Winning Plays- Wake Forest

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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: SU25, SU25, SU25, SU25, SU25, SU20, SU25, SU25, SU1 = 196/9 = SU22 with 704 yards to go (-143)

KO: WF25, WF25, WF25, WF25, WF25, WF25
Total: Syracuse 6 Wake Forest 0
P: 15 to SU44
Total: Syracuse 0 Wake Forest 1
FG: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Wake Forest 0
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 5 Wake Forest 0
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 11 Wake Forest 1

1r: 9, 5, 4, 1, 2, 6, 3, 2, 1, 3(6), 4, 3, 5, 5, 5, 3, 2, 1, 7, 8, 0, 9, 1, 3, 4, -1v
Total: Syracuse 14 Wake Forest 11
1p: 0(1), I, 37TD
Total: Syracuse 1 Wake Forest 2
First Down Total: Syracuse 15 Wake Forest 13
2r: 5(6), 7(2), 4(6), 2(8),4, 3, 10(8), 3(9), 2(3), 2(6), 5(5), -3, 23(7), 5(9), 6(3), 4, 1(2), -1, 2(9), 1(7), 5(6), -1v
Total: Syracuse 13 Wake Forest 9
2p: 4(9), 17(12), 15(5), 47TD, 13TD
Total: Syracuse 4 Wake Forest 1
Second Down Total: Syracuse 17 Wake Forest 10
3r: 3(1), 3(2), 12(4), 1TD, 3(4), 12(2), 15(7), 2(1)
Total: Syracuse 7 Wake Forest 1
3p: 35TD, 11(6), 9(6), 7(6), I, Interception, 29(6), I, I
Total: Syracuse 5 Wake Forest 4
Third Down Total: Syracuse 12 Wake Forest 5
4r: 3(1), 12(1)
Total: Syracuse 2 Wake Forest 0
4p: none
Total: Syracuse 0 Wake Forest 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 2 Wake Forest 0

Total on running plays: Syracuse 36 Wake Forest 21
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 10 Wake Forest 7
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 46 Wake Forest 28

Penalties not tacked on to plays: -5, -5, +15 Syracuse 1 Wake Forest 2

Game total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 58 Wake Forest 31

Big Plays: 35yd TD pass, 23yd run, 47yd TD pass, 24yd pass, 37yd TD pass, Intrception (at the goal line)


When Wake Forest had the ball:

Drive Starts: WF25, WF25, WF25, WF25, SU33, WF25, WF25, SU44 = 239/8 = WF30 with 561 yards to go (+143)

KO: SU25, SU25, SU25, SU25, SU25, SU25
Total: Syracuse 0 Wake Forest 6
P: 43 to SU 25
Total: Syracuse 0 Wake Forest 1
FG: Good from 30, No good from 38
Total: Syracuse 1 Wake Forest 1
XP: Good, Good, Try for 2 - Good, Try for 2 – No Good
Total: Syracuse 1 Wake Forest 3
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 2 Wake Forest 11

1r: 3(5), 8, 10, 12, 5, 2, -1, 38(p), 2, 13, 2, 4(9)
Total: Syracuse 5 Wake Forest 7
1p: I, 48, 8, 16TD, 14, 6, I, 28, -6, 59, 16, 13, -3(6)
Total: Syracuse 4 Wake Forest 9
First Down Total: Syracuse Wake Forest
2r: 4(2), 3(2), 3(4), 2(5), 0, 7(8), 5(11), 7(13), 5(8), 1(5)
Total: Syracuse 4 Wake Forest 6
2p: I, 9, 6(16), 9TD
Total: Syracuse 2 Wake Forest 2
Second Down Total: Syracuse 6 Wake Forest 8
3r: 0, 2(1), 2(1), 9(6)
Total: Syracuse 1 Wake Forest 3
3p: I, I, 2(5), I, 9(6), I, 0(s)
Total: Syracuse 1 Wake Forest 6
Third Down Total: Syracuse 2 Wake Forest 9
4r: 16(1p), 6(3)
Total: Syracuse 2 Wake Forest 0
4p: Interception
Total: Syracuse 0 Wake Forest 1
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 2 Wake Forest 1

