Running back Curtis Brinkley (22) and the football Orange will play at Notre Dame this Saturday (2:30 p.m., NBC).
Visit to Notre Dame is Next on Orange Agenda
11/17/2008 5:46:23 PM | Football
Game Notes
For the sixth time in program history, the Orange football squad will play Notre Dame (Saturday, Nov. 22, 2:30 p.m., NBC). Notre Dame leads the series, 3-2, including a 2-0 record in South Bend. Notre Dame won the first two meetings, in 1914 in Syracuse and in 1961 in South Bend. In the 1961 meeting, College Football Hall of Famer Ernie Davis ran for 95 yards against the Irish on his way to becoming the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. In the same game, NFL Hall of Famer John Mackey caught two passes for 80 yards.
For the sixth time in program history, the Orange football squad will play Notre Dame (Saturday, Nov. 22, 2:30 p.m., NBC). Notre Dame leads the series, 3-2, including a 2-0 record in South Bend. Notre Dame won the first two meetings, in 1914 in Syracuse and in 1961 in South Bend. In the 1961 meeting, College Football Hall of Famer Ernie Davis ran for 95 yards against the Irish on his way to becoming the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. In the same game, NFL Hall of Famer John Mackey caught two passes for 80 yards.
The Orange earned its first victory in the series with a 14-7 win in a game played in Yankee Stadium in 1963. Syracuse also prevailed in the first meeting in the Carrier Dome, beating the Fighting Irish 38-12. In that game, SU running back Walter Reyes rushed for 189 yards and set a Dome record with 30 points on five touchdowns, a performance which vaulted him to the top of the single season rushing touchdown list (20). The Orange forced four turnovers in the contest, including two interceptions by Anthony Smith and Christian Ferrara tied the SU single-game record with five tackles for a loss.
This weekend SU running back Curtis Brinkley will continue his climb up the Orange all-time rushing list. He gained 94 yards against Connecticut, increasing his career rushing total to 2,028 yards, which ranks 17th on the list. Marty Januskiewicz is 16th with 2,069 yards and Jim Brown is 15th with 2,091 career rushing yards.
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