Preview Virginia Tech Match Up
10/16/2000 6:05:49 PM | Football
OCTOBER 21, 2000 7:00 P.M. ESPN
Syracuse, which won the first meeting between these teams, 20-15, in Syracuse in 1964, leads the series against Virginia Tech, 7-6 ... Each team has won on its home field since they began meeting as members of The BIG EAST Football Conference in 1992 ... SU holds a 6-2 advantage when playing VT at home, including a 5-2 record in the Carrier Dome ... SU's longest consecutive win streak against VT is three games (1987, 1988 and 1992), while the Hokies longest victory stretch is two against SU (1985 and 1986).
ON THE AIR
TELEVISION
The Orangemen's game against Virginia Tech will be broadcast by ESPN ... Ron Franklin and Mike Gottfried will call the action from the booth, while Adrian Karsten will provide sideline reports ... Ed Placey is the producer.
RADIO
All of SU's games will be broadcast on the SU Radio Network ... Dave Pasch and Dave Hammond call the action ... Mike Schopp provides sideline reports and Carter Blackburn adds feature segments to the broadcast ... The flagship station is WAQX-95.7 FM ... Orange football can also be heard on WAER ... WAER's sports director is Damon Amendolara.
THIS WEEK'S GAMEDAY FEATURES
SU TO RECEIVE AFCA ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Prior to SU's game against Virginia Tech, the football program will be recognized for its 2000 American Football Coaches Association's (AFCA) Academic Achievement Award, which is presented annually by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. Syracuse recorded a 100 percent graduation rate for members of its football squad when all members of the freshman class of 1994-95 earned a degree .
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR'S HONOR ROLL
Six football players will have their names scrolled as part of SU's Athletic Director's Honor Roll recognition, including Andrew Benson, Jeremie Frazier, Ben Kozik, Nick Romeo, Rich Scanlon, Josh Thomas ... A total of 114 student-athletes will have their names scrolled for achieving a 3.4 GPA during the Sprin 2000 semester.
SU WINS 2000 AFCA ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Prior to kickoff of SU's game against Virginia Tech, the football program will be recognized for receiving the 2000 American Football Coaches Association's (AFCA) Academic Achievement Award, which is presented annually by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. Syracuse recorded a 100 percent graduation rate for members of its football squad when all members of the freshman class of 1994-95 earned a degree. "We're certainly proud of the efforts of the student-athletes in our program," said Syracuse Head Coach Paul Pasqualoni. "The AFCA Academic Achievement Award is a great tribute to this group of student-athletes who were involved in three BIG EAST championships, two BCS bowl games and attained a 100 percent graduation rate." The Syracuse student-athletes who were members of the 1994-95 freshman class and completed their athletic eligibility in the Fall of 1998 are Darryl Daniel, Doug Dunkin, Stan Gibbs, Kevin Johnson, Scott Kiernan, Donovan McNabb, Phil Nash, Jason Poles, Kaseem Sinceno and Shawn Summerville. In addition, Doug Dunkin and Marc Pilon are also members of this class after transferring to Syracuse and earning their degrees in May, 1999. Syracuse's win is the first for the school since the award's inception in 1981. It also marks the fourth time a BIG EAST school has earned the honor. Boston College shared the award in 1992, 1995 and 1996. This year's award is the third one presented by the AFCA. From 1981-1997 the award was handed out by the College Football Association.
SYRACUSE-VIRGINIA TECH STATISTICAL COMPARISON
SU OFFENSE VT DEFENSE 28.2 Scoring 19.7 410.5 Total Yardage 286.7 223.3 Rushing Yardage 97.0 187.2 Passing Yardage 189.7 68.0 Total Plays 69.3 47.3 Rushing Plays 34.7 20.7 Passing Plays 35.2 6.0 Avg. Per Play 4.1 4.7 Avg. Per Rush 2.8 9.1 Avg. Per Pass 5.4 14.4 Avg. Per Catch 12.2 1.7 Turnovers 2.5 SU DEFENSE VT OFFENSE 17.3 Scoring 46.2 317.8 Total Yardage 458.0 118.0 Rushing Yardage 298.8 199.8 Passing Yardage 159.2 66.3 Total Plays 71.2 32.7 Rushing Plays 50.5 33.7 Passing Plays 20.1 4.8 Avg. Per Play 6.4 3.6 Avg. Per Rush 5.9 5.9 Avg. Per Pass 7.7 12.6 Avg. Per Catch 15.4 1.3 Turnovers 2.8 VIRGINIA TECH IN 2000 (6-0 OVERALL, 4-0 BIG EAST) 9/2 AKRON W 52-23 9/7 at East Carolina W 45-28 9/16 RUTGERS W 49-0 9/30 at Boston College W 48-34 10/7 TEMPLE W 35-13 10/12 WEST VIRGINIA W 48-20 10/21 at Syracuse 10/28 PITTSBURGH 11/4 at Miami 11/11 at Central Florida 11/25 VIRGINIA
OFFENSIVE NOTES
OFFENSE GAINS YARDS
Syracuse gained more than 400 yards for the fourth consecutive game against Boston College ... The Orange offense rushed for 306 yards and passed for 134 ... It was the second time this season that SU rushed for more than 300 yards.
PRODUCTIVE OFFENSIVE ATTACK IS ONE OF SYRACUSE'S ALL-TIME BEST
The Orange offense has gained an average of 410.5 yards per game, including the last four games in which SU has gained more than 425 yards in each game ... SU's 410.5 yards per contest ranks sixth on SU's all-time single-season yards per game record list.
