Orange Await Home Opener

SYRACUSE VS. GEORGIA TECH
Game Details: 12 p.m. | Saturday, Sept. 26
Location: Syracuse, N.Y. | Carrier Dome
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Television: ACC RSN | WatchESPN | Fox Sports Go
Radio: Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield IMG College
Twitter: @CuseFootball | @Cuse
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BACK IN OUR HOUSE
• After back-to-back road games to open the season, Syracuse kicks off a three-game homestand when Georgia Tech visits 'Cuse.
• Syracuse is set to debut $118 million in renovations to the stadium this weekend after a new roof and other amenities were installed in the building this offseason.
• The COVID-19 pandemic pushing the season back a week, plus two-straight road games to start make this the latest home opener in the history of the building and latest since the Orange hosted Kansas on this date in 1970. The only exception to this is the 1979 season, when Syracuse did not play any home games while the Dome (also known as the Loud House) was being constructed.
• The game will air on ACC Regional Sports Networks, with Tom Werme '91 (PxP), James Bates (analyst) and Lyndsay Rowley (reporter) on the call. ACC RSN games are also available through the WatchESPN app or Fox Sports Go app.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring the health and safety of our student-athletes, campus and Central New York community, fans are not permitted at Saturday's game. Tailgating in Syracuse University lots is also prohibited.
• Fans are encouraged to join in Syracuse's new interactive experience "'Cuse on the Couch", presented by KeyBank. It's a virtual second-screen show that will begin at 11:30 a.m. through the duration of the game that is free on the Cuse app or Cuse.com. It aims to elevate the virtual fan experience, especially when our fans can't watch the home opener in person. The show will be hosted by Brian Higgins '04 and will be augmented with live updates, in-game statistics and on-demand video content.

ORANGE IN HOME OPENERS
• Syracuse is 91-33-4 in home openers – a record that excludes the 1979 season when the Orange played all their games on the road due to the construction of the Dome – and the 1889 season when Syracuse did not play a home game.
• Since the Dome opened in 1980, Syracuse is 16-17 in home starters.
• Syracuse has won six of its last-seven home openers, including a 3-1 mark under Dino Babers.
• This is the second-straight season in which Syracuse faces a conference opponent in its home opener. Prior to facing Clemson in the opener last season, Syracuse had not faced a conference foe since beginning the 2005 season vs. then BIG EAST rival West Virginia.

A NEW STADIUM EXPERIENCE
• Saturday's game will be the first at Syracuse since the University began work on creating a new stadium experience.
• Unfortunately it'll debut in a fan-less stadium due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Saturday's game will be the debut of a new fixed roof, a vertically hung scoreboard, state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, improved accessibility and added Wi-Fi capabilities are just a handful of features.
• The new crown truss atop the building consists of over 6-million pounds of structural steel and the center-hung scoreboard is 7,022 square feet, making it the second-largest indoor center-hung system in the United States.
• The first Syracuse football game in the building came 40 years ago this week, when Syracuse defeated Miami (OH) on Sept. 20, 1980.

SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the fourth all-time meeting between Georgia Tech and Syracuse, with all four meetings coming in the last 20 years.
• The Yellow Jackets lead the series 3-0. Two of the matchups have been played at neutral locations. The teams have met just once as ACC opponents since the Orange joined the ACC in 2013.
• The first meeting in the series was second-to-last Kickoff Classic, the original preseason "bowl' game, in when 10th-ranked Georgia Tech beat unranked Syracuse, 13-7.
• Georgia Tech is Syracuse's least-played opponent within the ACC. Duke is second on the list with a total of four games between the conference opponents, two of which were conference meetings.
• With the 10-game conference slate this season, Syracuse will play four games against ACC Coastal opponents, including Georgia Tech, to start the season. 'Cuse is 4-6 under head coach Dino Babers in games vs. the ACC Coastal. Babers is 3-5 vs. this year's slate of teams, having faced North Carolina, Duke and Pitt in his Syracuse tenure.

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