Total on running plays: Syracuse 12 Wake Forest 16
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 7 Wake Forest 18
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 19 Wake Forest 34

Penalties not tacked on to plays: +5, -5, -5, -5, +15 Syracuse 3 Wake Forest 2

Game total when Wake Forest had the ball: Syracuse 24 Wake Forest 47

Big Plays: 48yd pass, 28yd pass, Interception, 59yd pass, 38yd run(p) 34yd punt return

Overall Game Total: Syracuse 82 Wake Forest 78

Comments: There were two punts in the game, one for each team. Theirs came on their first possession and ours on our penultimate possession, (we were just running the clock out on the last).

We limited Wake to just 8 possessions for the game, (a dozen is more typical). That was a good thing as they scored 4 touchdowns and attempted two field goals, making one in those possessions. The others were their initial punt and that interception at the goal line at the end. We didn’t do so badly in our nine possessions: 5TDs, (despite a significant field position deficit), an interception, that punt and the end of both halves. 9 touchdowns in 17 possessions makes for an exciting game.

I’ve read that Brady Denaburg led the country in touchbacks coming into this game. He still does.

This was +4 game (82-78). Here are the most comparable games in the Babers Era:
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
2019 Syracuse 118 Wake Forest 111 = +7 We won 39-30
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
2022 Syracuse 85 Minnesota 84 = +1 We lost 20-28
2023 Syracuse 80 Pittsburgh 73 = +7 We won 28-13
2023 Syracuse 76 Georgia Tech 73 = +3 We lost 22-31

 

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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)
196/9 = SU22 with 704 yards to go (-143)
4,217/144 = SU 29 with 10,183 yards to go (-147)

KO: 11-0 + 6-1 + 6-0 + 6-1 + 3-0 + 2-0 + 2-0 + 3-0 + 2-1 + 5-0 + 4-1 + 6-0 = 56-4
P: 1-0 + 4-0 + 1-2 + 3-0 + 4-1 + 5-1 + 5-3 + 6-3 + 4-1 + 2-2 + 3-0 + 0-1 = 38-14
FG: 1-0 + 2-0 + 0-1 + 3-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-1 + 1-0 + 1-1 + 0-1 + 1-1 + 0-0 = 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 + 5-0 = 36-4
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 + 11-1 = 140-28

1r: 14-14 + 7-11 + 12-9 + 10-7 + 4-7 + 7-6 + 6-11 + 4-8 + 6-8 + 17-11 + 8-8 + 14-11 = 109-111
1p: 11-3 + 7-9 + 4-9 + 9-2 + 2-12 + 5-4 + 3-6 + 3-5 + 3-6 + 0-1 + 5-4 + 1-2 = 53-63
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 + 15-13 = 162-174
2r: 12-5 + 8-3 + 5-4 + 10-6 + 8-4 + 5-2 + 6-6 + 2-2 + 4-5 + 13-6 + 12-3 + 13-9 = 98-55
2p: 7-5 + 5-9 + 7-6 + 3-2 + 7-3 + 6-6 + 1-8 + 5-5 + 3-4 + 2-3 + 2-2 + 4-1 = 52-54
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 + 17-10 = 150-109
3r: 4-2 + 2-1 + 5-0 + 0-4 + 6-2 + 2-3 + 2-2 + 0-1 + 3-3 + 8-5 + 2-7 + 7-1 = 41-31
3p: 7-4 + 5-5 + 2-5 + 3-4 + 3-6 + 2-3 + 4-13 + 0-8 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 0-1 + 5-4 = 31-59
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 + 12-5 = 72-90
4r: 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 3-1 + 2-1 + 2-0 = 8-4
4p: 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 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 + 2-0 = 8-7

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 + 36-21 = 256-201
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 + 10-7 = 137-179
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 + 46-28 = 393-380

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 + 1-2 = 17-36

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 + 58-31 = 550-444

Big Plays: 12 + 8 + 13 + 8 + 5 + 3 + 7 + 2 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 6 = 82


