Winning Plays vs. BC and season summary

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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.

THE BOSTON COLLEGE GAME

When Syracuse had the ball:

KO: BC 27, BC 23, BC 31
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 2
P: 44 to BC 27, 40 to BC 21, 29 to BC 20, 36 to BC 5, 39 to BC 15
Total: Syracuse 5 Boston College 0
FG: No Good from 50
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 1
XP: Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 0
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 8 Boston College 3

1r: 5, 13, 0, 3, 3, 7, 2, 8, 28, 2, 15, 3, 13, 6, -2, 6
Total: Syracuse 9 Boston College 7
1p: 3, 37TD, 3, 44, 17TD, INT, 11, 9, 8, 18, I, 7, 4
Total: Syracuse 9 Boston College 4
First Down Total: Syracuse 18 Boston College 11
2r: 1(2), 1(5), 4(7), 3(7), 4(2), 10(2), -2
Total: Syracuse 3 Boston College 4
2p: I, I, FUM-TD, 12(8), 14(1), I, 22, I, I, -2, 17(4)
Total: Syracuse 4 Boston College 7
Second Down Total: Syracuse 7 Boston College 11
3r: 9(4), -3, 10(4), 1(2)
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 2
3p: 3(6), 24, I, 8(7), -9(s), 6(7), I, I
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 6
Third Down Total: Syracuse 4 Boston College 8
4r: 3, 0, FUM
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 3
4p: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 3

Total on running plays: Syracuse 14 Boston College 16
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 15 Boston College 17
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 29 Boston College 33

Penalties not tacked on to plays: -5 Syracuse 0 Boston Colleges 1

Game total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 37 Boston College 37

Comments: We had four explosive plays and score don one of them. We finally got a defensive turnover: the first since the LSU game. Then we gave it right back to them with an interception. We’d been 15-1 on fourth down runs. We were 0-3 in this game, including Chris Elmore getting pancaked.


When Boston College had the ball

KO: SU 21, SU 35, SU 8, SU 25, SU 25, SU 25, SU 41
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 5
P: 32 to SU 8
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 1
FG: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 0
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 0 Boston College 6
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 12

1r: 4, -7, 22TD, 4, -1, 5, 3, 3, 64TD, 3, FUM, 3, 5, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1TD, 18, 2, 3, 34, 9, 3, 5, -2, 2, -5, 3
Total: Syracuse 18 Boston College 11
1p: I, 7
Total: Syracuse 1 Boston College 1
First Down Total: Syracuse 19 Boston College 12
2r: 0, 1(6), 4(6), 5(11), 4(5), 3(7), 8(7), 3(5), 5(7), 3(1), 6(5), 6(8), 6(15), 1(7)
Total: Syracuse 6 Boston College 8
2p: -8(P), 5(25), 50(3), 13(7), 22(13), 17(8), 8(9), 19, 18(8), I, 46TD, 26(12)
Total: Syracuse 3 Boston College 9
Second Down Total: Syracuse 9 Boston College 17
3r: 8TD, 15(1), 0, 2(1), 0, 4(2), 1, 3
Total: Syracuse 4 Boston College 4
3p: 20, 13, 15(20), 8(6), I, 22(8)
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 4
Third Down Total: Syracuse 6 Boston College 8
4r: 0, -3
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 0
4p: 8(5), I, -7(S)
Total: Syracuse 2 Boston College 1
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 4 Boston College 1

Total on running plays: Syracuse 30 Boston College 23
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 8 Boston College 15
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 38 Boston College 38

Penalties not tacked on to plays: none Syracuse 0 Boston College 0

Game total when Boston College had the ball: Syracuse 40 Boston College 50

Overall Game Total: Syracuse 77 Boston College 87

Comments: I know it looked like the Eagles were flying past our defenders on every play but we actually did a pretty job defending against them, especially on first down runs. Once again the problem was explosive plays: 9 of them for 3 of their scores. That and the fact that our famous third and fourth down defense continued its late-season absence: they converted 10 times.