2000 OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION Opponent Total Offense Buffalo 380 Cincinnati 326 East Carolina 426 Brigham Young 452 Pittsburgh 439 Boston College 440 Total 2,463 Average 410.5
SU STRONG IN SECOND QUARTER
Syracuse is outscoring its opponents, 169-104 overall ... SU's most productive quarter through six games is the second ... The Orange have put 70 points on the board during the second 15-minute session of each game ... SU's defense has made a stand in the first and third quarters, allowing just 18 points in the first stanza and 17 in the third.
ORANGE NOTCHES FIRST OVERTIME VICTORY
Syracuse's double-overtime victory against Pittsburgh was the first win for an SU team in overtime since the inception of the rule in 1996 ... It was also SU's first-ever double-overtime game ... Syracuse lost to North Carolina State, 32-31, in OT in 1997 and to Rutgers, 21-24, in an extra session in 1999 ... Both the NC State and Pittsburgh games were televised on espn2.
OFFENSE DOES NOT FUMBLE THE FOOTBALL
The Syracuse offense has not turned the ball over on a fumble through six games this season ... As a team SU has lost one out of six fumbles (on a kickoff at Cincinnati) ... SU has not had a fumble in its last three games (vs. BYU, Pittsburgh and Boston College).
ORANGE USES MULTIPLE OFFENSIVE WEAPONS
Syracuse is getting a lot of players involved in the offensive game plan this season ... Twelve different Orangemen have rushed the ball this season and 12 have been on the receiving end of a pass ... Against Buffalo a season-high 10 different players rushed the ball, while a season-best eight receivers caught passes against Brigham Young ... Senior Pat Woodcock (Kanata, Ontario, Canada) leads the team in receiving yards with 363 and receptions with 19 ... Senior Dee Brown (Altamonte Springs, FL) is the Orangemen's leading rusher with 530 yards on 99 carries.
CONSISTENCY UNDER CENTER FOR THE ORANGE
Counting off the number of people to start at quarterback for Syracuse during the last decade does not take long ... Just six players have been the starting signal caller since 1990 ... SU's record during that stretch is 85-38-3 (.687 win percentage) ... Included in that group are two quarterbacks who were the starters for 74.6 percent of the 126 games ... Marvin Graves started 45 of 47 games during his four years (1990-93) and Donovan McNabb started under center for all 49 games during his career from 1995 through 1998 ... Graves had a career record of 31-12-3, while McNabb's four-year won-loss total was 35-14.
ALL-TIME QUARTERBACK STARTS (Division I-A) 1. Donovan McNabb, Syracuse (1995-98) 49* 2. Mark Barsotti, Fresno State (1988-91) 47* 3. Kevin Sweeney, Fresno State (1982-86) 46 Alex Van Pelt, Pittsburgh (1989-92) 46* 5. Jeff Bender, Central Michigan (1988-91) 45* Marvin Graves, Syracuse (1990-93) 45 Mark Hermann, Purdue (1977-80) 45 John Rauch, Georgia (1945-48) 45* 9. Cade McNown, UCLA (1995-98) 44 Don McPherson, Syracuse (1984-87) 44 Ron Powlus (1994-97) 44 Rodney Williams, Clemson (1985-88) 44 13. Darrell Bevell, Wisconsin 43 Daunte Culpepper, Central Florida (1995-98) 43 Jake Delhomme, UL Lafayette (1993-96) 43* Todd Ellis, South Carolina (1986-89) 43 Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech (1996-99) 43 Marshall Taylor, Northern Illinois (1985-88) 43 * indicates consecutive starts NOTE: Marshall's Chad Pennington (1995-99) had 51 starts, 12 of which were in Division I-AA.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR'S HONOR ROLL RECOGNITION
One hundred and twenty two (122) SU student-athletes who achieved at least a 3.4 GPA during the Spring 2000 semester will have their names in lights on the Carrier Dome scoreboard prior to the football game against Virginia Tech ... Six football players will have their names scrolled, including Andrew Benson (Providence, RI), Jeremie Frazier (Haviland, KS), Ben Kozik (Adams, MA), Nick Romeo (Tarpon Springs, FL), Rich Scanlon (Oradell, NJ) and Josh Thomas (Orchard Park, NY) ... In addition, the 264 student-athletes who made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (by achieving at least a 3.0 GPA) will be listed in the game program ... The football players who made the AD Honor Roll include: PJ Alexander (Tallahassee, FL), Kyle Johnson (Woodbridge, NJ), Ian McIntosh (Cheshire, CT), Sean O'Connor (Morristown, NJ), Kevin Sampson (Westwood, NJ), Mike Shafer (Sarasota, FL), Cliff Snell (Worcester, MA), and Charlie Messano (Little Silver, NJ) ... The Syracuse University Athletic Director's Honor Roll was initiated in 1995-96.
