2001 Football Roster
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Roster
Troy Nunes
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Butler, PA
- High School:
- Butler
At SU: Four letters ... Ranks fourth on SU's career touchdown pass record list (32), career passing yards record list (4,578), career yards per game (117.4 ypg), career completions record list (362) and career pass attempts (618) ... Member of the 1998 Fall and 1999 Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... Made the travel squad for every game but redshirted in 1998 ... Senior Year: Started five of the nine games he played, earning the starting nod for the final five games of the season ... Completed 3-of-7 passes for 43 yards in his first action at quarterback against Rhode Island in the third game of the season ... Relieved an injured R.J. Anderson late in the fourth quarter and led the offense on a 80-yard game-tying drive to send the game into overtime at Auburn ... Completed 9-of-11 passes for 80 yards and one touchdown ... Also caught a 16-yard pass from running back Damien Rhodes on a broken play in the second overtime ... Against Pittsburgh entered the game late in the second quarter after Anderson was injured and completed 11-of-19 passes for 120 yards and one touchdown ... Did not play at Temple ... At West Virginia completed 10-of-17 passes for 99 yards in the second half, playing for the injured Anderson ... Started for the first time of the season against Rutgers and completed 13-of-23 passes for 117 yards and two touchdowns ... Also rushed seven times for 46 yards, including a long of 19 yards against the Scarlet Knights ... Completed 18-of-33 yards for 199 yards and two touchdowns and rushed seven times for 15 yards as the starter at Central Florida ... Completed 24-of-40 yards for 403 yards, all career-highs, leading SU to a triple-overtime victory against Virginia Tech ... Yardage total is the second-highest in SU history and only the second 400-yard game at Syracuse ... The 24 completions ranks second on the SU single-game record list, while the 40 pass attempts ranks third ... Completed 14-of-34 passes for 131 yards and one touchdown and rushed eight times for 44 yards, including a long of 16 yards at Boston College ... Completed 18-of-29 passes for 145 yards before leaving the game with a knee injury in the fourth quarter against Miami in the season-finale ... Did not participate in 2002 spring practicue due to surgery on left wrist to repair a ligament ... Junior Year: Played in nine games, starting four ... Passed for 734 yards and five touchdowns ... Earned BIG EAST Conference co-Offensive Player of the Week Award after making an emergency start against East Carolina and throwing for 296 yards and four touchdowns, both career-highs ... The four touchdowns tied the Syracuse single-game record ... It marked the first time an SU quarterback had thrown for four touchdown passes since Donovan McNabb against Cincinnati in 1998 ... Against Georgia Tech, he completed 19-of-32 passes for 183 yards and had one rushing touchdown ... Completed 7-of-14 passes for 117 against Central Florida ... At Pittsburgh, Nunes completed 8-of-12 passes for 77 yards and a touchdown ... Also completed passes against Miami and Boston College ... Sophomore Year: Played in 11 games, starting seven ... One of 26 players to participate in every game ... Team’s leading passer with 61.0 completion percentage and 1,366 yards ... His 1,366 yards was the fourth-best for a sophomore in SU history ... Seventh on the BIG EAST total offense chart with 133.8 yards per game ... Tied school record for single-game completion percentage (10-of-11, 90.9 percent) against Brigham Young ... Passed for 228 yards, including a career-long 79-yard completion, and two touchdowns against the Cougars ... Had a season-high 279 yards on 20-of-29 passing with two touchdowns against Pittsburgh ... Completed 21-of-30 passes for 221 yards and one touchdown at Cincinnati ... Completed 10-of-18 passes for 158 yards at East Carolina ... Completed 9-of-22 passes for 134 yards at Boston College ... Played the second half against Rutgers, completing 5-of-7 passes for 94 yards and scoring one rushing touchdown ... Freshman Year: Played in all 12 games, starting six ... One of 28 players to participate in every game ... Led team in total offense with 118 yards per game ... Posted season-highs in completions, attempts and passing yards with his 15-of-29, 180-yard, two-touchdown performance against Rutgers ... Also had a season-high 11 rushes for 21 yards against Rutgers ... Earned ECAC Rookie of the Week honors after throwing three touchdown passes against Pittsburgh ... Had 170 passing yards for three touchdowns against Central Michigan ... Completed 6-of-18 passes for 72 yards and one touchdown against Michigan ... Recorded first career rushing touchdown with a 24-yard run and had nine completions for 102 yards against West Virginia ... Had eight carries for 47 yards and one touchdown and completed 4-of-7 passes for 96 yards against Tulane ... Completed 12-of-17 passes for 112 yards and three touchdowns at Pittsburgh ... Completed 13-of-20 passes for 147 yards at Miami ... Completed 11-of-15 passes for 128 yards against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl ... BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... High School: Super Prep, Tom Lemming and Prep Star All-Regional selection ... All-Conference and Butler County All-Star ... Named to Pittsburgh Post Gazette North Fabulous 22 on three occasions ... Three-time team Offensive Player of the Year ... Prep Star Eastern Region Super 25 selection ... Team captain as a senior ... Four-year football letterwinner ... Earned three basketball and two track and field letters ... Recruited by former SU assistant coach Teryl Austin ... Personal: Troy Paul Nunes ... Born November 21, 1979, in Butler, Pa. ... Son of Timothy and Alice Nunes ... One sister ... Majoring in marketing in the School of Management.
Nunes' Career Statistics
Comp/Att Pct. Yds TDs Int Long
1999 95/161 .590 1,141 11 5 56
2000 94/154 .610 1,366 8 14 79
2001 58/105 .548 734 5 6 46
2002 115/198 .581 1,337 8 7 62
Totals 362/618 .586 4,578 32 32 79
Carries Yards Avg. TDs Long
1999 69 157 2.3 3 28
2000 78 106 1.4 2 22
2001 39 15 0.4 1 18
2002 51 24 0.8 0 19
Totals 237 302 0.8 6 28
Nunes' Career Bests
Passing
Passing Yards 403 vs. Virginia Tech, 2002
Attempts 40 vs. Virginia Tech, 2002
Completions 24 vs. Virginia Tech, 2002
TD Passes 4 vs. East Carolina, 2001
Longest 79 vs. Brigham Young, 2000
Rushing Yards 47 vs. Tulane, 1999
Carries 13 vs. Pittsburgh & Virginia Tech, 2000
Longest 28 vs. Toledo, 1999
Touchdowns 1 Six times, most recent vs. Ga. Tech, 2001