This was a -10 game, (we won 77 plays and lost 87). Here are the closest games to that margin we’ve had since I began keeping track of this back in 2011:
2011 Syracuse 74 Louisville 83 = -9 We lost 10-27
2012 Syracuse 105 Northwestern 116 = -11 We lost 41-42
2012 Syracuse 82 Minnesota 95 = -13 We lost 10-17
2014 Syracuse 91 Villanova 103 = -12 We won 27-26 in OT
2014 Syracuse 92 N C State 101 = -9 We lost 17-24
2015 Syracuse 84 Central Michigan 91 = -7 We won 30-27 in OT
2016 Syracuse 91 Connecticut 99 = -8 We won 31-24
2016 Syracuse 98 Notre Dame 111 = -13 We lost 33-50
2016 Syracuse 107 Pittsburgh 118 = -11 We lost 61-76

We can win games like this but it’s hard to do.

 

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GAME BY GAME and TOTALS FOR THE YEAR

When SYRACUSE had the ball:

KO: 8-2 + 5-1 + 5-2 + 3-2 + 2-2 + 5-1 +3-3 + 4-2 + 4-1 + 7-1 + 2-1 + 1-2 = 49-20
P: 3-0 + 4-1 + 7-0 + 6-1 + 3-1 + 4-1 +2-2 + 1-2 + 4-2 + 3-0 + 5-1 + 5-0= 47-11
FG: 3-1 + 3-1 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 1-1 + 2-0 +2-0 + 4-0 + 1-2 + 2-2 + 1-0 + 0-1 = 22-8
XP: 5-1 + 2-0 + 5-0 + 3-0 + 3-0 + 3-0 +3-0 + 1-0 + 3-0 + 5-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 = 36-1
Kicking plays total: 19-4 + 14-3 + 19-2 + 13-3 + 9-4 + 14-2 + 10-5 + 10-4 + 12-5 + 17-3 + 9-2 + 8-3 = 154-40

1r: 11-11 + 8-14 + 9-14 + 3-8 + 3-7 + 10-11 + 11-9 + 8-13 + 11-10 + 6-4 + 15-7 + 9-7 = 104-115
1p: 17-6 + 9-7 + 4-6 + 12-10 + 9-12 + 6-10 + 7-9 + 4-11 + 9-5 + 19-15 + 6-7 + 9-4 = 111-102
First Down Total: 28-17 + 17-21+ 13-20 + 15-18 + 12-19 + 16-21 + 18-18 + 12-24 + 20-15 + 25-19 + 21-14 + 18-11 = 215-217
2r: 6-5 + 3-5 + 6-6 + 0-4 + 2-7 + 4-5 + 7-7 + 9-8 + 2-6 + 5-5 + 9-7 + 3-4 = 56-69
2p: 7-9 + 8-12 + 6-7 + 8-14 + 8-8 + 13-7 + 4-8 + 3-12 + 9-15 + 9-13 + 5-8 + 4-7 = 84-120
Second Down Total: 13-14 + 11-17 +12-13 + 8-18 + 10-15 +17-12 + 11-15 + 12-20 + 11-21 + 14-18 + 14-15 + 7-11 = 140-189
3r: 3-3 + 6-4 + 3-5 + 3-4 + 2-4 + 4-4 + 6-2 + 6-2 + 4-5 + 3-3 + 2-3 + 2-2 = 44-41
3p: 8-5 + 3-8 + 4-7 + 5-7 + 5-6 + 3-8 + 3-8 + 6-10 + 7-10 + 4-8 + 1-6 + 2-6 = 51-89
Third Down Total: 11-8 + 9-12 + 7-12 + 8-11 + 7-10 + 7-12 + 9-10 + 12-12 + 11-15 + 7-11 + 3-9 + 4-8 = 95-130
4r: 0-0 + 3-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 3-0 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 0-3 = 15-4
4p: 1-0 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 2-1 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-1 + 2-2 + 0-1 + 0-0 = 6-11
Fourth Down Total: 1-0 + 3-2 + 1-0 + 2-1 + 3-1 + 3-2 + 2-0 + 1-1 + 1-2 + 3-2 + 1-1 + 0-3 = 21-15