DEE BROWN LEAPFROGS JIM BROWN ON SU CAREER LIST
SU Career Rushing Leaders
BROWN TIED FOR FIFTH ON SU CAREER RUSHING TD RECORD LIST
SU's Career Rushing Touchdown List
BROWN MOVES UP ANOTHER SU RECORD LIST
BROWN'S NOTABLE ITEMS FROM THE 2000 CAMPAIGN
vs. PITTSBURGH (10/7)
vs. BRIGHAM YOUNG (9/30)
at EAST CAROLINA (9/23)
at CINCINNATI (9/10)
vs. BUFFALO (9/2)
WILL ALLEN ASCENDS SU'S KICKOFF RETURN RECORD LISTS
DYNAMITE ON DEFENSE
ALLEN'S RETURN AVERAGE RANKS SEVENTH
ALLEN'S NOTABLE ITEMS FROM THE 2000 CAMPAIGN
vs. PITTSBURGH (10/7)
vs. BRIGHAM YOUNG (9/30)
at EAST CAROLINA (9/23)
at CINCINNATI (9/10)
vs. BUFFALO (9/2)
ALLEN CLOSES IN ON TOP 10 KICKOFF RETURN YARDS LIST
All-Time Kickoff Return Yards
MUNGRO IS AMONG NATION'S BEST RUNNERS
MUNGRO'S AVERAGE YARDS PER CARRY IS IMPRESSIVE
MUNGRO HITS 100-YARD MARK FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE GAME
MUNGRO TIES PERSONAL-BEST RECEIVING MARK
MUNGRO'S NOTABLE ITEMS FROM THE 2000 CAMPAIGN
vs. PITTSBURGH (10/7)
vs. BRIGHAM YOUNG (9/30)
at EAST CAROLINA (9/23)
at CINCINNATI (9/10)
vs. BUFFALO (9/2)
NUNES IS QUICKLY ASCENDING SU CAREER RECORD LISTS
NUNES ASCENDS SOPHOMORE PASSING RECORD LIST
NUNES RANKS AMONG NATION'S BEST PASSERS
NUNES' NOTABLE ITEMS FROM THE 2000 CAMPAIGN
vs. PITTSBURGH (10/7)
vs. BRIGHAM YOUNG (9/30)
at EAST CAROLINA (9/23)
at CINCINNATI (9/10)
vs. BUFFALO (9/2)
WOODCOCK EYES 1,000-CAREER RECEIVING YARD MARK
WOODCOCK SETS CAREER-BEST WITH SEVEN CATCHES
WOODCOCK MAKES SIGNIFICANT GAIN WITH EVERY CATCH
JACKSON RETURNS FIRST CAREER KICKOFF
TYREE CATCHES GAME-WINNER
TYREE IS SU'S SECOND-LEADING SCORER
TYREE EXCELS ON SPECIAL TEAMS
JOHNSON, MINTER AND SNELL MAKE PRESENCE FELT ON SPECIAL TEAMS
SU SPECIAL TEAMS HALTS RETURNS
SU HOLDS ADVANTAGE IN FIELD POSITION
MANLEY SETS PERSONAL RECEIVING HIGHS
LEWIS SCORES SECOND CAREER TOUCHDOWN
Senior tight end Aaron Lewis (Bayview, TX) hauled in a 20-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter, marking the second reception and touchdown of his career and his first since 1997 ... The last time Lewis caught a pass was at Oklahoma when he grabbed an eight-yard touchdown pass from Donovan McNabb.
CAMPBELL PLAYS TWO PARTS
SHAFER LEADS SU IN SCORING
SHAFER'S PUNTING AVERAGE RANKS THIRD IN THE BIG EAST
KOZIK KICKS OFF
FREENEY GETS TO OPPOSING QBs
WALKER IS SYRACUSE'S TACKLES LEADER
FORD RETURNS TO CORNERBACK
DOWNING GETS TO OPPONENT'S QUARTERBACK
SCANLON RECORDS CAREER-HIGH AGAINST BOSTON COLLEGE
HUNTER SEES TIME IN SECONDARY
DEFENSE FORCES FUMBLES
PETTIJOHN CLIMBS TO FIFTH ON CAREER SACKS LIST
PETTIJOHN AND FREENEY CLIMB SU CAREER SACKS RECORD LIST
GREENWOOD CONTINUES TO LEAD SU DEFENSE
HARRIS RECORDS ANOTHER BREAKUP
SIMPKINS LEADS SU IN QB HURRIES
SMITH TALLIES 11 TACKLES AGAINST BC
JOHNSON IS SU'S FIFTH-LEADING TACKLER
THE BEST IN THE BIG EAST
WINNING WAYS
PASQUALONI LEADS BIG EAST COACHES IN OVERALL WIN PERCENTAGE SINCE FORMATION OF THE LEAGUE
PASQUALONI VS. 2000 OPPONENTS
AMONG THE WINNINGEST COACHES
PASQUALONI AMONG MOST SUCCESSFUL COACHES IN THE 90s
DEE BROWN
Senior running back Dee Brown (Altamonte Springs, FL) jumped ahead of former SU great Jim Brown on SU's career rushing record list ... Brown gained 105 yards on 17 carries against Boston College, increasing his career rushing total to 2,125, which is 11th-best in SU history ... Out of the 10 players ahead of Brown on SU's career rushing record list, eight have more career rushes than his 420 ... He needs 39 more rushing yards to move in to tie Robert Drummond (1985-88) in the 10th spot on SU's career rushing list ... Brown is 35th nationally and sixth in the BIG EAST with 88.3 yards per game.
Name
Yards
Carries
Yds./Carry
TDs
Years
1. Joe Morris
4299
813
5.3
25
1978-81
2. Larry Csonka
2934
594
4.9
19
1965-67
3. Floyd Little
2704
504
5.4
35
1964-66
4. David Walker
2643
503
5.3
17
1989-92
5. Bill Hurley
2551
685
3.7
19
1975-79
6. Ernie Davis
2386
360
6.6
28
1959-61
7. Kyle McIntosh
2250
439
5.4
15
1995-98
8. Jaime Covington
2188
526
4.2
13
1981-84
9. Malcolm Thomas
2180
417
5.2
21
1993-96
10. Robert Drummond
2164
393
5.5
17
1985-88
11. DEE BROWN
2125
420
5.1
21
1997-present
12. Jim Brown
2091
361
5.8
23
1954-56
13. Marty Januszkiewicz
2069
489
4.2
17
1969-72
Brown has carried the ball into the endzone 21 times during his SU career, which ties with Malcolm Thomas (1993-96) for fifth in SU history.
Rank
TD's
Player
Years
1 .
35
Floyd Little
1964-66
2.
