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2016 Week 9: vs Virginia Tech

Posted on November 27, 2018 at 09:16 PM.

Virginia Tech (5-3) @ Syracuse (5-3)

Syracuse heads back home unranked again after a blowout loss to Louisville. The team fell apart and lost captain Tommy DeVito early on last week, leading to the lopsided defeat. Essentially ruled out of the division race at this point Syracuse can only play spoiler for other teams fighting to win it. Last year, Syracuse traveled to Blacksburg and were upset on a game-winning touchdown pass by Josh Jackson with only 38 seconds remaining to give the Hokies a 33-32 victory. This year, Virginia Tech have the same record as Syracuse and are riding a two game losing streak into this matchup. SR QB Josh Jackson has accounted for nearly 2300 total yards and 23 touchdowns through eight games and it is imperative that the Orange find out some way to slow him down if they want to win. Syracuse will look to start fast and not allow this game to get away from them like they did last week. Playing in front of a home crowd should help give them the advantage and lead them to a close win at home.

Prediction: 37-28 Syracuse

Virginia Tech Hokies at Syracuse Orange
Nov 7, 2016	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Virginia Tech Hokies (6-3)	7	10	14	7	38
Syracuse Orange (5-4)	7	10	3	15	35

Team Stats Comparison
	VT	SYR
Total Offense	430	585
Rushing Yards	128	73
Passing Yards	302	512
First Downs	17	22
Punt Return Yards	22	8
Kick Return Yards	161	24
Total Yards	613	617
Turnovers	0	1
3rd Down Conversion	4/10	10/15
4th Down Conversion	0/0	0/0
2-Point Conversion	0/0	1/1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-4-1	5-2-1
Penalties	1-2	1-5
Possession Time	11:21	23:37

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		VT	SYR
3:14	(VT) J. Jackson, 9 yd run	7	0
1:19	(SYR) A. Noel, 18 yd pass from T. DeVito	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		VT	SYR
4:43	(SYR) L. King, 40 yd FG	7	10
4:15	(VT) T. Wheatley, returned kickoff 101 yds	14	10
3:32	(SYR) B. Dennis, 73 yd pass from T. DeVito	14	17
1:04	(VT) S. Morris, 22 yd FG	17	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		VT	SYR
7:31	(VT) T. Wheatley, 13 yd run	24	17
5:03	(SYR) L. King, 22 yd FG	24	20
1:26	(VT) T. Wheatley, 4 yd run	31	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		VT	SYR
6:00	(SYR) A. Rawlins, 11 yd pass from T. DeVito (2-pt)	31	28
2:42	(VT) D. Murphy, 11 yd pass from J. Jackson	38	28
1:43	(SYR) B. Dennis, 67 yd pass from T. DeVito	38	35

Virginia Tech Hokies
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
J. Jackson	14/16	302	1	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
T. Wheatley	17	63	3.7	2
J. Jackson	14	50	3.5	1
J. Carlton	1	15	15.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
D. Murphy	5	106	21.2	1
C. Farley	4	92	23.0	0
C. Stephens	2	24	12.0	0
T. Wheatley	2	75	37.5	0
H. Grimsley	1	5	5.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
D. Hunter	12	0	0	0
K. Roberts	6	0	0	0
K. Ladler	6	0	0	0
J. Hewitt	5	1	0	0
M. Ryan	5	0	0	0
L. Mobley	5	0	0	0
N. Proctor	3	1	0	0
R. Porcher IV	1	1	0	0

Syracuse Orange
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
T. DeVito	38/51	512	4	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
T. DeVito	10	34	3.4	0
M. Pierre	9	25	2.7	0
A. Stritzinger	4	12	3.0	0
A. Noel	1	2	2.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Rawlins	10	122	12.2	1
M. Pierre	6	72	12.0	0
M. Archie	6	54	9.0	0
B. Dennis	6	192	32.0	2
A. Hackett	4	25	6.2	0
A. Noel	3	37	12.3	1
A. Stritizinger	2	0	0.0	0
J. Green	1	10	10.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
L. Williams	7	0	0	0
P. Coleman	6	0	0	0
T. Richards	6	0	0	0
N. Fagan	5	0	0	0
J. Houston	2	2	0	0
K. Jonathan	1	1	0	0
B. Meade	1	1	0	0

Heartbreak at home. Syracuse misses a potential game-tying field goal with 2 seconds remaining to give Virginia Tech a 38-35 win today in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse once again allowed a special teams touchdown and missed a crucial field goal, continuing their trend of special teams woes. Tommy DeVito played out of his mind today, easily having the best day of his career despite the loss. He threw for over 500 yards and 4 touchdowns and led a valiant comeback attempt despite being down two scores with under 3 minutes remaining. FR WR Beau Dennis finally had his coming out party with 6 catches for 192 yards and 2 touchdowns. SO WR Allen Rawlins chipped in 10-122-1 as well. For the second straight week the running game as a whole could not contribute anything to the offense even when facing a bottom tier run defense. JR HB Markenzy Pierre was briefly benched in the second half to try to get the running game going but nothing would work. Syracuse should look to get Pierre involved in the passing, play-action, and read option games to open some more running lanes for him when he takes handoffs. The defense was a liability once again but has performed better than expected for the majority of the season. Hokie QB Josh Jackson and HB Terius Wheatley gashed the defense with Jackson accounting for 350 yards of total offense and Wheatley scoring 3 times. The Orange fall to 5-4 and need to get back in the win column or risk their season falling apart completely after back-to-back losses.

Final Score: 38-35 Virginia Tech