Total on running plays: 20-19 + 20-23 + 19-25 + 8-16 + 8-18 + 21-20 + 26-18 + 24-23 + 17-22 + 15-12 + 27-17 + 14-16 = 219-229
Total on passing plays: 33-20 + 20-29 + 14-20 + 25-32 + 24-27 + 22-27 + 14-25 + 13-34 + 26-31 + 34-38 + 12-22 + 15-17 = 252-322
Total on plays from scrimmage: 53-39 + 40-52 + 33-45 + 33-48 + 32-45 + 43-47 + 40-43 + 37-57 + 43-53 + 49-50 + 39-39 + 29-33 = 471-551

Penalties not tacked on to plays: 3-2 + 3-2 + 3-4 + 3-4 + 3-7 + 4-6 + 7-10 + 2-1 + 2-1 + 3-1 + 2-7 + 0-1= 35-46

Game total when SYRACUSE had the ball: 75-45 + 57-57 + 55-51 + 49-55 + 44-56 + 61-55 + 57-58 + 49-62 + 57-59 + 69-54 + 50-48 + 37-37= 660-637

Comment: We have a winning record on offense because we are +114 on kicking plays. We can put the “foot” in football. But we are -80 on plays from scrimmage. We think of ourselves as a passing team but we’ve actually done better on running plays (219-229) than passing plays (252-322).

Offensive productivity is based on several factors. “Winning Plays” measures how consistently you move the ball, which tends to be based on dominating the line of scrimmage and efficient quarterbacking. Related to that but not precisely the same are 3rd and 4th down conversions, which allow you to keep the ball. Then there are explosive plays which do more than just “win the play. Then there are turnovers, effective place-kicking, punting and kick-offs and their coverage, which determine how far you have to go to score. Then there are punt and kick-off returns, which determine the same thing and actually capable of producing scores themselves. So are blocked kicks, (we had one against Wake, but it wasn’t enough.) Finally there is “stringing it together”, a baseball term treating to hits. It’s great to have good plays but having them in a row, uninterrupted by serious errors is what spins yards into gold.

We did a good job of competing this year, play to play. But we had trouble stringing successful plays together, didn’t have nearly as many explosive plays as our opposition and just couldn’t avoid or produce turnovers. We wound up -12 in turnovers, (by comparison the 2001 SU team that was out-gain but went 10-3 was +15). My final count of explosive plays is 55 by Syracuse for 12 TDs vs. 65 by our opponents for 26 TDs. So it also matters just how explosive your explosive plays are: Our guys are getting caught or headed off at the pass: their band plays when their guys get loose. In the first 9 games, we actually had more explosive plays: 42-36, but for fewer touchdowns (9-14) . In the last three we had 13 Eps to 29 which produced only 3 scores to 12 for our opponents.


When OPPONENT had the ball:

KO: 2-0 + 2-3 + 3-1 + 1-6 + 3-4 + 0-4 + 2-3 + 2-4 + 1-5 + 4-7 + 4-5 + 2-5 = 26-47
P: 9-3 + 2-5 + 0-10 + 2-3 + 1-3 + 2-4 + 1-4 + 2-4 + 2-7 + 3-1 + 0-3 + 0-1 = 24-48
FG: 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-3 + 2-1 + 0-2 + 0-2 + 0-3 + 0-0 + 0-0 = 3-14
XP: 0-1 + 0-4 + 0-2 + 0-5 + 1-3 + 0-2 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 1-6 + 0-8 + 0-6 = 2-46
Kicking plays total: 11-4 + 4-12 + 3-14 + 3-14 + 6-12 + 2-13 + 5-11 + 4-13 + 3-17 + 8-17 + 4-16 + 2-12 = 55-155