28
Ernie Davis
1959-61
3 .
25
Joe Morris
1978-81
4.
23
Jim Brown
1954-56
5.
21
Dee Brown
1997-
21
Malcolm Thomas
1993-96
Brown has recorded six 100-yard games during his career, which ties for eighth on SU's 100-yard games record list ... Current SU running backs coach David Walker (1989-92) and Marty Januskiewicz (1969-72) each had six 100-plus yard performances during their SU careeers.
vs. BOSTON COLLEGE (10/14)
Brown recorded the sixth 100-yard game of his career, gaining 105 yards on 17 carries ... He also caught a career-long 32-yard pass.
During SU's first drive of the fourth quarter, Brown carried the ball seven straight times, moving the ball 37 yards (from the UP 46 to the UP 9) ... On a drive in the third quarter Brown gained 20 yards on three consecutive carries.
Brown led the team in carries with 13, gaining 64 yards, averaging 4.9 yards per carry.
Brown recorded his second rushing touchdown of the season ... He gained 78 yards on 17 carries, including a season-long 21-yard effort.
Brown started the game at fullback, he gained 55 yards on 17 carries.
Brown recorded his fifth career 100-yard game, compiling a career-high 157 yards on 18 carries ... With the performance, he tied former Orangemen Robert Drummond (1985-88) and Michael Owens (1987-89) for 10th on the school's all-time 100-yard game list ... Joe Morris (1978-81) is tops in school history with 22 ... It marked the third time in his career that Brown has gained more than 100 yards in the first half ... Brown also caught the first touchdown reception of his career.
WILL ALLEN
Versatile Allen is a Thorpe Award Candidate as One of the Best Cornerbacks in the Nation
Thorpe Award candidate Will Allen (Syracuse, NY) is also one of the nation's best kickoff returners, ranking ninth in the country with an average of 27.8 yards per return ... That mark is second in The BIG EAST Conference.
Allen increased his season pass breakup total 10 with two against Boston College ... He also made one tackle ... Allen has 21 tackles and a team-high 10 pass break-ups in 2000 ... The Thorpe Award is given to the best defensive back in college football.
In two years as a kickoff returner, Will Allen is averaging 23.4 yards per return, which ranks seventh on SU's all-time record list ... His average of 27.8 yards per return this season ranks second on Syracuse's single season record list ... Former SU kick returner Kevin Johnson holds the record with an average of 30.0 yards per return in 1998.
ALL-TIME YARDS PER RETURN(MIN. 20)
1. 39.9 Floyd Little 1964-66
2. 29.1 Jim Brown 1954-56
3. 28.7 Kevin Johnson 1995-98
4. 25.1 Joe Morris 1978-81
5. 24.8 Harold Gayden 1982-86
24.8 Jim Turner 1994-97
7. 23.5 Will Allen 1997-
8. 22.3 Kirby Dar Dar 1991-93
9. 21.8 Art Monk 1976-79
21.8 Qadry Ismail 1989-92
11. 21.5 Pat Woodcock 1997-
12. 21.3 Greg Walker 1988-91
21.3 Michael Owens 1987-89
vs. BOSTON COLLEGE (10/14)
Allen broke up two passes.
Allen had three tackles and deflected a pass.
Allen broke up two passes.
Allen matched his career high with 10 tackles, including seven solo.
Allen batted down four passes, forced a fumble and had three tackles.
Allen blocked a Buffalo field goal attempt ... Greg Shaw was the last Orangeman to stop a field goal (1993 vs. Temple) ... Allen recorded a career-long 59-yard kickoff return.
In his second year as a kickoff returner Will Allen is making a statement ... The senior needs 43 more return yards to tie Art Monk on SU's all-time kickoff return record list ... Monk ranks 10th with 675 return yards on 31 returns ... Allen, who has compiled 632 yards on 27 returns, is tied for 11th place on the list with Larry King, who gained 632 yardson 35 returns.
No.
Yards
Ret.
Name
Years
1.
2,290
105
Qadry Ismail
1989-92
2.
1,688
68
Jim Turner
1994-97
3.
1,562
71
Harold Gayden
1982-86
4.
1,437
50
Kevin Johnson
1995-98
5.
1,096
47
Kirby Dar Dar
1991-93
6.
1,004
40
Joe Morris
1978-81
7.
959
50
Warren Harvey
1976-79
8.
797
20
Floyd Little
1964-66
9.
723
34
Michael Owens
1987-89
10.
675
31
Art Monk
1976-79
11.
632
27
Will Allen
1997-
632
35
Larry King
1974-77
13.
611
21
Jim Brown
1954-56
14.
536
25
Pat Woodcock
1997-
JAMES MUNGRO
Junior running back James Mungro (East Stroudsburg, PA) ranks 24th nationally and third in the BIG EAST with 102.0 yards per game ... Mungro's 119.8 all-purpose yards per game ranks 49th nationally and is fifth in the BIG EAST.
Mungro's average of 8.36 yards per rush is second in the country among the top-50 rushers ... Mungro is just behind San Jose State's Deonce Whitaker, who is averaging 8.48 yards per carry (95 carries, 806 yards and nine touchdowns in seven games).
Mungro gained more than 100 yards in a game for the fifth time in his career ... That mark ties Robert Drummond (1985-88) and Michael Owens (1987-89) for 11th-place on SU's 100-yards game rushing list ... Mungro gained a season-high 155 yards at Boston College, marking the fourth consecutive game he has rushed for more than 100 yards ... It was Mungro's best rushing output since in the 1999 Music City Bowl (162 yard rushing) ... He leads the team with 8.4 yards per carry.
He is SU's second leading rusher with 510 yards on 61 carries (8.4 yards per carry) ... He is tied with sophomore David Tyree for the team lead with four touchdowns.
