Preview: Orange Host Wake Forest on Senior Day

Saturday, November 30

Syracuse, NY

12:30 PM

Syracuse University

Wake Forest

Tickets

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SYRACUSE (4-7, 1-6 ACC) VS. WAKE FOREST (8-3, 4-3 ACC)
Game Details: 12:30 p.m. | Saturday, Nov. 30
Location: Syracuse, N.Y. | The Dome
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Radio: Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield IMG College
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - After back-to-back road games, Syracuse (4-7, 1-6 ACC) returns to the Dome on Saturday, Nov. 30 to close out the 2019 regular season against Wake Forest (8-3, 4-3 ACC).

Saturday's game will air live on RSN. Syracuse University graduate Tom Werme '91 (pxp), James Bates (analyst) and Kelsey Wingert (sideline reporter) have the call.

The Orange are coming off a 56-34 road loss at Louisville, a game in which RB Moe Neal ran for a career-high 163 yards and a touchdown to move into 10th place on Syracuse's all-time rushing list (2,462 yards).

Wake Forest snapped a two-game losing streak with a 39-27 win over Duke last week. The Demon Deacons can tie Louisville for second place in the ACC Atlantic Division with a victory over the Orange.

SALUTING THE SENIORS
Saturday is Senior Day in the Dome and 23 players and one manager will be recognized in a ceremony prior to kickoff. Fans are encouraged to take their seats early to pay homage to the Orange's Class of 2019, which includes: OL Evan Adams, LB Andrew Armstrong, DL Brandon Berry, DB Scoop Bradshaw, DL Kendall Coleman, DB Antwan Cordy, OL Andrejas Duerig, DB Evan Foster, DB Christopher Fredrick, DL Shaq Grosvenor, P Sterling Hofrichter, TE Ben Honis, DB DuWayne Johnson, DB Carl Jones, RB Moe Neal, DL Jake Pickard, WR Sean Riley, DL Alton Robinson, DL Kenneth Ruff , DB Kyle Strickland, QB Clayton Welch, LB Lakiem Williams and RB Otto Zaccardo.

The group contributed heavily to last year's 10-3 season, helping guide the Orange to the No. 15 ranking in the final national polls and a Camping World Bowl victory over West Virginia.

ELITE COMPANY
Redshirt sophomore QB Tommy DeVito is one of nine Power-Five quarterbacks with 19+ touchdown passes and five or fewer interceptions. DeVito and Louisville signal-caller Micale Cunningham are the only two ACC passers in that elite group.

DeVito's 19 scoring passes are tied with Donovan McNabb (1996) and Ryan Nassib (2010) for the most by a sophomore in program history.

19+ TD Passes/Five or Fewer Interceptions (Power-Five QBs)
Justin Fields, Ohio State (33-1)
Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama (33-3)
Jake Luton, Oregon State (28-3)
Micale Cunningham, Louisville (19-4)
Justin Herbert, Oregon (30-5)
Tommy DeVito, Syracuse (19-5)
Charlie Brewer, Baylor (19-5)
Tanner Morgan, Minnesota (26-5)
Shea Patterson, Michigan (21-5)

BREAKIN' UP IS HARD TO DO
The Syracuse secondary has been active all season. The Orange has 60 passes defended (10 INT, 50 PBU) in 2019, which ranks 10th nationally. Syracuse is averaging 5.45 passes defended per game, which ranks ninth.

Nineteen defenders have been credited with at least one pass defended this year, led by DB Christopher Fredrick (2 INT, 6 PBU) and DB Andre Cisco's (4 INT, 4 PBU) with eight each.

For perspective, Syracuse averaged 4.3 passes defended per game in 2018. The Orange have not averaged 5.0 passes defended per contest since the 2005 season (5.0, 55 in 11 games).

SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS
Wake Forest snapped a two-game losing skid against Duke its last time out, securing its eighth win of the year – the most wins in the regular season for the program since 2007. The Demon Deacons are coached by Dave Clawson, who's in his sixth year at the helm. Clawson came to Wake Forest from Bowling Green, where he was the predecessor to Dino Babers. Clawson is 126-118 as a collegiate head coach and 36-38 at Wake Forest.

Jamie Newman took over the quarterbacking duties from Sam Hartman following last season's loss to Syracuse and has led the Demon Deacons to an 11-4 record as the starter. Newman has been without his top target for the last two games and will be again on Saturday. Wide receiver Sage Surratt – who leads the ACC in receiving yards per game and receiving TDs despite playing just nine games – suffered a season-ending injury at Virginia Tech on Nov. 9.

Receiver Kendall Hinton, who also missed two games due to injury this year, ranks fifth in the ACC with 59 receptions.

Defensively, cornerback Amari Henderson is tied for the ACC lead with four interceptions and end Carlos Basham Jr. tops the conference with 16.5 tackles for loss, including 10 sacks.

Kicker Nick Sciba is perfect this season (21-21 FG, 41-41 PAT). Sciba is averaging 9.5 points per game.

SERIES HISTORY
Syracuse leads the all-time series 5-3, including a 3-1 record in home games against the Demon Deacons. The Orange's 41-24 victory in Winston-Salem last season snapped a modest two-game losing streak to Wake Forest, which included a 64-43 loss the last time the Deacs' came to the Dome in 2017. The 107-point shootout marked the highest scoring game in Dome history.

The Orange have scored 30+ points in five of the eight matchups between the schools, including 40+ points in each of the last two pairings. Syracuse owns the longest winning streak in the series, capturing four straight meetings from 2011-15. Three of those four victories were at home.

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