'Cuse Welcomes UConn for Home Opener

SYRACUSE vs. UCONN
Game Details: 12 p.m. | Saturday, Aug. 6
Location: JMA Wireless Dome | Syracuse, N.Y.
Tickets: Cuse.com/FootballTickets
Television: ACCNX
Game Links: Watch | Listen | Live Stats
Game Program: Here
Radio: Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield
Twitter: @CuseFootball | @Cuse
Syracuse Links: News | Roster | Schedule | Notes
UConn Links: News | Roster | Schedule | Notes

OPENING DRIVE
• Syracuse football is back in the JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday, hosting UConn for the home opener.
• The Orange went 6-1 at home last season, including a one-score victory over the Huskies in November.
• Both teams enter the game having won a bowl game in 2024, and have identical 10-4 records since the start of the 2024 campaign.

FAN INFORMATION
• Be there early on Saturday to experience all the activities to get you ready for kickoff!
• Both season and individual game tickets are available at Cuse.com/FootballTickets.
• 'Cuse on the Quad opens at 9 a.m., featuring food trucks, additional food and beverage options, inflatables and lawn games, merchandise, performances by the Syracuse marching band and more!
• As you make your way to the Dome, be sure to utilize the Waze app to provide real-time traffic updates on routes around the venue. Visit Cuse.com/Dome for GPS directions to your specific lot. Fans are encouraged to download the app and use it to view the quickest route to parking lots in real time. Fans can now purchase parking in advance for the Skytop Lot here. For additional important parking updates and information, visit Cuse.com/Dome.
• The NYE Auto Quad Walk will take place at 9:45 a.m. Fans are encouraged to beat the team there and be in place in advance of the walk to cheer the team on during their walk into the Dome.
• Make sure you download the 'Cuse app (Download on IOS or Google Play) to be part of interactive fan opportunities in-game. The light shows prior to the team entrance and between the third and fourth quarter provide ways for fans to involve themselves in the action, plus trivia and more.
• Fans can also expect additional concession and merchandise items and more exciting things in the Dome this fall. For more information, click here.
• Select gates (A, B, C, P and VIP) will continue to open two hours prior to kickoff, as in prior years, for access to the suites, Club 44 and Kuhn Gameday Lounge. All other gates will open 90-minutes prior to kickoff.
• Saturday's game will also be Military Appreciation Day, presented by Broadview FCU. Fans can expect a number of miltary themed events on Saturday. To learn more about the 'Cuse for the Troops program, visit Cuse.com/Military.

SYRACUSE IN HOME OPENERS
• Syracuse is 95-34-4 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, 'Cuse is 26-19 in home starters.
• Syracuse has won 10 of its last-12 home openers.

EVERY 'CUSE CLICK COUNTS
• Can't make it to the Dome? You can catch Saturday's game on ACCNX or ESPN+ through the ESPN app.
• There are more ways than ever that fans can have a direct financial impact on Syracuse Athletics, one of which is by making sure you watch every game you can't attend. Television ratings now have an impact on revenue distribution in the ACC. Make sure you're always watching the Orange, whether from the Dome or at home, because Every 'Cuse Click Counts.

SERIES HISTORY
• Syracuse and UConn for the second-straight year and 14th time overall when they take the field Saturday. Syracuse leads the series, 7-6. The Orange have outscored UConn, 201-93 in the last five meetings, all of which were 'Cuse wins.
• The squads played every season from 2004 to 2012 as members of The BIG EAST Conference.

TOUGH SLATE
• Syracuse is one of two teams that will face four opponents this season that played in last year's College Football Playoff. The Orange will face Tennessee, Clemson, SMU and Notre Dame, all on the road. Mississippi State will also face four CFP teams from a year ago (Arizona State, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia), but all four will be played at home.
• The Orange's home slate is difficult too. All-five FBS opponents that visit the Dome this year are coming off a bowl appearance in 2024.

A WIN WOULD …
• Give Syracuse a win in its home opener for the 11th time in the last 13 years.
• Improve head coach Fran Brown's record to 2-0 in home openers.
• Give Syracuse its 765th 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 37 FBS schools to have accumulated 700+ wins.

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