Mungro tied his career-high with two receptions at Boston College ... It marked the fourth time in his career he caught a pair of passes (Brigham Young, 2000, and Michigan and Temple, 1999) ... He recorded 21 yards receiving ... Mungro has six catches for 89 yards this season.
vs. BOSTON COLLEGE (10/14)
Mungro gained 155 yards on 15 carries, including six carries for 44 yards on SU's nine-play scoring drive in the third quarter.
Mungro recorded his third consecutive 100-yard rushing game (101 yards on 17 carries) and scored his fourth rushing TD of the season.
Mungro rushed for 102 yards before halftime, marking the second time this season a Syracuse back rushed for more than 100 yards in the first half ... It was his third career 100-yard game ... He tied his personal-best with two touchdowns in the game.
Mungro gained 10.6 yards per carry (106 yards on 10 rushes) and scored one touchdown.
Mungro carried the ball eight times in his 2000 debut.
Mungro did not play against the Bulls.
TROY NUNES
Sophomore quarterback Troy Nunes (Butler, PA) jumped past Todd Philcox (1985-88) and Pat Stark (1951-53) into eighth place on the school's all-time passing yards chart ... Nunes 18 touchdown passes rank seventh in school history and his 170 completions is ninth.
Most Passing Yards
1. 8,466 Marvin Graves 1990-93
2. 8,389 Donovan McNabb 1995-98
3. 5,812 Don McPherson 1983-87
4. 3,398 Bill Hurley 1975-79
5. 2,661 Todd Norley 1982-85
6. 2,617 Bernie Custis 1948-50
7. 2,593 Dave Warner 1978-81
8. 2,186 Troy Nunes 1999-
9. 2,116 Pat Stark 1951-53
10. 2,105 Todd Philcox 1985-88
Most Completions
1. 563 Marvin Graves 1990-93
2. 548 Donovan McNabb 1995-98
3. 367 Don McPherson 1983-87
4. 250 Todd Norley 1982-85
5. 228 Bill Hurley 1975-79
6. 209 Dave Warner 1978-81
7. 196 Bernie Custis 1948-50
8. 180 Rick Cassata 1965-67
9. 170 Troy Nunes 1999-
Most Touchdown Passes Thrown
1. 77 Donovan McNabb 1995-98
2. 48 Marvin Graves 1990-93
3. 46 Don McPherson 1983-87
4. 23 Dave Sarette 1959-61
5. 19 Pat Stark 1951-53
19 Bill Hurley 1975-79
7. 18 Troy Nunes 1999-
In six games, Nunes is fourth among Syracuse's top sophomore passers with 1,045 yards ... He is 424 yards away from third-place Don McPherson (1985) with 1,469 ... Marvin Graves had the best sophomore year with 1,912 yards in 1991.
TOP SOPHOMORE PASSERS
Marvin Graves 1991 1,912
Donovan McNabb 1996 1,776
Don McPherson 1985 1,469
Troy Nunes 2000 1,045
Todd Norley 1983 999
Dave Sarette 1959 763
Nunes ranks 15th in the Division I-A and fourth in the BIG EAST passing efficiency rankings with a 142.3 rating ... He posted his highest ranking of the season following the Pittsburgh game, placing third (158.7).
vs. BOSTON COLLEGE (10/14)
Nunes Nunes guided the offensive attack to a 440-yard performace, the second-highest total of the season ... He completed nine of 22 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown.
Nunes earned The BIG EAST Conference co-Offensive Player of the Week award for his efforts against Pittsburgh ... The last SU player to win the offensive award was Donovan McNabb ... Nunes connected on 20-of-29 passes for a career-high 279 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner, en route to a 24-17 win ... Nunes set a career-high for passing yards for the third time this season and for the second consecutive game ... He eclipsed the 100-yard passing-plateau for the 11th time in his career ... His 13 rushes set a career-high.
Nunes connected on 10-of-11 passes for 228 yards ... His completion percentage of .909 tied a school record set by Don McPherson (vs. Colgate) in 1987 ... Nunes engineered the SU offensive effort that gained 390 yards and scored 42 points in the first half ... His career-long 79-yard touchdown pass to Pat Woodcock against Brigham Young ties for the seventh-longest passing play in SU history.
Nunes connected on 10-of-18 passes for 158 yards, marking the ninth game during his career that he has passed for more than 100 yards ... He connected with James Mungro on a 51-yard pass play.
Nunes completed 21-of-30 passes for what was a career-high 221 yards.
Nunes directed the SU offense that gained 380 yards.
PAT WOODCOCK
Senior wide receiver Pat Woodcock (Kanata, Ontario, Canada) is closing in on 1,000 career receiving yards ... He has compiled 957 receiving yards on 52 receptions during his SU tenure ... Woodcock ranks 16th on SU's all-time receiving yards record list ... Deval Glover (1985-88) is 15th with 989 yards and Lonnie Allgood (1973-75) is 14th with 991 ... Woodcock's streak of 16 consecutive games with at least one reception ended against Boston College ... He leads the team with 19 catches and 363 yards (19.1 yards per catch) ... He is fourth in the BIG EAST with 72.6 yards per game and eighth with 3.8 receptions per contest ... Woodcock is fifth in the BIG EAST with 107.6 all-purpose yards per game.
Woodcock hauled in a career-high seven passes against Pittsburgh and was second on the team with 71 yards receiving ... His previous career-high was four catches at Miami in 1999 ... Against Brigham Young, Woodcock became the 47th player in school history to catch a pair of touchdowns in a game ... Woodcock had a career-high 144 yards receiving, including two touchdown catches, one for a career-best 79 yards and the other was a 65-yard scoring play ... The 79-yard reception ties for the seventh-longest passing play in SU history.
