2011 Orange to Open Season at Home
2/25/2011 12:00:00 PM | Football
Syracuse University football fans will help the Orange kick off the 2011 campaign in the Carrier Dome for the first two weeks of the season. Syracuse will host Wake Forest on September 3 and Rhode Island on September 10. The home schedule also includes games against Toledo (Sept. 24), Rutgers (Oct. 1), West Virginia (Oct. 22), South Florida (Nov. 11) and Cincinnati (Nov. 26). The Friday night contest against USF will be nationally televised on ESPN2 at 8:00 p.m.
The Orange, under the direction of third-year head coach Doug Marrone, will play at Southern California on September 17 in the only away game during the first five weeks of the season. Syracuse's other non-conference road game is at Tulane on October 8. SU's BIG EAST away games are at Louisville (Oct. 29), at Connecticut (Nov. 5) and at Pittsburgh (Dec. 3). The regular-season finale at Pittsburgh will be nationally televised on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.
New season tickets can be ordered now online (www.SUAthletics.com) and at the Carrier Dome Box Office (888-DOMETIX). Renewals for preferred seating, premium seating, and season tickets can be processed online (www.SUAthletics.com). New preferred/premium seat patrons are invited to call the Carrier Dome Box Office for more information.
Syracuse begins Spring practice on March 8 and will have its annual Spring game on April 16 in the Carrier Dome.
