Winning Plays: West Virginia

[SWC75]

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: WV 30, WV 25, WV 25, WV 14, WV 25, WV 25, WV 25
Total: Syracuse 6 West Virginia 1
P: 41 to WC 32, 43 to WV 45, 41 to WV 41, 37 to WV 13, 39 to WV 20, 35 to WV 45
Total: Syracuse 5 West Virginia 1
FG: Good from 39, Good from 34
Total: Syracuse 2 West Virginia 0
XP: Good, Good, Good, Good
Total: Syracuse 4 West Virginia 0
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 17 West Virginia 2

1r: 2, 2, 7, -1, 5, 10, 2, 9, 1, 4(5), 7, 22, 7(20), 5, 6, 5, 0, 17, 4TD, 0, -1v
Total: Syracuse 14 West Virginia 7
1p: 9, 9, 19, 19, I, -1s, 26, 6, 3p, 23, 7, 13, 14TD, I, 9, 42, 7
Total: Syracuse 13 West Virginia 4
First Down Total: Syracuse 27 West Virginia 11
2r: 3(1), 0, 1TD, 4, 4(3), -3, 8(9), 5(3), -1, -4, 3(1), -2, -1v
Total: Syracuse 8 West Virginia 5
2p: I, -2s, 2(1), 44(8), Interception, -12s, 13p(9), I, I, 3(5), 12(4), 9
Total: Syracuse 6 West Virginia 6
Second Down Total: Syracuse 14 West Virginia 11
3r: 4TD, 3(20), 3(6), 3(2), 2(1), 2(1), 1(5)
Total: Syracuse 4 West Virginia 3
3p: I, -13s, -2s, Interception, I, 4(14)
Total: Syracuse 0 West Virginia 6
Third Down Total: Syracuse 4 West Virginia 9
4r: none
Total: Syracuse 0 West Virginia 0
4p: none
Total: Syracuse 0 West Virginia 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 0 West Virginia 0

Total on running plays: Syracuse 26 West Virginia 15
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 19 West Virginia 16
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 45 West Virginia 31

Penalties not tacked on to plays: -5, -5, +15, -10, -5, -5, -5, +15 Syracuse 2 West Virginia 6

Game total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 64 West Virginia 39


When West Virginia had the ball:

KO: SU 25, SU 9, SU 25, SU 43, SU 22, SU 25
Total: Syracuse 1 West Virginia 5
P: 40 to SU 25, 26 to SU 20, 36 to SU 11, 37 to SU 49, 42 to SU 42
Total: Syracuse 1 West Virginia 4
FG: Good from 28, Good from 36, Good from 44, Good from 49
Total: Syracuse 0 West Virginia 4
XP: No Good
Total: Syracuse 1 West Virginia 0
Kicking plays total: Syracuse 3 West Virginia 13

1r: 2, 5, -1, 5, 11, 51, 4, 12, 4, 3, -4, 4, 6, -3, 0, 4
Total: Syracuse 6 West Virginia 10
1p: I, -6s, I, 12, I, -6s, I, -9s, Interception, 48, 4(23), 16, -9s, I
Total: Syracuse 11 West Virginia 3
First Down Total: Syracuse 17 West Virginia 13
2r: 3, 1, 2, 2(5), 9, 3(19), 1, -1
Total: Syracuse 7 West Virginia 1
2p: 3, I, 18(11), I, 32p, I, 8, I, 3(4), I, I, 25(16), 16(19), 24(19), I
Total: Syracuse 8 West Virginia 7
Second Down Total: Syracuse 15 West Virginia 8
3r: 3TD, 11(16), 4(6), 2(1), -3
Total: Syracuse 3 West Virginia 2
3p: I, 8, 20, 17(21), I, -2, I, 34, 3(15), 43(6), I, -9s, I
Total: Syracuse 8 West Virginia 4
Third Down Total: Syracuse 11 West Virginia 6
4r: none
Total: Syracuse 0 West Virginia 0
4p: 2(3), 3s(6), I
Total: Syracuse 3 West Virginia 0
Fourth Down Total: Syracuse 3 West Virginia 0

Total on running plays: Syracuse 16 West Virginia 13
Total on passing plays: Syracuse 30 West Virginia 14
Total on plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 46 West Virginia 27

Penalties not tacked on to plays: -5, -10, -15 Syracuse 3 West Virginia 0

Game total when West Virginia had the ball: Syracuse 52 West Virginia 40

Overall Game Total: Syracuse 116 West Virginia 79


Comments: We’ve had a lot of games where we dominated on offense but the defense really won this game for us. 52-40 when they had the ball is our best defensive performance since the Florida State game. That’s not as numerically impressive as 64-39 on offense but a defense doesn’t have to dominate to win the game for you: it has to make big play, to dominate when it counts. The big interception, the goal line stand, 11-6 on third down and 3-0 on fourth down – those things win games. Of course having Will Grier abandon his team helped. If he had been there, we might have fallen well behind as we struggled through the first half.

