Empire State Foes in the Dome on Saturday

SYRACUSE VS. UALBANY
Game Details: 12 p.m. | Saturday, Sept. 18
Location: Syracuse, N.Y. | Carrier Dome
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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
• It's also 2020 commencement weekend. Syracuse's class of 2020 has been invited back to celebrate their graduation this weekend after formal in-person commencement activities were canceled in 2020.

SERIES HISTORY
• Saturday's game is the first meeting between Syracuse and UAlbany.
• The Great Danes are the Orange's first first-time opponent since 2019 when they faced Liberty in the season opener.
• Since the beginning of the 2000 season, Syracuse has played 16 new opponents, going 11-5 in those games.

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
• Syracuse owns a 73-78-11 (.485) overall record against FBS and FCS members located in the state of New York.
• The Orange have won each of their past 11 contests against opponents from the Empire State. In its current streak against in-state foes, Syracuse has outscored the opposition 432-104.
• The team's last loss against a program from New York came against Army West Point in 1986.

AGAINST FCS FOES
• Syracuse is a perfect 18-0 against FCS foes (formerly Division I-AA) since the separation of major college football programs into two divisions in 1978.
• The streak includes 17-straight wins in the Dome.
• Head coach Dino Babers is 23-5 in his career against FCS teams, which includes an 18-5 recorded while he was the head coach at Eastern Illinois, an FCS institution. Babers is 5-0 versus FCS teams when coaching at an FBS program, including a 4-0 mark with Syracuse.

JONES LEADS DEFENSIVE EFFORT
• LB Mikel Jones has recorded 10-or-more tackles in each of Syracuse's first two games of the season. He leads the team in tackles.
• That total ties him for ninth in the nation and leads the ACC in total tackles.
• Jones had 2.5 tackles for loss against the Scarlet Knights, helping the Orange record 13.0 as a team. Syracuse ranks 11th in the nation and first in the ACC in that category (9.0 TFL/per game).

FOR THE FIRST TIME
• Syracuse is 104-48-14 all-time when facing an opponent for the first time. Most recently, the Orange defeated Liberty, 24-0, in the first meeting between the squads in 2019.

SERVAIS STANDS ALONE
• Redshirt-senior OL Airon Servais made his 50th straight start in Saturday's game versus Rutgers. That number is the most starts in program history.
• He entered the game against the Scarlet Knights tied for the most total starts by a Syracuse player with Orange QB Donovan McNabb, who make 49 starts from 1995-98.
• Servais has started every game in which he has played, a streak that started in 2017.
• He logged 1,103 snaps in 13 starts and was on the field for every offensive snap in 11 games as a sophomore in 2018 .
• He has made starts at center, left tackle and right tackle during his career.

BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE
• Syracuse recorded 13 TFLs against Rutgers. That total is the fourth-highest total in a game in FBS football this season.
• Nine different players recorded a TFL against the Scarlet Knights, led by senior DL Cody Roscoe's 3.0, which ties his career high.
• The 13.0 TFLs are the most since 2019 when the Orange also had 13.0 TFLs against Liberty.

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Players Mentioned

Mikel Jones

Cody Roscoe

Airon Servais

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