ACC Play is Here

SYRACUSE AT FLORIDA STATE
Game Details: 3:30 p.m. | Saturday, Oct. 2
Location: Tallahassee, Fla. | Doak Campbell Stadium
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Television: ACCN
Radio: Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield
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GAME INFORMATION
• Syracuse opens ACC play at Florida State on Saturday. It's the Orange's first road game since the season opener on Sept. 4.
• The Orange look to extend their winning streak to three games, which would be their longest since winning four straight twice during the 2018 season.
• The game will air on ACC Network, with Chris Cotter (PxP), Mark Herzlich (analyst) and Jalyn Johnson (reporter) on the call.

SERIES HISTORY
• Syracuse and Florida State will meet for the 14th time when they take the field on Saturday.
• The Seminoles own an 11-2 advantage in the series but have split the last two meetings.
• Both of the Orange's wins have come in Syracuse - 1966 in Archbold Stadium and 2018 in the Carrier Dome.
• Syracuse faced Florida State each year from 2013-19 as members of the ACC's Atlantic Division. The teams did not play last season when the league adopted a 15-team, one-division format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

LAST TIME VS. FLORIDA STATE
• Cam Akers scored four touchdowns to lead Florida State to a 35-17 victory against Syracuse in Doak Campbell Stadium in 2019.
• The Seminoles took their largest lead of the day at 35-3 lead before the Orange scored 14-straight points in the fourth quarter.
• Moe Neal and Abdul Adams each recorded a rushing touchdown in the contest. Neal finished with 74 yards on 20 carries, while Adams had 56 yards on 11 attempts.
• Tommy DeVito completed 20-of-33 passes for 151 yards.
• Lakiem Williams led the Orange with 11 tackles. It was the first of three-consecutive games in which he recorded 10-plus stops.

STRONG THROUGH SEPTEMBER
• Syracuse's win against Liberty gave the Orange a 3-1 record in September.
• That mark equals 'Cuse's best record during the month since head coach Dino Babers took over the program in 2016.
• The 2018 squad also went 3-1 in September. That year the Orange started the season in August, posting a win at Western Michigan, and entered the month of October with a 4-1 record.
• Syracuse finished the 2018 campaign with a 10-3 record, which included a 34-18 victory against West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl.

A STAR IS BORN
• Freshman RB Sean Tucker ranks as one of the top offensive players in the nation through the first four games.
• He ranks in the top 10 in seven different categories in the lastest NCAA FBS statistics.
• Tucker is second in the country in rushing yards with 536, which is just 18 behind national leader Kenneth Walker III of Michigan State.
• He's also second in all-purpose yards (177.75) and rushing yards per game (134.0).
• His eight total touchdowns is good for fourth place as are his 48 total points.
• Tucker also ranks fifth in rushing touchdowns with seven.
• In addition, he is 31st in yards per reception (19.44).
• Tucker is on pace to set the program to set the program single-season rushing record of 1,372, which was set in 1979 by Joe Morris.

DISRUPTIVE DEFENSE
• Opposing quarterbacks have seen a lot of Syracuse defenders in their backfield this season, particularly during the past two weeks.
• The Orange's 14 combined sacks in the last two games are the most in a single two-game stretch in program history.
• Syracuse ranks second in the nation in sacks per game (4.50) despite not recording a sack in the season opener.

BEHIND THE LINE
• Syracuse is third in the nation in tackles for loss, averaging 9.8 per game.
• The Orange recorded 14.0 tackles for loss in its victory against UAlbany. That total is tied for the fourth-highest in FBS football this season.
• Ten different players recorded a TFL against the Great Danes.
• The Orange are one of only two schools with 13 or more TFLs in multiple games this season.
• Syracuse recorded 13 TFLs against Rutgers, which is now tied for seventh-most in a FBS game in 2021.
• Senior DL Cody Roscoe has had two or more TFLs in each of the last three games. He ranks third in the nation in TFLs (2.0).

A WIN WOULD …
• Improve Dino Babers' record to 28-37 as head coach of the Orange.
• Extend the 'Cuse winning streak to three, which would be its longest since 2018.
• Give Syracuse its 740th all-time victory (includes 11 wins from 2004-06 that were vacated by the NCAA). The Orange currently rank 22nd on the FBS ledger of winningest programs. Syracuse is one of 31 FBS schools to have accumulated 700+ wins.

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