We did not dominate on special teams as we usually do in this game. Our average starting spot was our 28: theirs was their 32. They were 56 yards closer to the goal on their 15 possessions than we were on our 15. They also out-gained us 416-423 so we were -63 in ‘effective’ yards gained and an uncharacteristic -1 in turnovers but still won both “winning plays” and the game by a comfortable margin anyway.

 

[SWC75]

GAME BY GAME and TOTALS FOR THE YEAR

When SYRACUSE had the ball:

KO: 10-0 + 11-0 + 6-1 + 10-0 + 6-0 + 8-0 + 5-0 + 9-0 + 8-0 + 11-0 + 2-0 + 3-4 + 6-1 = 95-6
P: 4-0 + 1-1 + 4-1 + 4-0 + 7-0 + 3-2 + 3-4 + 4-1 + 4-3 + 1-1 + 4-4 + 2-2 + 5-1 = 46-20
FG: 2-0 + 2-0 + 3-1 + 3-0 + 3-0 + 3-0 + 2-1 + 3-0 + 2-0 + 4-0 + 1-1 + 0-1 + 2-0 = 30-4
XP: 7-0 + 8-0 + 3-0 + 6-0 + 2-0 + 4-0 + 4-0 + 6-0 + 5-0 + 6-0 + 0-0 + 6-0 + 4-0 = 61-0
Kicking plays total: 23-0 + 22-1 + 16-3 + 23-0 + 18-0 + 18-2 + 14-5 + 22-1 + 19-3 + 22-1 + 7-5 + 11-7 + 17-2 = 232-30

1r: 14-16 + 15-7 + 13-13 + 16-7 + 5-5 + 13-8 + 11-5 + 8-10 + 17-13 + 16-9 + 10-7 + 12-12 + 14-7= 164-119
1p: 3-5 + 9-6 + 6-4 + 11-5 + 9-6 + 5-9 + 10-15 + 9-10 + 8-6 + 8-4 + 4-8 + 9-6 + 13-4 = 104-88
First Down Total: 17-21 + 24-13 + 19-17 + 27-12 + 14-11 + 18-17 + 21-20 + 17-20 + 25-19 + 24-13 + 14-15 + 21-18 + 27-11 = 268-207
2r: 9-6 + 8-5 + 5-8 + 8-3 + 6-2 + 8-5 + 5-3 + 4-4 + 6-4 + 9-3 + 3-6 + 7-10 + 8-5 = 86-64
2p: 5-9 + 5-9 + 6-9 + 4-5 + 6-10 + 5-8 + 9-11 + 16-6 + 8-8 + 5-9 + 5-11 + 6-7 + 6-6 = 86-108
Second Down Total: 14-15 + 13-14 + 11-17 + 12-8 + 12-12 + 13-13 + 14-14 + 20-10 + 14-12 + 14-12 + 8-17 + 13-17 + 14-11 = 172-172
3r: 7-6 + 2-0 + 6-5 + 3-1 + 1-5 + 5-1 + 1-2 + 3-1+ 7-4 + 6-7 + 2-1 + 7-6 + 4-3 = 54-42
3p: 1-4 + 5-6 + 4-5 + 1-7 + 2-7 + 5-7 + 3-9 + 3-4 + 3-8 + 1-2 + 4-11 + 4-4 + 0-6 = 36-80
Third Down Total: 8-10 + 7-6 + 10-10 + 4-8 + 3-12 + 10-8 + 4-11 + 6-5 + 10-12 + 7-9 + 6-12 + 11-10 + 4-9 = 90-122
4r: 2-1 + 1-1 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 = 6-6
4p: 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 = 4-2
Fourth Down Total: 2-1 + 2-1 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 1-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 1-1 + 0-0 + 1-1 + 0-0 = 10-8