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)
239/8 = Wake Forest 30 with 561 yards to go (+143)
4,125/136 = Opposition 30 with 10,036 yards to go (+147)

KO: 0-1 + 2-0 + 0-4 + 1-3 + 0-6 + 0-8 + 0-8 + 0-8 + 1-3 + 0-3 + 3-3 + 0-6 = 7-53
P: 3-6 + 1-5 + 0-2 + 2-3 + 1-5 + 0-1 + 0-4 + 1-2 + 3-2 + 0-5 + 4-0 + 0-1 = 15-36
FG: 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-1 + 0-4 + 0-2 + 0-5 + 0-1 + 0-2 + 0-1 + 1-1 = 2-18
XP: 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 1-1 + 0-4 + 0-4 + 0-5 + 0-3 + 0-2 + 0-1 + 0-4 + 1-3 = 2-31
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 + 2-11 = 26-138

1r: 14-6 + 13-1 + 9-9 + 7-7 + 9-9 + 7-7 + 5-12 + 7-16 + 10-10 + 5-6 + 13-12 + 5-7 = 104-102
1p: 1-1 + 6-5 + 9-11 + 8-3 + 6-6 + 10-20 + 5-9 + 10-3 + 8-10 + 6-4 + 0-2 + 4-9 = 73-83
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 + 9-16 = 177-185
2r: 3-3 + 2-4 + 3-4 + 4-8 + 3-7 + 4-14 + 2-6 + 8-13 + 5-11 + 4-5 + 0-9 + 4-6 = 42-90
2p: 9-3 + 9-10 + 8-9 + 5-4 + 9-5 + 8-6 + 9-5 + 1-4 + 9-6 + 3-5 + 7-4 + 2-2 = 79-63
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 + 6-8 = 121-153
3r: 4-2 + 2-1 + 3-1 + 4-8 + 1-4 + 4-6 + 1-5 + 2-6 + 5-10 + 1-0 + 2-1 + 1-3 = 30-47
3p: 9-1 + 11-5 + 4-3 + 2-3 + 5-6 + 4-5 + 4-7 + 5-3 + 5-0 + 5-4 + 4-2 + 1-6 = 59-45
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 + 2-9 = 89-92
4r: 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-3 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 1-3 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 2-0 = 5-7
4p: 1-0 + 4-1 + 2-1 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 = 11-3
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 + 2-1 = 16-10

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 + 12-16 = 181-246
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 + 7-18 = 222-194
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 + 19-34 = 403-440

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 + 3-2 = 31-18

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 + 24-47 = 460-596

Big Plays: 4 + 3 + 7 + 4 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 6 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 6 = 67

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 + 82-78 = 1,010 - 1,040

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 168 times and got what we wanted out of it 140 times, (83%). Our opposition has kicked the ball 164 times and got what they wanted 138 times, (84%). Football is still football.

Big plays often decide games but were +15 there and are 6-6 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 109-111 on first down runs on offense but 98-55 on second down runs. Defensively we are 104-102 on first down runs but 42-90 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, 70-48. Those are two very good downs to dominate. But we are 35-54 against the run on those downs.

Our best to worst plays on offense:
4th down runs (8-4)
2nd down runs (98-55)
3rd down runs (41-31)
1st down runs (109-111)
2nd down passes: (52-54)
1st down passes (53-63)
3rd down passes (31-59)
4th down passes (1-3)

Defense:
4th down passes (11-3)
3rd down passes (59-45)
2nd down passes (79-63)
1st down runs (104-102)
1st down passes (73-83)
4th down runs (5-7)
3rd down runs (30-47)
2nd down runs (42-90)

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
Syracuse 82 Wake Forest 78 = +4 We’ve ‘won’ 7 of 12 games.
TOTAL: Syracuse 1,010 Opponents 1,039 = -29
Totals since 2016: Syracuse has won 10,094 plays, (48.9%) and 39 games, (39.8%). The opposition has won 10,552 plays and 59 games. They’ve obtained their goals on 458 more plays than we have in 98 games, an average of 4.7 plays a game.