Woodcock is averaging 18.4 yards per reception in his career, which ranks sixth on Syracuse's career average yards per catch record list.
MAURICE JACKSON
Junior Maurice Jackson (Rochester, NY) returned one kickoff for 22 yards against Boston College ... It was his second career kickoff return ... Against Pittsburgh he took one back for 24 yards ... Against Pitsburgh he also caught a career-high four passes for 55 yards, averaging 13.8 yards per reception ... His 25-yard catch in the third quarter marked a season-long ... Jackson is fifth on the team with seven catches and is fourth with 78 yards ... Against Brigham Young, Jackson scored his first touchdown of the season on an 18-yard reverse in the first quarter ... It was Jackson's lone carry of the game ... Jackson has executed a reverse four times this season (37 yards , 9.3 yards per carry).
DAVID TYREE
Sophomore David Tyree (Montclair, NJ) caught one pass for 21 yards against Boston College, increasing his season totals to eight receptions for 192 yards ... He is averaging a team-best 24.0 yards per reception ... Against Pittsburgh Tyree became the 48th player in school history to catch two touchdowns in a game ... Tyree caught the game-winning touchdown, a 23-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Troy Nunes (Butler, PA), in the second overtime ... His first touchdown pass came in the second quarter, a career-long 65-yard reception from Nunes ... Tyree's 88-yards receiving is a single-game career-best ... In six games Tyree has surpassed his 12-game total from last season (seven catches for 89 yards) ... He scored his first career receiving touchdown against Cincinnati.
Tyree has scored 26 points for the Orange this season, including four touchdowns and one two-point conversion ... He has three receiving touchdowns ... His other TD was a return of a blocked punt against Buffalo.
Tyree made two special teams plays that put points on the board for the Orangemen against Buffalo ... In the third quarter Tyree scored his first collegiate touchdown by blocking a punt by Dallas Pelz and returning it 20 yards for the touchdown ... He also scored on a two-point conversion ... Tyree has six special teams tackles this year.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Junior linebackers JR Johnson (Cicero, NY) and Maurice Minter (Ossining, NJ) and senior defensive end Cliff Snell (Worcester, MA) lead SU's special teams units with 11 and seven tackles, respectively ... Against Brigham Young, Johnson had three special teams stops, in addition to downing a punt at the BYU one-yard line ... Minter had five against Buffalo ... Minter forced his first career fumble at Cincinnati ... Minter knocked the ball loose from UC punt returner Antoni Chatman in the second quarter ... Minter played wide receiver during his freshman and sophomore seasons and moved to safety during 2000 spring practice and then to linebacker during SU's 2000 preseason camp ... Snell, who has been a steady performer on SU's steady special teams throughout his career, has seven special teams tackles.
SU's special teams defense is allowing just 5.8 yards per punt return and 15.6 yards per kickoff return ... On the flip side, SU's offensive special teams is averaging 9.9 yards per punt takeback, which is tied for 48th nationally, and 24.3 yards per kickoff return, which ranks 13th nationally.
Syracuse's average field position is its own 32.1 yard line, while the Orangemen's opponents average field position to start their drives is their own 28.7 yard line.
TIGHT END DUO PROVIDES OFFENSIVE SPARK MANLEY SETS PERSONAL RECEIVING HIGHS
Junior tight end Graham Manley (Olney, MD) tied a career-high with three receptions for a personal-best 31 yards at Boston College ... His previous career-high was three catches for 26 yards at Cincinnati, when he had three receptions in SU's final drive of the game ... He caught a 23-yard pass in the second quarter against Brigham Young, marking the longest reception of his career ... Manley is tied for fourth on the team with seven catches for 80 yards, averaging 11.4 yards per reception ... The 2000 season marks the first for Manley as a starter.
MALIK CAMPBELL
Sophomore Malik Campbell (Buffalo, NY) is SU's second-leading receiver this year with 16 receptions for 177 yards (11.1 yards per catch) ... Campbell led SU in receiving yards with 57 (four receptions) against East Carolina ... Against Cincinnati he had a career-best eight receptions for a personal-best 66 yards ... His eight catches ties for 12th on SU's single-game receiving record list ... As a punt returner, Campbell ranks 43rd on the Division I-A punt return chart and is sixth in the BIG EAST with 10.5 yards per return (18 returns for 189 yards) ... Against Brigham Young he returned a career-high six punts for a personal-best 57 yards ... This is Campbell's first season as SU's punt returner.
KICKING/PUNTING
Sophomore Mike Shafer (Sarasota, FL) has scored 35 points in five games this season, including 20 PATs and five field goals ... He recorded Syracuse's first points of the Pittsburgh game on a career-long 37-yard field goal in the second quarter ... Against UC Shafer kicked a 35-yard field goal with 43 seconds remaining, marking his first collegiate field goal ... The kick gave Syracuse a 10-9 lead in the game.
Shafer's punting average of 41.2 yards ranks 40th nationaly and second in The BIG EAST Conference ... He has punted 24 times for 988 yards this season.
Junior placekicker Ben Kozik (Adams, MA) handled the kickoff duties against Boston College, averaging a season-best 57 yards per kickoff ... He also averaged 57 yards per kickoff against Pittsburgh ... Kozik kicked off in the East Carolina (56.3 yards per kickoff) and Cincinnati (56 yards per kickoff) games.
