Orange Travel to GT Seeking Second-Straight Win - Syracuse University Athletics

Game Details: Eight p.m. | Saturday, Nov. 18 Location: Atlanta, Ga. | Bobby Dodd Stadium Remaining Home Game Tickets: Cuse.com/Tickets Game Links: Watch | Listen | Live Stats Television: ACCN Radio: Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield Twitter: @CuseFootball | @Cuse Syracuse Links: News | Roster | Schedule | Notes Georgia Tech Links: News | Roster | Schedule | Notes

ORANGE Travel TO GEORGIA TECH FOR Final Road CONTEST • Syracuse makes a rare journey to Atlanta to face Georgia Tech on Saturday. It will be the Orange's closing street contest of the 2023 regular season. • The sport will air on ACC Network, with Wes Durham (PxP), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst) and Taylor Tannebaum (reporter) on the decision. • The Orange will try to develop into bowl eligible for the second-straight 12 months. It would be the first time Syracuse has gone to a bowl recreation in again-to-again seasons since 2012 and 2013.

SEE THE ORANGE RUN • Syracuse rushed for a season-excessive 392 yards in its victory towards Pittsburgh. • It's the seventh-highest, single-sport total in the FBS this season and probably the most dashing yards for an ACC squad in 2023. • The Orange's ground attack produced their most speeding yards because the 1996 Liberty Bowl (396 yards). • Syracuse ran seventy four plays within the victory over the Panthers, 65 of which were run plays. The sixty five speeding makes an attempt are the best complete for the Orange in an ACC game and the most for 'Cuse underneath the route of head coach Dino Babers. • Conversely, Syracuse tried just 9 passes, that are the fewest for the Orange in an ACC contest and the least quantity of attempts since 2000 in opposition to Buffalo (9). The 5 completed passes tied for the fewest in an ACC game.

THREE'S Company • The Orange had three gamers rush for more than one hundred yards towards Pittsburgh, the travel notes led by TE Dan Villari's profession high 154 yards. QB Garrett Shrader finished with 105, whereas RB LeQuint Allen Jr. had 102 yards. • It marked the first time since 1997 that Syracuse had three 100-yard rushers in the identical game. That year, Kyle McIntosh (136), Dee Brown (117) and Donovan McNabb (100) accomplished the feat against Miami. • Saturday's sport marked the second time this season that a non quarterback or operating again led an ACC workforce in speeding this season (NC State WR KC Concepcion vs. Clemson) and the third time within the FBS this season (Hawaii P Matthew Shipley vs. San Jose State).

WAX ON, WAX OFF • LB Marlowe Wax emerged as a leader on Syracuse's protection final season. • He is in sole possession of seventh on Syracuse's career leader record for tackles for loss ledger with 35.5. • He forced his third fumble of the season against Clemson, giving him seven in his career. That complete ties for fourth on Syracuse's profession chief checklist. • Wax took over the team lead in tackles with a profession-high 14 at Virginia Tech. He now has 83 this season. • His 5.5 solo tackles per sport rank second within the ACC and ninth within the nation. • Wax compelled two fumbles, had an interception that he returned for 14 yards and broke up a go in opposition to Purdue. • He became the primary member of the Orange to drive two fumbles and document an interception in a sport since Dave Rebar in 1994 against Rutgers. • He entered 2023 on the Bednarik, Butkus and Lombardi Award watch lists.

VILLARI DOES It all • TE Dan Villari led Syracuse on the ground and by means of the air in its victory towards Pittsburgh. • He set the college report for many speeding yards by a tight finish with a career-excessive 154 yards. His 17 carries have been also a career excessive. • The 154 yards rank 11th on the 2023 ACC single-recreation leader list. • Villari also threw the ball 5 occasions. He accomplished three of these passes for 12 yards. • Villari transformed to tight end from quarterback prior to the 2022 season. He has recorded career highs in receptions (19) and receiving yards (167) this season.

Series History • Syracuse and Georgia Tech will meet for the fifth time once they take the sphere on Saturday. • The Yellow Jackets have received three of the 4 earlier contests between the 2 teams, including the only game performed in Atlanta. • Georgia Tech is one of the teams the Orange have confronted the least since becoming a member of the ACC. Syracuse has performed Miami simply once and taken on the Yellow Jackets and Virginia twice. • The primary two meetings between the squads have been played at neutral websites. The first came about in the 2001 Kickoff Classic in Giants Stadium. The second was a showdown in the 2004 Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando.

A WIN WOULD … • Improve Dino Babers' document to 42-54 as head coach of the Orange. • Make Syracuse bowl eligible for the second-straight 12 months. • Give Syracuse again-to-again bowl journeys for the primary time since 2012-13 and first time beneath a sitting head coach since 1998-99. • Give Syracuse its 754th all-time victory (consists of 11 wins from 2004-06 that had been vacated by the NCAA). The Orange currently rank 21st on the FBS ledger of winningest packages. Syracuse is one among 34 FBS faculties to have accumulated 700+ wins.