Syracuse Hosts New Hampshire To Open Season

SYRACUSE vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE
Game Details: 12 p.m. | Saturday, Sept. 5
Location: JMA Wireless Dome | Syracuse, N.Y.
Tickets: Cuse.com/FootballTickets
Television: ACCN
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Game Program: Here
Radio: Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield
Twitter: @CuseFootball | @Cuse
Syracuse Links: News | Roster | Schedule | Notes
UNH Links: News | Roster | Schedule | Notes

OPENING DRIVE
• Syracuse football is back in the JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday, hosting New Hampshire for the season opener.
• Saturday's matchup marks the first ever meeting between the two programs.

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 new additions for 2026! The NYE Auto Quad Walk will be at 9:40 a.m., but throughout 'Cuse on the Quad, fans will see live music, food and beverage options, a new large video board, rock climbing wall and mechanical bull.
• 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.
• 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 in-game enhancements for this season. Some have already been announced, but you won't want to miss the new team entrance, so be sure to be in your seats early!
• 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.

SYRACUSE IN HOME OPENERS
• Syracuse is 96-34-4 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, Syracuse is 27-19 in home debuts.
• Syracuse has won 10 of its last 12 home openers.

SYRACUSE IN SEASON OPENERS
• Syracuse is 88-44-4 in season-opening contests.
• The Orange have won 10 of their last 12 season-openers, logging wins over Ohio (2024, 2021), Colgate (2023, 2016), Louisville (2022), Liberty (2019), Western Michigan (2018), Central Connecticut State (2017), Rhode Island (2015) and Villanova (2014).
• Their lone losses in season openers since 2014 came at North Carolina in 2020, who went on to play in the Orange Bowl, and Tennessee in 2025 when they met at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

SERIES HISTORY
• This is the first meeting between the two programs.

AGAINST THE FCS
• Syracuse is 23-0 against FCS opponents since the separation of major college football in 1978.
• The Orange have won 22 straight games in the Dome against FCS foes.
• Fran Brown is 2-0 as a head coach against FCS opponents, averaging 54 points and 580.5 yards of total offense per game.

A WIN WOULD …
• Mark Syracuse's 11th win in its last 13 season openers.
• Give Syracuse its 757th 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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