The 2023 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange played their home games at the JMA Wireless Dome, competing as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by eighth-year head coach Dino Babers before his firing on November 19, 2023. Tight ends' coach Nunzio Campanile served as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The Syracuse Orange football team drew an average home attendance of 34,045 in 2023.
Schedule Syracuse and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004, that its scheduling format just includes one division. The new format sets Syracuse with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice (home and away) in a four–year cycle. The Orange three set conference opponents for the next four years are; Boston College, Florida State, and Pittsburgh.
Game summaries vs. Colgate
vs. Western Michigan
Statistics WMU SYR First downs 15 26 Total yards 318 496 Rush yards 97 153 Passing yards 221 343 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 30:57 29:03 Team Category Player StatisticsWestern Michigan Passing Jack Salopek 15/22, 110 yards, INT Rushing Jalen Buckley 8 carries, 87 yards, TD Receiving Kenneth Womack 4 receptions, 67 yardsSyracuse Passing Garrett Shrader 19/30, 286 yards, TD Rushing Juwaun Price 16 carries, 68 yards Receiving Donovan Brown 3 receptions, 89 yards, TD
at Purdue
vs. Army
vs. Clemson
at No. 14 North Carolina
at No. 4 Florida State
at Virginia Tech
Statistics SYR VT First downs 9 28 Total yards 137 528 Rush yards 0 318 Passing yards 137 210 Turnovers 0 0 Time of possession 18:18 41:42 Team Category Player StatisticsSyracuse Passing Garrett Shrader 12/18, 137 yards, TD Rushing LeQuint Allen 14 carries, 42 yards Receiving Damien Alford 4 receptions, 70 yardsVirginia Tech Passing Kyron Drones 15/24, 194 yards, TD Rushing Bhayshul Tuten 18 carries, 118 yards, TD Receiving Da'Quan Felton 3 receptions, 80 yards, 2 TD
vs. Boston College
Statistics BC SYR First downs 27 10 Total yards 350 246 Rush yards 185 209 Passing yards 165 37 Turnovers 2 4 Time of possession 42:16 17:44 Team Category Player StatisticsBoston College Passing Thomas Castellanos 20/37, 165 yards, TD Rushing Thomas Castellanos 22 carries, 87 yards, TD Receiving Lewis Bond 4 receptions, 48 yardsSyracuse Passing Carlos Del Rio-Wilson 7/17, 37 yards, 4 INT Rushing LeQuint Allen 18 carries, 142 yards Receiving Umari Hatcher 3 receptions, 19 yards
vs. Pittsburgh
at Georgia Tech
vs. Wake Forest
vs. South Florida (Boca Raton Bowl)
Personnel Coaching staff
+Syracuse Orange football current coaching staff Dino Babers Head coach 8th Rocky Long Defensive coordinator 1st Jason Beck Offensive coordinator 3rd Chris Achuff Defensive line coach 4th Bob Ligashesky Special teams coordinator 2nd Mike Lynch Running backs coach 8th Steve Farmer Offensive line coach 1st Travis Fisher Cornerbacks coach 1st Michael Johnson Outside Receivers 2nd Nunzio Campanile Tight ends coach 1st
After the season Awards and ACC honors
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