1r: 8-4 + 11-8 + 12-8 + 8-11 + 13-12 + 7-6 + 6-6 + 3-8 + 4-13 + 8-15 + 8-12 + 18-11 = 106-114
1p: 7-2 + 8-5 + 11-6 + 5-4 + 8-6 + 5-9 + 6-7 + 13-9 + 3-5 + 10-11 + 5-7 + 1-1 = 82-72
First Down Total: 15-6 + 19-13 + 23-14 + 13-15 + 21-18 + 12-15 + 12-13 + 16-17 + 7-18 + 18-26 + 13-19 + 19-12 = 188-186
2r: 6-3 + 6-4 + 4-5 + 3-9 + 5-7 + 5-3 + 4-1 + 3-11 + 7-7 + 5-10 + 8-7+ 6-8 = 62-75
2p: 7-3 + 6-8 + 11-6 + 6-2 + 4-12 + 5-5 + 5-10 + 4-11 + 3-2 + 5-6 + 5-0 + 3-9 = 64-74
Second Down Total: 13-6 + 12-12 + 15-11 + 9-11 + 9-19 + 10-8 + 9-11 + 7-22 + 10-9 + 10-16 + 13-7 + 9-17 = 126-149
3r: 7-0 + 3-0 + 1-4 + 1-3 + 1-3 + 3-1 + 3-1 + 4-2 + 5-1 + 4-3 + 3-2 + 4-4 = 39-24
3p: 8-1 + 6-3 + 8-3 + 5-4 + 7-1 + 7-2 + 6-1 + 4-2 + 7-1 + 4-5 + 5-6 + 2-4 = 69-33
Third Down Total: 15-1 + 9-3 + 9-7 + 6-7 + 8-4 + 10-3 + 9-2 + 8-4 + 12-2 + 8-8 + 8-8 + 6-8 = 108-57
4r: 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-2 + 0-1 + 2-0 = 5-3
4p: 0-1 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 2-1 = 7-5
Fourth Down Total: 0-1 + 1-0 + 1-1 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-2 + 2-2 + 4-1 = 12-8

Total on running plays: 21-7 + 20-12 + 18-17 + 12-23 + 21-22 + 15-10 + 13-8 + 10-21 + 16-21 + 17-30 + 19-22 + 30-23 = 212-216
Total on passing plays: 22-7 + 21-16 + 30-16 + 16-10 + 19-19 + 17-16 + 18-18 + 22-22 + 13-9 + 19-22 + 17-14+ 8-15 = 222-184
Total on plays from scrimmage: 43-14 + 41-28 + 48-33 + 28-33 + 40-41 + 32-26 + 31-26 +32-43 + 29-30 + 36-52 + 36-36 + 38-38 = 434-400

Penalties not tacked on to plays: 3-2 + 2-1 + 1-2 + 0-1 + 3-3 + 2-2 + 2-2 + 1-1 + 1-2 + 7-2 + 6-0 + 0-0 = 28-18

Game total when OPPONENT had the ball: 57-20 + 47-41 + 52-49 + 31-48 + 49-56 + 36-41 + 38-39 + 37-57 + 33-49 + 51-71 + 46-52 + 40-50 = 517-573

Overall Game Total: 132-65 + 104-98 + 107-100 + 80-103+ 93-112 + 97-96 + 95-97 + 86-119 + 90-108 +120-125 + 96-100 + 77-87 = 1177-1210

Comment: I know we’ve been clobbered on the scoreboard the last three weeks but we got the minimum we would want to have achieved in 293 of 605 plays (48%).


Here’s a comparison of this year and last in all these categories:

When Syracuse had the ball:

KO: 2016: 29-29 .500 2017: 49-20 .710 = +.210
P: 2016: 53-27 .663 2017: 47-11 .810 = +.147
FG: 2016: 10-8 .555 2017: 22-8 .733 = +.178
XP: 2016: 36-4 .900 2017: 36-1 .973 = +.073
Kicking plays total: 2016: 128-68 .653 2017: 154-40 .794 = +.141

1r: 2016: 73-124 .371 2017: 104-115 .475 = +.104
1p: 2016: 105-109 .491 2017: 111-102 .498 = +.007
First Down Total: 2016: 178-233 .435 2017: 215-217 .498 = +.063
2r: 2016: 67-87 .435 2017: 56-69 .448 = +.013
2p: 2016: 87-86 .503 2017: 84-120 .412 = -.091
Second Down Total: 2016: 154-173 .471 2017: 140-189 .426 = -.045
3r: 2016: 28-34 .452 2017: 44-41 .518 = +.066
3p: 2016: 64-82 .438 2017: 51-89 .364 = -.074
Third Down Total: 2016: 92-116 .442 2017: 95-130 .422 = -.020
4r: 2016: 4-4 .500 2017: 15-4 .789 = +289
4p: 2016: 13-5 .722 2017: 6-11 .353 = -.369
Fourth Down Total: 2016: 17-9 .654 2017: 21-15 .583 = -.071

