1995 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1995 Syracuse Orangemen football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 41–0 vs. Clemson
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 19
Record	9–3 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach	Paul Pasqualoni (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	George DeLeone (9th season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Gerber (12th season)
Captain	Cy Ellsworth, Marvin Harrison, Darrell Parker[1]
Home stadium	Carrier Dome

1995 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Virginia Tech +		6	–	1					10	–	2
No. 20 Miami (FL) +		6	–	1					8	–	3
No. 19 Syracuse		5	–	2					9	–	3
West Virginia		4	–	3					5	–	6
Boston College		4	–	3					4	–	8
Rutgers		2	–	5					4	–	7
Temple		1	–	6					1	–	10
Pittsburgh		0	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Paul Pasqualoni, the Orangemen compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big East. Syracuse was invited to the Gator Bowl, where the Orangemen defeated Clemson. The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:30 pm	at No. 20 North Carolina*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	W 20–9	52,400	[2]
September 9	12:00 pm	East Carolina*	No. 22	Carrier Dome [Syracuse, NY		L 24–27	39,547	[3]
September 23	12:00 pm	Minnesota*		Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	BEN	W 27–17	42,780
September 30	6:00 pm	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ		W 27–17	32,832
October 7	12:00 pm	Temple		Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY		W 31–14	40,646
October 14	12:00 pm	Eastern Michigan*		Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY		W 52–24	38,902
October 21	12:00 pm	West Virginia		Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	BEN	W 22–0	48,880
November 4	3:30 pm	at Virginia Tech	No. 20	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ABC	L 7–31	51,239	[4]
November 11	12:00 pm	at Pittsburgh	No. 23	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		W 42–10	20,279
November 18	12:00 pm	Boston College	No. 23	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	BEN	W 58–29	49,384
November 25	7:30 pm	at No. 25 Miami (FL)	No. 22	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	L 24–35	47,544
January 1	12:30 pm	vs. No. 23 Clemson*		Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	W 41–0	45,202	[5]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

North Carolina

See also: 1995 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Syracuse Orangemen at #20 North Carolina Tar Heels

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	0	3	0	17	20
North Carolina	3	3	3	0	9

at Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• Date: September 2, 1995
• Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 52,400
• Box score

Game information
First quarter UNC - S. Caparelli 21-yard field goal Second quarter UNC - S. Caparelli 23-yard field goal SYR - O. Mare 37-yard field goal Third quarter UNC - S. Caparelli 32-yard FG SYR - T. Jones 2-yard run (O. Mare kick) SYR - M. Thomas 9-yard run (O. Mare kick) Fourth quarter SYR - O. Mare 35-yard field goal

East Carolina

See also: 1995 East Carolina Pirates football team

East Carolina Pirates at #22 Syracuse Orangemen

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
East Carolina	0	7	13	7	27
Syracuse	7	14	3	0	24

at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

• Date: September 9, 1995
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 39,547
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter SYR - M. Thomas 8 run (O. Mare kick) Second quarter SYR - T. Jones 11 run (O. Mare kick) SYR - D. Maddox 8 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick) ECU - L. Shannon 5 pass from M. Crandell (C. Holcomb kick) Third quarter ECU - D. Batson 30 pass from M. Crandell (C. Holcomb kick) ECU - S. Richard 20 pass from M. Crandell (kick failed) SYR - O. Mare 24 FG Fourth quarter ECU - J. McPhail 14 pass from M. Crandell (C. Holcomb kick)

Minnesota

See also: 1995 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Minnesota Golden Gophers at Syracuse Orangemen

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	3	7	7	0	17
Syracuse	3	10	14	0	27

at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

• Date: September 23, 1995
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 42,780
• TV: Creative
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter MIN - 6:58-Chalberg 27 FG SYR - 0:52-Mare 29 FG Second quarter MIN - 11:23-Darkins 1 run (Chalberg kick) SYR - 8:24-Mare 48 FG SYR - 5:02-Harrison 94 punt return (Mare kick) Third quarter SYR - 13:02-Thomas 14 run (Mare kick) SYR - 4:55-Harrison 30 pass from McNabb (Mare kick) MIN - 3:50-Nelson 13 pass from Sauter (Chalberg kick) Fourth quarter No scoring