Total on running plays: 32-29 + 26-13 + 24-27 + 27-11 +13-12 + 26-14 + 17-10 + 15-15 + 32-22 + 31-20 + 15-14 + 26-29 + 26-15 = 310-231
Total on passing plays: 9-18 + 20-21 + 16-18 + 17-17 + 17-24 + 15-24 + 22-36 + 28-20 + 19-22 + 15-15 + 13-30 + 20-17 + 19-16 = 230-278
Total on plays from scrimmage: 41-47+ 46-34 + 40-45 + 44-28 + 30-36 + 41-38 + 39-46 + 43-35 + 51-44 + 46-35 + 28-44 + 46-46 + 45-31= 540-509

Penalties not tacked on to plays: 5-2 + 3-5 +3-5+ 0-8 + 0-3 + 3-1 + 2-4 + 6-5 + 5-2 + 6-4 + 1-0 + 5-8 + 2-6 = 41-53

Game total when SYRACUSE had the ball: 69-49 + 71-40 + 59-53 + 67-36 + 48-39 + 62-41 + 55-55 + 71-41 + 75-49 + 74-40 + 36-49 + 62-61 + 64-39 = 813-592

When OPPONENT had the ball:

KO: 6-1 + 3-0 + 1-1 + 2-2 + 0-6 + 0-8 + 1-5 + 1-6 + 1-4 + 1-4 + 5-3 + 0-4 + 1-5 = 22-49
P: 3-2 + 7-1 + 4-5 + 3-7 + 1-3 + 3-2 + 1-5 + 2-3 + 2-4 + 2-5 + 2-2 + 4-1 + 1-4 = 35-44
FG: 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-3 + 2-3 + 0-2 + 0-1 + 1-1 + 0-3 + 1-0 + 0-4 = 6-20
XP: 0-7 + 0-1 + 0-1 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 0-5 + 0-4 + 0-5 + 0-3 + 1-2 + 1-3 + 0-3 + 1-0 = 3-40
Kicking plays total: 10-10 + 10-3 + 5-7 + 5-12 +2-14 + 3-18 + 4-17 + 3-16 + 3-12 + 5-12 + 8-11 + 5-8 + 3-13 = 66-153

1r: 8-7 + 16-4 + 5-4 + 9-10 + 6-19 + 9-15 + 8-9 + 11-6 + 8-10 + 5-7 + 10-9 + 9-8 + 6-10 = 110-118
1p: 10-11 + 6-3 + 10-6 + 4-7 + 6-8 + 5-4 + 10-13 + 6-10 + 7-12 + 10-10 + 6-8 + 9-4 + 11-3 = 100-99
First Down Total: 18-18 + 22-7 + 15-10 + 13-17 + 12-27 + 14-19 + 18-22 + 17-16 + 15-22 + 15-17 + 16-17 + 18-12 + 17-13 = 210-217
2r: 3-6 + 11-3 + 5-1 + 5-6 + 7-12 + 7-8 + 11-4 + 5-4 + 3-11 + 6-5 + 5-9 + 3-4 + 7-1 = 78-74
2p: 5-3 + 4-6 + 10-4 + 6-6 + 5-3 + 4-3 + 7-7 + 6-10 + 7-4 + 8-4 + 5-6 + 12-3 + 8-7 = 87-66
Second Down Total: 8-9 + 15-9 + 15-5 + 11-12 + 12-15 + 11-11 + 18-11 + 11-14 + 10-15 + 14-9 + 10-15 + 15-7 + 15-8 = 165-140
3r: 1-1 + 3-2 + 3-1 + 2-1 + 2-3 + 2-2 + 6-1+ 0-2 + 3-2 + 1-2 + 0-1 + 3-1 + 3-2 = 29-21
3p: 1-5 + 10-3 + 10-0 + 8-3 + 8-2 + 7-1+ 9-7 + 9-4 + 8-2 + 9-1 + 9-4 + 5-5 + 8-4 = 101-41
Third Down Total: 2-6 + 13-5 + 13-1 + 10-4 + 10-5 + 9-3 + 15-8 + 9-6 + 11-4 + 10-3 + 9-5 + 8-6 + 11-6 = 130-62
4r: 0-0 + 1-1 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-1 + 0-1 + 1-2 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 = 3-7
4p: 1-1 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 1-1 + 0-0 + 1-1 + 1-0 + 3-0 = 9-4
Fourth Down Total: 1-1 + 1-1 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-2 + 0-1 + 2-2 + 0-0 + 1-1 + 1-0 + 1-1 +1-1 + 3-0 =12-11