Total on running plays: 2016: 172-249 .409 2017: 219-229 .489 = +.080
Total on passing plays: 2016: 269-282 .488 2017: 252-322 .439 = - .049
Total on plays from scrimmage: 2016: 441-531 .454 2017: 471-551 .461 = +.007

Penalties not tacked on to plays: 2016: 20-55 .267 2017: 35-46 .432 = +.165

Game total when Syracuse had the ball: 2016: 589-654 .474 2017: 660-637 .509 = +.035

Comments: We improved in every aspect of the kicking game. We improve don 1st down because we ran the ball better. We declined on 2nd, 3rd and 4th down despite running the ball better one very down because our passing attack declined on those three downs. We are a prolific passing team but not really an efficient one. I think the big loss was Amba Etta-Tawo. Steve Ismael caught more balls this year and was very good but he rarely showed the big play explosiveness that AET constantly had. Everybody loves Eric Dungey, (and I’m part of everybody), but I suspect Danny DeVito, once he’s really ready, will prove a significant upgrade who will show us what a Dino Babers offense is really supposed to look like.

When the Opposition had the ball:

KO: 2016: 18-64 .220 2017: 26-47 .356 = +.136
P: 2016: 25-38 .397 2017: 24-48 .333 = -.064
FG: 2016: 5-12 .294 2017: 3-14 .176 = -.118
XP: 2016: 3-58 .049 2017: 2-46 .042 = -.007
Kicking plays total: 2016: 51-172 .297 2017: 55-155 .262 = -.035

1r: 2016: 114-141 .447 2017: 106-114 .482 = +.035
1p: 2016: 82-74 .526 2017: 82-72 .532 = +.006
First Down Total: 2016: 196-215 .477 2017: 188-186 .503 = +023
2r: 2016: 71-83 .461 2017: 62-75 = .453 -.008
2p: 2016: 57-62 .479 2017: 64-74 = .464 -.015
Second Down Total: 2016: 128-145 .469 2017 126-149 .458 = -.011
3r: 2016: 24-30 .444 2017: 39-24 .619 = +.175
3p: 2016: 70-45 .609 2017: 69-33 .676 = +.067
Third Down Total: 2016: 94-75 .556 2017: 108-57 .655 = +.099
4r: 2016: 3-5 .375 2017 5-3 .625 = +.250
4p: 2016: 3-5 .375 2017 7-5 .583 = +.208
Fourth Down Total: 2016: 6-10 .375 2017: 12-8 .600 = +.225

Total on running plays: 2016: 212-259 .450 2017: 212-216 .495 = +.045
Total on passing plays: 2016: 212-186 .533 2017: 222-184 .547 = +.014
Total on plays from scrimmage: 2016: 424-445 .436 2017: 434-400 .520 = +.084

Penalties not tacked on to plays: 2016: 11-11 .500 2017: 28-18 .609 = +.109

Game total when the Opposition had the ball: 2016: 486-628 .436 2017: 517-573 .474 = +.038

Overall game total: 2016 1075-1282 .456 2017 1177-1210 .493 = +.037

Comments: Our image of this team is of a good offensive team with a bad defense and a good passing team that can’t run the ball. In fact this year our running plays were more consistently successful than our passing plays (48.9% successful vs. 43.9%) and our defense was more consistently success in scrimmage plays and our offense (52.0% vs. 48.8%). Our defense was about the same as last year on 1st and 2nd downs but substantially improved on 3rd and 4th down, (which Dino on his show attributed to success of 1st and 2nd downs but not really in this case). We fell back against the kicking game, largely because Brisley Estime was replaced by Steve Riley, (who actually did a fair job, especially at the end of the season – but Brisley led the nation in punt returns last year.)

 

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HISTORICAL WINNING PLAYS
(Game totals only- games we ‘won’ are in bold, games tied in italics.)

