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SYRACUSE VS. WAKE FOREST
Game Details: 3:30 p.m. | Saturday, Oct. 9
Location: Syracuse, N.Y. | Carrier Dome
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Television: ESPN2
Radio: Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield
Twitter: @CuseFootball | @Cuse
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GAME INFORMATION
• A number of new protocols are in place based on public health guidance this season. Fans should familiarize themselves with all requirements and expectations here: Stadium Attendance Guidance
• All fans are required to wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status, when in the stadium, or outdoors on campus around others, except when actively eating or drinking. We appreciate our fans' cooperation in protecting the health and well-being of our community.
• Fans are encouraged to arrive early to streamline entry.
• Mobile ticketing is also in place. If you have not downloaded your tickets yet, here's a step-by-step guide to mobile tickets: Mobile Ticketing
• Syracuse is celebrating Family Weekend and Military Appreciation Day, sponsored by SEFCU on Saturday.
• Syracuse plays its first home ACC game when it hosts Wake Forest. The Orange are 2-1 in the Carrier Dome this season.
• The Orange will face their first ranked opponent of the year on Saturday. The Demon Deacons are ranked 19 in the AP poll and 20 in the coaches poll.
• The game will air on ESPN2, with Beth Mowins G'90 (PxP), Kirk Morrison (analyst) and Dawn Davenport (reporter) on the call. It marks the fourth time in six weeks that a Syracuse alum has served as the play-by-play announcer for the television broadcast.

SERIES HISTORY
• Syracuse and Wake Forest will meet for the 11th time overall. The Demon Deacons will visit the Carrier Dome for the third-consecutive year.
• The Orange own a 6-4 advantage in the series, including a 4-2 on their home field.
• The last four games between the teams have been high-scoring affairs. Syracuse has averaged 34.3 points during that span, while Wake Forest has recorded 39.0 points per game. The teams have split those four contests.
• Syracuse and Wake Forest first met in 2006 in Winston-Salem before a 2011 meeting in the Carrier Dome. The squads have met each year since the Orange joined the ACC in 2013.

SHRADER TO THE HOUSE
• QB Garrett Shrader put his name in the Syracuse record book with his performance at Florida State.
• The sophomore recorded three rushing touchdowns, which ties the single-game school record for most rushing touchdowns for a quarterback.
• It marked the ninth time that an 'Cuse quarterback has rushed for three touchdowns in a game. The last to accomplish the feat was Eric Dungey in 2018 against Boston College.
• Shrader is tied with teammate RB Sean Tucker for 12th in the nation in rushing touchdowns (7).
• Shrader finished with a career-high 137 yards rushing on 16 attempts. His 55-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was also a career best.
• It was his second-career 100-yard rushing performance. Shrader had 125 yards versus Kentucky in 2019 as a freshman at Mississippi State.

TUCKER ON RECORD SETTING TRACK
• Freshman RB Sean Tucker is on pace to have one of the most prolific single-season rushing totals in school history.
• Tucker has 638 yards rushing on 107 carries through five games.
• Only two other Orange running backs had more yards through five game - Joe Morris and Walter Reyes.
• Morris had 729 yards through five games in 1979 when he set the program single-season record of 1,372.
• Reyes recorded 721 yards in five games in 2003. He finished the year with 1,347 yards, which rank second on the single-season record list.
• Overall, Orange rushers have topped the 1,000 yard mark in a season 16 times.

JONATHAN NAMED CAMPBELL TROPHY SEMIFINALIST
• DL Kingsley Jonathan is a Campbell Trophy semifinalist for the second-straight season.
• The Campbell Trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
• Jonathan was a CoSIDA Academic All-American last season and was the recipient of the ACC's Jim Tatum Award, presented to the top senior football student-athlete in the league.

A WIN WOULD …
• Improve Dino Babers' record to 28-38 as head coach of the Orange.
• Improve Syracuse's record at home to 3-1 this season.
• 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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Players Mentioned

Kingsley Jonathan

Garrett Shrader

Sean Tucker

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