DWIGHT FREENEY
Junior defensive end Dwight Freeney (Bloomfield, CT) had two sacks against Boston College, extending his streak of consecutive games with a sack to seven ... His streak dates back to the 1999 Music City Bowl ... Freeney leads the squad with eight and one half sacks this year ... He forced his third fumble of the season, recovered by Boston College, on the first play of the second quarter ... He made four tackles, including two for a loss, and had two quarterback hurries ... Against Brigham Young, he recorded a career-high two and one half sacks, tying for ninth place on SU's single-game sack list ... Freeney has 26 tackles, including a team-leading 13 tackles for a loss, this season.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
Sophomore strong safety Keeon Walker (Hoboken, NJ) leads the Orange with 50 tackles this year ... He recorded seven stops at Boston College, including one for a loss ... Against Pittsburgh he had a career-high nine solo tackles ... He has been SU's defensive tackles leader in three of six games this year ... He recorded his second fumble recovery of the season against Brigham Young ... His first was against Cincinnati in the second game of the season ... He had a career-high 14 stops against Cincinnati ... Walker moved to safety from running back prior to the 2000 spring practice.
Junior cornerback Willie Ford (Falmouth, MA) had four tackles and three pass breakups at Boston College ... Against Pittsburgh Ford led Syracuse with 12 tackles, including eight solo stops ... He posted seven tackles, a pass deflection and had one-half sack against Brigham Young ... Ford has started nine games at cornerback in his career, including five in 1999 ... Ford started SU's games against Buffalo and Cincinnati at strong safety ... Ford is tied for fifth with 33 tackles and has five pass breakups this year.
Senior defensive tackle Eric Downing (Paterson, NJ) tied his personal-best with four solo stops and seven tackles at Boston College ... Downing made four solo tackles at Virginia Tech and Miami last season and seven tackles against the Hokies in 1999 ... Downing added a quarterback hurry at BC ... He has 28 tackles and 10 hurries this season ... Downing has one forced fumble (vs. Buffalo) and one fumble recovery (vs. Cincinnati) this season.
Redshirt freshman Rich Scanlon (Oradell, NJ) tied a career-high with two stops and added a tackle for a loss at Boston College ... Scanlon made two tackles against Buffalo this season ... He has nine tackles this fall.
Junior cornerback Will Hunter (Chester, PA) had one assisted tackle against Boston College ... Against Pittsburgh he had three tackles, including one for a loss, and one pass breakup ... Against BYU, Hunter forced a first-quarter fumble that led to Syracuse's third touchdown of the game ... Hunter freed up the ball and it was recovered by sophomore strong safety Keeon Walker (Hoboken, NJ) ... He also recorded his first career sack against the Cougars ... Against Buffalo, he had a personal-best seven tackles, including six solo stops (one for a loss of 14 yards), one assist and also had one quarterback hurry.
The SU defense has recovered six fumbles (and forced 15 total) in six games in 2000, one more than its total from the 1999 season ... Last year SU forced the opponent to cough up the ball 12 times and recovered five of those ... Against Buffalo three of the five turnovers the defense forced were fumbles ... The last time the Orangemen forced three fumbles was against Miami in 1998 ... SU recovered two fumbles against Cincinnati and one against Brigham Young.
DUKE PETTIJOHN
Senior defensive end Duke Pettijohn (Mattapan, MA) recorded a sack for the second consecutive game against Boston College, moving him into fifth place on SU's career sacks record list ... He also had four tackles, including two for a loss, and two quarterback hurries ... Against Pittsburgh Pettijohn posted his first sack of the season and added four tackles and two quarterback hurries ... He recorded 10.5 sacks last year, which ranks fifth on SU's single-season record list ... Pettijohn, who began his SU career as a linebacker, has played in 37 games, starting 25.
Duke Pettijohn moved into the fifth spot on SU's career sacks record list with one against Boston College ... Dwight Freeney had two sacks against Boston College, which ranks 11th on the career list with 12.
CAREER SACKS
1. 45.5 Tim Green 1982-85
2. 23.0 Terry Wooden 1986-89
3. 21.0 Kevin Mitchell 1990-93
4. 20.5 Jamie Kimmel 1980-84
5. 19.0 Duke Pettijohn 1997-
6. 18.0 Rob Burnett 1986-89
7. 17.0 Ted Gregory 1985-88
8. 16.5 Keith Friberg 1985-88
16.5 Garland Hawkins 1989-92
9. 15.5 George Rooks 1988-91
10. 12.5 Wilky Bazile 1991-94
11. 12.0 Dwight Freeney 1998-
12. 11.0 Jerry Kimmel 1982-85
MORLON GREENWOOD
Senior linebacker Morlon Greenwood (Freeport, NY) made seven tackles, including one for a loss, at Boston College ... Greenwood added a quarterback hurry at BC ... Against Pittsburgh he broke up two passes and had eight tackles, including six assisted stops ... Against BYU, he recorded 11 tackles, including five solo stops ... It was the second time in five games this year that Greenwood has reached double-figures tackles ... He had 10 against Cincinnati ... He is third on the team with 46 tackles ... Greenwood is a candidate for the 2000 Butkus Award ... The award honors the top linebacker in Division I-A ... Greenwood has made 42 consecutive starts at SU ... Greenwood was rated the 15th-best outside linebacker nationally by Lindy's preseason magazine ... The 70-player Butkus Award Watch List will be trimmed to 10 semi-finalists on October 19 ... Three finalists will be announced on November 9 ... The Butkus Award Gala will be on December 8 at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando, FL.
QUENTIN HARRIS
Junior free safety Quentin Harris (Wilkes-Barre, PA) made four tackles and deflected a pass at Boston College ... Against Pittsburgh he contributed eight tackles, including six solo stops ... Harris sustained a separated shoulder against Cincinnati and missed SU's game against East Carolina ... He returned from the shoulder injury to record eight tackles and two pass break-ups against BYU ... Harris is tied for fifth on the squad with 33 stops this season he also has two pass break-ups and one fumble recovery on the season.