Rutgers

See also: 1995 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Syracuse Orangemen at Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	0	3	14	10	27
Rutgers	7	10	0	0	17

at Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, New Jersey

• Date: September 30, 1995
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 32,832
• Recap pg. 123

Game information
First quarter RUT - Presley 1-yard run (Mike-Mayer kick) Second quarter SYR - Mare 44-yard FG RUT - Lucas 4-yard run (Mike-Mayer kick) RUT - Mike-Mayer 32-yard FG Third quarter SYR - Thomas 7-yard run (Mare kick) SYR - Harrison 8-yard pass from McNabb (Mare kick) Fourth quarter SYR - Mare 32-yard FG SYR - Harrison 66-yard pass from McNabb (Mare kick)

Temple

See also: 1995 Temple Owls football team

Temple Owls at Syracuse Orangemen

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Temple	0	7	0	7	14
Syracuse	7	7	9	8	31

at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

• Date: October 7, 1995
• Game attendance: 40,646
• Box score

Game information
First quarter SYR - R. Williams 8 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick) Second quarter SYR - Jones 5 run (O. Mare kick) TEM - F. Carter 25 run (Michalski kick) Third quarter SYR - FG O Mare 36 SYR - McIntosh 47 run (kick failed) Fourth quarter SYR - Harrison 42 pass from McNabb (McNabb reception for two-point conversion) TEM - K. Walker 3 pass from Burris (Michalski kick)

Eastern Michigan

See also: 1995 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

Eastern Michigan Eagles at Syracuse Orangemen

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Eastern Michigan	14	3	0	7	24
Syracuse	7	17	14	14	52

at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

• Date: October 14, 1995
• Game time: 12:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 38,902
• Box score

Game information

First quarter SYR - T. Jones 1 run (O. Mare kick) EMU - R. Granata 25 pass from C. Batch (J. Ventura kick) EMU - R. Wheatley 5 pass from Batch (J. Ventura kick) Second quarter SYR - FG O Mare 39 SYR - K. Sinceno 1 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick) SYR - R. Konrad 3 run (O. Mare kick) EMU - Ventura 22 FG Third quarter SYR - McIntosh 7 run (O. Mare kick) SYR - M. Harrison 13 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick) Fourth quarter SYR - T. Jones 1 run (O. Mare kick) SYR - K. Downing 6 run (O. Mare kick) EMU - W. Gutieriez 20 pass from M. Armour (J. Ventura kick)

West Virginia

See also: 1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

West Virginia Mountaineers at Syracuse Orangemen

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0
Syracuse	0	3	12	7	22

at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

• Date: October 21, 1995
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 48,880
• Box score

Game information
First quarter No scoring Second quarter SYR - O. Mare 50-yard field goal Third quarter SYR - D. Maddox 45-yard pass from D. McNabb (kick failed) SYR - D. McNabb 14-yard run (2-pt. conversion failed) Fourth quarter SYR - M. Harrison 96-yard pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick)

Virginia Tech

See also: 1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

#20 Syracuse Orangemen at Virginia Tech Hokies

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	7	0	0	0	7
Virginia Tech	0	17	7	7	31

at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia

• Date: November 4, 1995
• Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 51,239
• TV: ABC
• Box score

Game information
First quarter SYR - R. Konrad 19-yard run (O. Mare kick) Second quarter VT - A. Larsen 21-yard field goal VT - B. Edmonds 25-yard pass from J. Druckenmiller (A. Larsen kick) VT - J. Holmes 29-yard pass from J. Druckenmiller (A. Larsen kick) Third quarter VT - D. Thomas 25-yard pass from J. Druckenmiller (A. Larsen kick) Fourth quarter VT - M. Parker 1-yard run (A. Larsen kick)