2011
Syracuse 101 Wake Forest 87 = +14
Syracuse 92 Rhode Island 65 = +27
Syracuse 75 Southern California 90 = -15
Syracuse 96 Toledo 88 = +8
Syracuse 103 Rutgers 99 = +4
Syracuse 79 Tulane 99 = -20
Syracuse 90 West Virginia 84 = +6
Syracuse 74 Louisville 83 = -9
Syracuse 84 Connecticut 86 = -2
Syracuse 92 South Florida 106 = -14
Syracuse 83 Cincinnati 104 = -21
Syracuse 87 Pittsburgh 93 = -6
TOTAL: Syracuse 1,056 Opponents 1,117 = -61 We 'won' 4 of 12 games.

2012
Syracuse 105 Northwestern 116 = -11
Syracuse 92 Southern California 98 = -6
Syracuse 93 Stony Brook 82 = +11
Syracuse 82 Minnesota 95 = -13
Syracuse 85 Pittsburgh 76 = +9
Syracuse 93 Rutgers 73 = +20
Syracuse 103 Connecticut 70 = +33
Syracuse 115 South Florida 92 = +23
Syracuse 96 Cincinnati 122 = -26
Syracuse 103 Louisville 86 = +17
Syracuse 92 Missouri 98 = -6
Syracuse 98 Temple 81 = -+17
Syracuse 105 West Virginia 82 +23
TOTAL: Syracuse 1,262 Opponents 1,171 = +91 We 'won' 8 of 13 games.

2013
Syracuse 75 Penn State 113 = -38
Syracuse 92 Northwestern 114 - = -22
Syracuse 115 Wagner 52 = +63
Syracuse 107 Tulane 76 = +31
Syracuse 64 Clemson 136 = -72
Syracuse 111 N C State 85 = +26
Syracuse 46 Georgia Tech 113 = -67
Syracuse 108 Wake Forest 81 = +27
Syracuse 92 Maryland 88 = +4
Syracuse 55 Florida State 104 = -49
Syracuse 80 Pittsburgh 96 = -16
Syracuse 100 Boston College 87 = +13
Syracuse 99 Minnesota 79 +20
TOTAL: Syracuse 1,144 Opponents 1,224 = -80 We 'won' 7 of 13 games.

2014
Syracuse 91 Villanova 103 = -12
Syracuse 99 Central Michigan 76 = +23
Syracuse 91 Maryland 91 = 0
Syracuse 71 Notre Dame 114 = -43
Syracuse 71 Louisville 100 = -29
Syracuse 80 Florida State 101 = -21
Syracuse 86 Wake Forest 77 = +9
Syracuse 75 Clemson 102 = -27
Syracuse 92 N C State 101 = -9
Syracuse 78 Duke 98 = -20
Syracuse 46 Pittsburgh 114 = -68
Syracuse 72 Boston College 78 = -6
TOTAL: Syracuse 952 Opponents 1,155 = -203 We 'won' 2 of 12 games, with one even.

2015
Syracuse 96 Rhode Island 56 = +40
Syracuse 83 Wake Forest 83 = 0
Syracuse 84 Central Michigan 91 = -7
Syracuse 84 Louisiana State 89 = -5
Syracuse 80 South Florida 93 = -13
Syracuse 86 Virginia 97 = -11
Syracuse 70 Pittsburgh 89 = -19
Syracuse 84 Florida State 100 = -16
Syracuse 74 Louisville 110 = -36
Syracuse 83 Clemson 105 = -22
Syracuse 78 North Carolina State 100 = -22
Syracuse 89 Boston College 78 = +11
TOTAL: Syracuse 991 Opponents 1091 = -100 We 'won' 2 of 12 games with one even.

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
TOTAL: Syracuse 1177 Opponents 1210 = -33 We’ve ‘won’ 4 of12 games

Totals since 2011: Syracuse has won 7,657 plays, (48.1%) and 29 games, (33.7%). The opposition has won 8,250 plays and 55 games with 2 games even. We’ve seen the opposition obtain their goals on 593 more plays than we have in 86 games, an average of 6.9 plays a game.

 

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really the last 3 games turned on 3rd down defense. whatever happened it was a crazy flip from a team leading the country to one that couldnt stop anything.