RICKIE SIMPKINS
Senior defensive end Rickie Simpkins (Middle Village, NY) had five tackles at Boston College ... Against Pittsburgh he recorded a career-high seven quarterback hurries and had six tackles, including two for a loss ... Simpkins had a career-high 12 tackles against Cincinnati ... Simpkins has 26 tackles, including three for a loss, and leads the squad with 11 quarterback hurries.
CLIFTON SMITH
Sophomore linebacker Clifton Smith (Freeport, NY) recorded a team-high 11 stops at Boston College ... Against Pittsurgh Smith forced a fumble, which was recovered by the Panthers, and had seven tackles, including one for a loss ... Against Cincinnati he recorded the first fumble recovery of his career and returned it three yards ... Smith is second on the team with 49 tackles this season.
JR JOHNSON
Junior linebacker JR Johnson (Cicero, NY) set a career-high with 11 tackles, including a personal-best seven solo stops, at Boston College ... Previously, he had six solo tackles against Pittsburgh in 1998 and 10 tackles at Brigham Young this season ... Johnson recorded his first forced fumble against BYU ... Johnson knocked the ball loose on the first series of the game, but BYU quarterback Bret Engemann recovered the ball ... Johnson is fourth on the squad with 38 tackles.
COACH PASQUALONI
Tenth-year SU head coach Paul Pasqualoni has the most wins of any active BIG EAST coach both overall and in league games since the inception of the league in 1991... Pasqualoni has 78 wins overall and 45 in BIG EAST games ... Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer, who is in his 12th year, is second in both categories with 77 overall wins and 44 victories in BIG EAST games ... SU's 45 wins (a 45-18 record in the BIG EAST) are the most by any school in the conference.
Paul Pasqualoni has won 78 of the 113 games he has directed at SU ... His record is 78-34-1 (.695 win pct.) ... His overall record as a head coach is 112-51-1 (.686) ... He is SU's second-winningest coach ... Ben Schwartzwalder ranks first with 153 wins (153-91-3/.626) ... Pasqualoni joined SU's staff in 1987.
W L T Pct. BIG EAST
1. Paul Pasqualoni, Syracuse 1991 78 34 1 .695 45-18 (.714)
2. Frank Beamer, Va. Tech 1991 77 34 0 .694 44-15 (.746)
(1987 1st yr. at VT)
3. Butch Davis, Miami 1995 44 20 0 .688 29-9 (.763)
4. Don Nehlen, W. Virginia 1991 65 44 2 .595 38-27-1 (.583)
(1980 1st yr. at WVU)
5. Tom O'Brien, Boston College 1997 19 20 0 .487 10-14 (.417)
6. Walt Harris, Pittsburgh 1997 17 22 0 .436 7-16 (.304)
7. Bobby Wallace, Temple 1998 8 21 0 .276 5-12 (.294)
8. Terry Shea, Rutgers 1996 10 40 0 .250 4-28 (.125)
Paul Pasqualoni has a perfect record against 17 schools he has coached against during his SU tenure, including four teams on the 2000 slate (Brigham Young, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Temple) ... He has directed SU to three league titles, including the 1997 and 1998 titles outright and a share of the 1996 crown.
First
Opponent Game Record Home Away Neutral
Buffalo 2000 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0
Boston College 1991 6-4 3-2 3-2 0-0
Brigham Young 2000 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0
Cincinnati 1993 3-1 2-0 1-1 0-0
East Carolina 1991 4-3 1-2 3-1 0-0
Miami 1992 2-6 1-3 1-3 0-0
Pittsburgh 1991 10-0 5-0 5-0 0-0
Rutgers 1991 8-1 4-0 4-1 0-0
Temple 1991 9-0 5-0 4-0 0-0
Virginia Tech 1992 4-4 4-0 0-4 0-0
West Virginia 1991 6-3 4-1 2-2 0-0
Paul Pasqualoni is 13th on the list for winningest active coaches in Division I-A football.
Yrs. Yrs/Sch W L T Pct. Bowl Record
1. Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee 9 9 78 17 0 .821 5 3 0
2. Joe Paterno, Penn State 35 35 319 88 3 .782 20 9 1
3. Lloyd Carr, Michigan 6 6 54 15 0 .783 3 2 0
4. Steve Spurrier, Florida 14 11 128 35 2 .782 5 5 0
5. Bobby Bowden, Florida State 35 24 308 86 4 .779 17 5 1
6. R.C. Slocum, Texas A&M 12 12 106 34 2 .754 2 7 0
7. Dennis Erickson, Oregon State 15 2 125 46 1 .730 4 4 0
8. LaVell Edwards, BYU 29 29 253 97 3 .721 7 14 1
9. John Robinson, UNLV 14 2 110 45 4 .700 7 1 0
10. Bill Snyder, Kansas State 12 12 93 41 1 .698 4 3 0
11. John Cooper, Ohio State 24 13 189 81 6 .696 5 8 0
12. Butch Davis, Miami 6 6 44 20 0 .688 3 0 0
13. Paul Pasqualoni, Syracuse 15 10 112 51 1 .686 5 2 0
14. Rick Neuheisel, Washington 6 3 44 21 0 .677 3 1 0
15. Dennis Franchione, TCU 18 3 133 64 2 .673 2 1 0
During the 1990s head coach Paul Pasqualoni recorded a nine-year 70.6 win percentage (75-31-1 record), which ranked 10th in the nation in the decade (1990-99) ... When ranking coaches by the number of victories in the 1990s, Pasqualoni ranked 16th, despite having been a head coach for nine years in the 10-year span, while other coaches were head coaches for 10 campaigns.
