1-9 + 0-3 + 6-3 = 14-48
P: 2-6 + 2-1 + 3-3 + 1-3 + 5-5 + 1-4 + 2-5 + 2-3 + 1-2 + 2-4 + 0-3 = 21-39
FG: 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-2 + 0-0 = 2-12
XP: 0-0 + 0-9 + 0-5 + 1-4 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 1-4 + 1-7 + 0-0 + 0-8 = 3-41
Kicking plays total: 2-8 + 6-16 + 4-17 + 4-10 + 6-6 + 1-13 + 2-15 + 3-13 + 3-19 + 3-9 + 6-14 = 40-140
1r: 10-5 + 9-17 + 6-13 + 10-8 + 7-7 + 9-5 + 12-11 + 11-11 + 11-21 + 11-6 + 7-14 = 103-118
1p: 11-8 + 9-7 + 7-8 + 10-7 + 6-4 + 3-12 + 6-6 + 5-8 + 1-4 + 9-8 + 4-7 = 71-79
First Down Total: 21-13 + 18-24 + 13-21 + 20-15 + 13-11 + 12-17 + 18-17 + 16-19 + 12-25 + 20-14 + 11-21 = 174-197
2r: 5-2 + 5-7 + 1-6 + 2-6 + 8-3 + 6-7 + 5-6 + 4-10 + 5-15 + 4-11 + 4-10 = 49-83
2p: 12-6 + 6-7 + 9-7 + 9-7 + 9-3 + 6-1 + 10-5 + 7-6 + 2-2 + 10-2 + 3-3 = 83-49
Second Down Total: 17-8 + 11-14 + 10-13 + 11-13 + 17-6 + 12-8 + 15-11 + 11-16 + 7-17 + 14-13 + 7-13 = 132-132
3r: 5-1 + 0-4 + 1-2 + 2-2 + 3-0 + 1-2 + 1-3 + 1-4 + 5-5 + 6-2 + 0-7 = 25-32
3p: 8-2 + 4-7 + 8-3 + 7-5 + 11-3 + 10-2 + 9-8 + 6-4 + 0-2 + 9-3 + 3-1 = 75-40
Third Down Total: 13-3 + 4-11 + 9-5 + 9-7= 14-3 + 11-4 + 10-11 + 7-8 + 5-7 + 15-5 + 3-8 = 100-72
4r: 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-2 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 0-0 = 3-3
4p: 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 3-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 0-0 = 9-2
Fourth Down Total: 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 4-1 + 3-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-1 + 3-1 + 0-0 = 12-5
Total on running plays: 20-8 + 14-28 + 8-21 + 16-16 + 18-10 +16-14 + 18-20 + 16-27 + 21-42 + 22-19 + 11-31 = 180-236
Total on passing plays: 32-16 + 19-21 + 24-18 + 28-20 + 29-10 + 19-15 + 25-19 + 19-18 + 3-8 + 30-14 + 10-11 = 238-170
Total on plays from scrimmage: 52-24 + 33-49 + 32-39 + 44-36 + 47-20 + 35-29 + 43-39 + 35-45 + 24-50 + 52-33 + 21-42 = 418-406
Penalties not tacked on to plays: 1-4 + 0-3 + 3-3 + 3-4 + 4-1 + 2-1 + 2 -2 + 5-2 + 1-1 + 4-2 + 3-0 = 28-23
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 + 59-44 + 30-56 = 486-569
Overall game total: 104-84 + 82-112 + 77-113 + 113-99 + 110-67 + 78-100 + 92-114 + 96-115 +76-119 + 107-78 + 85-104 = 1020-1105
Comments: Overall, we are 368-457 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 – and maybe it finally is happening. It may not seem like it but we are actually 418-406 on defensive plays from scrimmage. We are still pretty good on third and fourth down defense, (112-77) but have lost the knack we had of picking up first downs on such plays on offense, (81-131). We need to avoid having to pass the ball on fourth down (1-11).
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
Syracuse 107 Duke 78 = +29
Syracuse 85 Louisville 104
Totals since 2016: Syracuse has won 4,706 plays, (49.5%) and 20 games, (42.6%). The opposition has won 4,792 plays and 28 games. They’ve obtained their goals on 86 more plays than we have in 48 games, an average of 1.8 plays a game.