Total on running plays: 12-14 + 31-10 + 13-6 + 16-18 + 15-35 + 18-26 + 26-16 + 16-12 + 14-23 + 13-14 + 15-19 + 15-14 + 16-13 = 220-220
Total on passing plays: 17-20 + 20-12 + 31-10 + 18-16 + 19-14 + 16-8 + 27-27 + 21-24 + 23-19 + 27-15 + 21-19 + 27-12 +30-14 = 297-210
Total on plays from scrimmage: 29-34 + 51-22 + 44-16 + 34-34 + 34-49 + 34-34 + 53-43 + 37-36 + 37-42 + 40-29 + 36-38 + 42-26 + 46-27 = 517-430

Penalties not tacked on to plays: 1-3 + 7-0 + 5-1 + 3-1+ 2-0 + 0-4 + 1-0 + 2-3 + 2-4 + 5-2+ 6-1 + 1-1 + 3-0 = 38-20

Game total when OPPONENT had the ball: 40-47, 68-25, 54-24, 42-47+ 38-63 + 37-56 + 58-60 + 42-55 + 42-58 + 50-43 + 50-50 + 48-35 + 52-40 = 621-603

Overall game total: 109-96 + 139-65 + 113-77 + 109-83 + 86-102 + 99-97 + 113-115 + 113-96 + 117-107 + 124-83 + 86-99 + 110-96 = 1434-1195

Comment: We’ve kicked off 101 times this year and the opposition has started their drive outside their own 25, where a fair catch would put it, 6 times in 13 games. That’s fallen from 87-1 but is still amazingly good. We’ve either gained 40 yards of field positon or put the ball inside the other team’s 20 on 46 of 66 punts, (70% of the time). We are also +11 in turnovers. The 2001 team that keeps getting referred to was +15. Last year we were -12. It’s also good to be 61-0 on extra points. You expect to make it. It’s the fact that we did it 61 times that is exciting. Last year we were 35-1.

Charting the beginning point of every possession and how many yards we had to gain to score a touchdown and then comparing that to the same stat for the opposition, here are the differences in how far we had to go in each game, our “hidden offense” from special teams and defensive plays: Western Michigan +289; Wagner +461; Connecticut +224; Clemson +57; Pittsburgh +97; North Carolina -45; North Carolina State +130; Wake Forest +140; Louisville +192, Notre Dame -143; Boston College 0, West Virginia -56. Total: +1384/13 games = +106 yards a game for Syracuse. Our total offense and scoring averages in the three years Dino Babers has been the Syracuse coach have been: 2016 441/26; 2017 456/27; 464/40. That difference in field position is a big part of the rise in scoring this year.

Overall our running game is 310-231 vs. 220-220 for the other guys. But our passing game is only 230-278 and only 36-80 on third down. Our pass defense has been pretty good, 297-210, especially on third down 101-41. What do we do best? Run the ball and defend the pass. Who expected that?

A general football note: looking at both teams, they were 203-188 passing on first down, 152-195 on second down, 77-181 on third down and 6-13 on fourth down. Passing gets a lot harder when the other team expects you to do it. Running the ball does not: 282-229 on 1st down, 160-142 on second down, 75-71 on third down and 13-9 on fourth down.

In Dino’s first year we were 172-249 on our running plays and 269-282 on our passing plays
In Dino’s second year we were 219-229 on our running plays and 252-322 on our passing plays
So we’ve declined as a passing team, (primarily due to losing Amba Etta-Tawo, Steve Ismael and Erv Phillips. With Tommy DeVito and our young receivers, our passing game should come back strong next year. I also think our running game will get better, both because of better personnel and maturity. Hofrichter and Szmyt will be back to continue to do wonders with their kicking. We are averaging 44ppg as it is. What are we going to see in the future?

In Dino’s first year we were 212-259 on their running plays and 212-186 on their passing plays
In Dino’s second year we were 212-216 on their running plays and 222-184 on their passing plays
Our defense has improved to win against both kinds of plays. They will also get better and the offensive and defensive units will come to compliment them even more.




HISTORICAL WINNING PLAYS
(Game totals only)

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' 5 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 = -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’ve ‘won’ 10 of 13 games

Totals since 2011: Syracuse has won 9,091 plays, (49.0%) and 39 games, (39.4%). The opposition has won 9,445 plays and 58 games with 2 games even. We’ve seen the opposition obtain their goals on 354 more plays than we have in 99 games, an average of 3.58 plays a game.

 

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i hope we never see that kickoff gimmick where the dude lays down on the field and we toss up a duck cross field to him. i held my breath as the defender closed in as it floated slowly sure it was going to be a pick 6 disasterous start. thankfully it was caught for just negative yardage.