Orange, Cougars Clash in DIRECTV Holiday Bowl

SYRACUSE vs. WASHINGTON STATE
Game Details: 8 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. PST) | Friday, Dec. 27
Location: San Diego, Calif. | Snapdragon Stadium
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Television: FOX
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ORANGE FACE WASHINGTON STATE IN DIRECTV HOLIDAY BOWL
• Syracuse makes its third-straight bowl appearance when it takes on Washington State in the 2024 DIRECTV Holiday Bowl.
• The game will air on FOX, with Gus Johnson (PxP), Joel Klatt (analyst) and Jenny Taft (reporter) on the call.
• Fans can secure their seats or get bowl information at Cuse.com/Bowl.

GOING BOWLING
• The 2024 DIRECTV Holiday Bowl marks Syracuse's 29th bowl game appearance. The Orange have won four of their last six bowl games and have an all-time record of 16-11-1.
• From 1989-96, the Orange won seven-straight bowl games. The streak is the seventh-longest in college football postseason history. Florida State owns the record with 11-consecutive bowl-game
victories from 1985-96.
• Syracuse is 1-of-41 teams to play in bowl games in each of the last-three seasons (excludes Minnesota and San Jose State who received bowl invites with a 5-7 record in that span).

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ORANGE
• Syracuse and Texas are tied for the most wins against bowl eligible teams, with eight heading into the postseason.
• Ten of the Orange's 11 FBS opponents will play in bowl games this season. Syracuse's opponents posted a combined record of 86-60 (.589) heading into bowl season.
• Syracuse has two victories over the current CFP top-25, a mark with ties for the fourth-most nationally.
• Syracuse posted three wins against AP top-25 teams at the time of their matchup this season for the first time since 1998.
• Two of the Orange's non-conference victories came against teams that played in their respective conference championship game (Ohio, UNLV).

4 OVER 60
• Syracuse has four players with 60 receptions in a season for the first time in program history.
• The Orange are the only team in the nation to have three or more players with 60 or more catches in 2024.
• WR Trebor Pena has 79 receptions to lead the Orange. WR Jackson Meeks has 73, while TE Oronde Gadsden II has 69. RB LeQuint Allen Jr. reached 50 catches this season at Cal to join the group. He currently has 61.

SERIES HISTORY
• Syracuse and Washington State will play for the second time when they meet in the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl. Syracuse won the only previous meeting between the two schools, 52-25.
• The Orange hosted the Cougars in 1979. That game was played at then Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. as the Dome was being constructed.

A WIN WOULD …
• Give the Orange 10 wins in a season for the first time since 2018 and just the third time since 2000.
• Make Fran Brown the second head coach in the modern era (post World War II) to record 10 wins in his first season as head coach, matching Paul Pasqualoni's mark in 1991.
• Give Syracuse its 764th all-time victory (includes 11 wins from 2004-06 that were vacated by the NCAA). The Orange currently rank 21st on the FBS ledger of winningest programs. Syracuse is one of 34 FBS schools to have accumulated 700+ wins.

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Players Mentioned

LeQuint Allen

Oronde Gadsden II

Jackson Meeks

Trebor Pena

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