2008 Syracuse
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? 2008 Record: 1-5, Big East: 0-2
? Last Game: at West Virginia* L, 17-6
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Syracuse's Top Players
Senior Cam Dantley has started all five games at quarterback that he has played in this season. He is 73-126 with 7 TDs and 3 interceptions on the year. Senior running back Curtis Brinkley leads the Orange ground game averaging 103.5 yards per game. He has toted the ball 112 times for 633 yards and 3 TDs. He also has 8 receptions. Sophomore Donte Davis leads Syracuse with 21 receptions on the year and averages 38.3 yards per game. Junior tight end Mike Owen is second with 14 catches. Senior kicker Patrick Shadle is 9-10 on the year in field goals and has made at 12 PATs. Syracuse has five players with more than 32 tackles on the year, led by sophomore linebacker Mike Mele with 40. Fellow sophomore LB Derrell Smith is second with 39 stops.

CUSE FALLS TO WEST VIRGINIA, 17-6
Noel Devine rushed for a career-high 188 yards and a touchdown, leading West Virginia to a 17-6 win over Syracuse on Saturday. West Virginia's offense struggled without starting quarterback Pat White, who wasn't in uniform after receiving a blow to the head against Rutgers a week earlier. It marked the fewest points for West Virginia (4-2, 2-0 Big East) in a win since a 15-7 victory over Syracuse in 2005. Syracuse outgained West Virginia 346-268. Curtis Brinkley ran for 144 yards, but the Orange (1-5, 0-2) were kept out of the end zone for the first time this season. Syracuse had plenty of opportunities to take the lead in the second half yet was held without points three times after driving inside the West Virginia 20. Nate Sowers intercepted Cam Dantley to halt one drive, and Dantley's fourth-down pass from the 5 fell incomplete in the end zone with 4:42 left. Devine responded with a career-long 92-yard TD run on the next series to complete the scoring.. Dantley finished 24-of-40 for 204 yards. Without White, West Virginia changed things around on offense with little result. Then, lining up in the rarely used power-I formation, Devine ran 23 yards to set up West Virginia's first score midway through the second quarter. Brown threaded a pass to Sanders, who waited for his blockers, avoided a defensive back and reached the end zone for a 12-yard TD. Brown went 14-of-20 for 52 yards in his second career start. Morgantown native Patrick Shadle kicked a career-long 53-yard field goal just before halftime to bring Syracuse within 7-6.

Syracuse Quick Facts
Location: Syracuse, NY
Founded: 1870
Enrollment: 12,400
Nickname: Orange
Colors: Orange (1665)
Conference: BIG EAST
President: Dr. Nancy Cantor
Athletics Director: Dr. Daryl Gross
Faculty Rep.: Mike Wasylanko
Stadium: Carrier Dome
Surface: Field Turf
Capacity: 49,262
First year of football: 1889
All-time record: 671-471-49
Head Coach: Greg Robinson
Record at Syracuse: (4th year) 8-33
Career Record: (4th year) Same
2008 Overall Record: 1-5
BIG EAST Record: 0-2 (.000)
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 28/25
Starters Returning/Lost: 10/14
Returning Offense/Defense/Specialists: 5/4/1
Lost Offense/Defense/Specialists: 6/7/1
2007 Record 2-10

Assistant Coaches
Mitch Browning, Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends & Tackles; Dan Conley, Linebackers; Phil Earley, Quarterbacks; Derrick Jackson, co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line; Jim Salgado, Cornerbacks/Secondary; Scott Spencer, Safties/Nickel Backs; Randy Trivers, Running Backs; Chris White, Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator; Chris Wiesehan, Offensive Line; Desmond Robinson, Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations; Scott Freeney, Coordinator of Academic Support for Football; Will Hicks, Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic Performance; Erik Kunttu, Video Coordinator; Hal Luther, Director of Strength and Conditioning

2008 Schedule
Date, Time, Opponent, Result/TV
Aug. 30 at Northwestern L, 30-10
Sept. 6 Akron L, 42-28
Sept. 13 No. 17 Penn State L, 55-13
Sept. 20 Northeastern W, 30-21
Sept. 27 Pittsburgh* L, 34-24
Oct. 11 at West Virginia* L, 17-6
Oct. 18 Noon at No. 19/20 USF*
Nov. 1 TBA Louisville*
Nob. 8 TBA at Rutgers*
Nov. 15 TBA Connecticut*
Nov. 22 2:30 p.m. at Notre Dame NBC
Nov. 29 Noon at Cincinnati*

* BIG EAST Conference game. All times Eastern.