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15 yard run for HB Ron Neal.
Studstill to Wright connect for 8 yards on their first attempt of the day.
Neal gets 5 on a draw on 3rd and 3. But Wright leaves the game with an undisclosed injury.
18 yards on a screen to Neal on 3rd and 14. Shoddy tackling by the Bruins.
13 yards on 3rd and 12 for Neal, after he was nearly brought down at the line.
15 yards for RB Aaron Heckard, down at the 4. They are running all over us.
Defensive holding is called, first and goal at the 2.
RB Gus Hodel (3rd RB so far today) takes it in from the 1. 7-0, 8:33 left in the quarter.
16 play drive for the Orangemen.

An ineligible receiver (Perryman) takes away a 17 yard pass play.
Rattay finds Martin for 15.
Then delivers a strike to Thelwell for 25 yards.
Next is a 42 yard pass to Palmer, with a ton of yards after the catch.
Morris takes it in from the 2. 7-7, 6:21 left in the quarter.
This looks like the offense that was MIA against USC.

Sack for Dickerson, and he forces a fumble. But Syracuse dives on it.
They get 19 on 3rd and 18. This is getting ridiculous. WR McGee made the reception against our zone defense.
We got a stop on 3rd and 10 when Dickerson forced a fumble after a completion and recovered it at the Syracuse 46.

4th and 1 at the 37 - pass to Palmer for 7.
10 more to Palmer, down to the 13.
Morris runs for 10 on a draw, down to the 3.
Martin catches a screen pass and runs it in for a 5 yard TD pass. 14-7, 0:24 left in the quarter.

Syracuse runs the kick back to the 49.
We force a 3 and out. The defense seems to be picking it up after a bad first drive. Punt. And a good one, as it is downed on the 3.

Rattay is sacked for a loss of 1.
23 yard pass to Fortunato, who has really come on in the 2nd half of this year.
75 yard strike to Palmer, who just runs away from the coverage. 21-7, 13:02 left in the half.

Another 3 and out for the Syracuse offense. Punt.

Morris is drilled and fumbles, but OT English dives on it.
Rattay is sacked, but Syracuse is called for defensive holding.
10 yard screen to Morris, into field goal range.
9 yards to Thelwell, who gets one foot in bounds, on 3rd and 5.
Morris runs for daylight on a draw, but gets popped and fumbles. Syracuse recovers on the 7.

Neal runs for 9 yards, then 11, to get out of the shadow of the goal line.
3rd and 1 at the 47 - Syracuse has been running down our throats again. But they pass here and gain 6 despite terrific coverage.
The defense gets tough once Syracuse is in our territory and forces a punt from the 45. Again, a great punt. Down at the 3.

Morris fumbles again, this time inside our 10. Syracuse ball at our 5 yard line.

The defense is very clutch. Patten forces a fumble on 3rd down and we get the ball back without surrendering points. On the 2, but we have the ball.

9 yards to Olsen on 3rd and 8. Good play, guys.
Rattay gets hit hard on a sack, but holds onto the ball.
Morris runs for 12, but we are out of time in the half.


Halftime Notes:
- The defense was very good after that opening drive.
- Morris is just killing us with the fumbles. We should be up 3 scores right now.
- Syracuse is 6-9 on 3rd down conversions. We need to tighten up in that area.
- Their QB is only 9-16 for 68 yards. I expect him to get his in the 2nd half.


Morris runs for 12 to start the 2nd half.
Thelwell gets 8 on a reverse and we are in the red zone.
11 yard TD pass to Martin. 28-7, 12:40 left in the 3rd.

Sack by DE Phil Patten.
Gain of 29 to McGee on 3rd and 11. Um, lets try to stop them on 3rd every other time, perhaps?
And we do, forcing an incompletion on 3rd and 12. Punt.

Rattay is sacked while setting up a screen - their DE was really fast.
Morris gains 7 on 3rd and 4, moving into field goal range.
11 to Thelwell on 3rd and 6.
Dawson runs for 11, down to the 1.
Morris takes it in for another 6. 35-7, 5:24 left in the 3rd.
We aren't quite mauling them in the way USC did us, but this still feels pretty good.

A defensive holding call gives Syracuse the ball near midfield.
DT Parsons forced a fumble, but the Orange recover.
16 to the tight end on 3rd and 7, first down at our 14.
13 more yards on 3rd and 12. They are converting some very long 3rd downs.
A holding call brings back a touchdown.
4th and goal at the 5 - in comes the kicker. Good from 23 yards out. 35-10, end of 3 quarters.

Jackson takes the kick back to the 49 and tack on 15 more yards for tripping.
5 yards to Palmer on 3rd and 4.
19 yards to Thelwell, who taps one foot in at the 6.
Morris is in for the 3rd time, from 2 yards out. 42-10, 12:50 left to play.

Another defensive holding penalty against us. At least it isn't a 15 yard facemask ...
J.R. Jackson gets an interception and runs it back 36 yards for the score. 49-10, 11:59 left to play.

A roughing the passer call on Patten moves Syracuse inside our 40.
DE Dickerson gets credit for a sack after stopping a QB keeper.
21 yard completion on 3rd and 12. This is pretty insane; glad we are up a bunch.
An offensive pass interference call wipes out a TD.
But they get 23 yards on 3rd and 21. We just have to get better at this next year.
Syracuse is now 12-17 on 3rd down conversions.
A handoff to a WR goes for 5 yards and a TD. 49-17, 7:18 left to play.

Dawson runs for 15.
Dawson for another 8, as he is getting the bulk of the carries to finish off his career.
We are stopped at the 42 and punt.

Nice final game for the seniors, much better than their last SC game.