Pitt

See also: 1995 Pitt Panthers football team

#23 Syracuse Orangemen at Pitt Panthers

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	14	14	14	0	42
Pitt	0	7	0	3	10

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Date: November 11, 1995
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 20,279
• Box score

Game information

First quarter SYR - M. Thomas 37-yard run (O. Mare kick) SYR - R. Konrad 1-yard run (O. Mare kick) Second quarter SYR - M. Harrison 5-yard pass from D. McNabb PITT - D. Seagraves 4-yard pass from M. Lytle (C. Ferencik kick) SYR - R. Konrad 16-yard run (O. Mare kick) Third quarter SYR - R. Konrad 58-yard run (O. Mare kick) SYR - M. Harrison 16-yard pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick) Fourth quarter PITT - C. Ferencik 29-yard field goal

Boston College

See also: 1995 Boston College Eagles football team

Boston College Eagles at #23 Syracuse Orangemen

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Boston College	0	15	0	14	29
Syracuse	23	14	7	14	58

at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

• Date: November 18, 1995
• Game attendance: 49,384
• Box score

Game information

First quarter SYR - Konrad 2 run (O. Mare kick) SYR - FG O Mare 35 SYR - Konrad 20 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick) SYR - Konrad 27 run (kick failed) Second quarter BC - King 21 pass from Hartsell (Harding reception for two-point conversion) SYR - Harrison 62 punt return (O. Mare kick) BC - Anderson 4 run (McGuire kick) SYR - S Wilson 9 pass from McNabb (O. Mare kick) Third quarter SYR - R Williams 4 pass from McNabb (O. Mare kick) Fourth quarter SYR - Thomas 21 run (O. Mare kick) BC - Cloud 6 run (Hemmert reception for two-point conversion) BC - Dragos 1 pass from Hartsell (two-point conversion failed) SYR - Thomas 4 run (O. Mare kick)

Miami (FL)

See also: 1995 Miami Hurricanes football team

#22 Syracuse Orangemen at #25 Miami Hurricanes

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	10	14	0	0	24
Miami (FL)	0	14	14	7	35

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

• Date: November 25, 1995
• Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 47,544
• Box score

Game information

First quarter SYR - M. Thomas 1 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick) SYR - O. Mare 47 FG Second quarter UM - D. Ferguson 2 run (D. Prewitt kick) SYR - D. McNabb 17 run (O. Mare kick) UM - D. Ferguson 3 run (D. Prewitt kick) SYR - Thomas 3 run (O. Mare kick) Third quarter UM - Tucker 4 pass from R. Clement (D. Prewitt kick) UM - T. Jones 2 run (D. Prewitt kick) Fourth quarter UM - O. Rolle 25 pass from D. McMillian (D. Prewitt kick)

1996 Gator Bowl

See also: 1995 Clemson Tigers football team

Syracuse Orangemen vs. #23 Clemson Tigers

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	20	0	14	7	41
Clemson	0	0	0	0	0

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

• Date: January 1, 1996
• Game time: 12:30p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 45,202
• Box score

Game information
First quarter SYR - M. Thomas 1-yard run (O. Mare kick) SYR - D. McNabb 5-yard run (kick blocked) SYR - M. Harrison 38-yard pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick) Second quarter No scoring Third quarter SYR - M. Thomas 2-yard run (O. Mare kick) SYR - M. Harrison 56-yard pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick) Fourth quarter SYR - K. Sinceno 15-yard pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick)

References

1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide pg. 151
2. "Orange upset Tar Heels with 17-point scoring blitz". Star-Gazette. September 3, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Syracuse can't hang on". Hartford Courant. September 10, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Hokies move to the top in Big East". The Daily News Leader. November 5, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "McNabb, Orange crush Clemson". The Standard-Star. January 2, 1996. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.