SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange football team (4-0, 1-0 ACC) is going after a fifth win to open its 2018 season on Saturday afternoon when it visits the second-ranked Clemson Tigers (4-0, 1-0 ACC).
The game kicks off at Noon at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina and will be shown on ESPN. Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, and Holly Rowe will be the announcing team.
Syracuse is coming off a 51-21 win over the Connecticut Huskies last Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Carrier Dome. That followed Orange wins over Florida State (30-7), Wagner (62-10), and Western Michigan (55-42) in the team’s first three contests.
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This is Syracuse’s first 4-0 start since 1991. It earned the Orange 83 votes in the latest Coaches Top 25 poll, placing the Cuse as the third team outside the poll — the equivalent of a No. 28 national ranking.
Clemson, ranked No. 2 in the Coaches poll and No. 3 in the AP poll, enters the contest off a 49-21 win at Georgia Tech in its ACC opener last Saturday. The Tigers previously knocked off Georgia Southern, Texas A&M, and Furman. Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney has decided to start true freshman Trevor Lawrence at quarterback after he threw four touchdown passes in last week’s game in a relief role.
Syracuse scored a stunning 27-24 upset win over Clemson at the Carrier Dome last October, resulting in Orange fans storming the field.
Saturday’s meeting is the seventh all-time between the schools. The Tigers hold a 4-2 advantage.
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