SYRACUSE vs. MINNESOTA
Game Details: 2 p.m. | Thursday, December 29
Location: Bronx, N.Y. | Yankee Stadium
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Television: ESPN
Radio:Syracuse Sports Network from Learfield
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ORANGE FACE MINNESOTA IN BAD BOY MOWERS PINSTRIPE BOWL
• Syracuse will make its first bowl appearance since 2018 when it takes on Minnesota in the 2022 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 29 in Yankee Stadium.
• The Orange tied for third in the ACC Atlantic Division with a 4-4 league record after being picked to finish last on that side of the conference in a preseason poll of media voters.
• Syracuse will play in the Pinstripe Bowl for the third time. The Orange have come away victorious in their previous two trips, including a 36-34 victory against Kansas State in the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl in 2010. Syracuse defeated West Virginia, 38-14, in 2012.
• The Orange and Gophers will meet for the second time in a bowl game. Syracuse defeated Minnesota, 21-17, in the 2013 Texas Bowl.
• The contest will air on ESPN with Wes Durham (PxP), Roddy Jones (analyst) and Taylor Davis (reporter) on the call. 

GOING BOWLING
• The 2022 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl marks Syracuse’s 27th bowl game appearance. The Orange have won their last four bowl games and have an all-time record of 16-9-1.
• Syracuse’s .635 bowl winning percentage ranks seventh all-time among teams with at least 15 appearances and is the highest for an ACC school.
• From 1989-96, the Orange won seven-straight bowl games. The streak is the seventh-longest in college football postseason history. Florida State owns the record with 11-consecutive bowl-game victories from 1985-96.

ORANGE EARN ALL-ACC HONORS
• Tight end Oronde Gadsden II led a group of eight players collecting All-ACC honors. 
• Gadsden earned All-ACC First Team honors. He was joined by RB Sean Tucker (second-team RB/third-team all-purpose), OL Matthew Bergeron (second team), LB Mikel Jones (third team), LB Marlowe Wax (honorable mention), DB Garrett Williams, DB Ja’Had Carter (honorable mention) and DB Duce Chestnut (honorable mention).
• In addition, four ‘Cuse players were voted to the Associated Press All-ACC Team. The AP, which lists just two teams, named Tucker, Bergeron and Jones to the second team. The voting panel consisted of 14 media voters representing each ACC team.

ORANGE IN THE APPLE
• This is Syracuse’s 10th trip to Yankee Stadium to play college football. The Orange are 7-2, including a 2-1 record at the new stadium, which opened in 2009.
• The Orange have won four of their last five at Yankee Stadium dating back to their 1963 triumph over Notre Dame at the old ballpark. The streak includes a 36-34 victory versus Kansas State in the inaugural New Era Pinstripe Bowl.
• Syracuse’s 3-0 victory in 1923 against Pittsburgh marked the first college football game ever played at the House that Ruth Built.
• Historically, Syracuse has been successful when playing in pro venues in the greater New York/New Jersey area, boasting a 20-15-2 (.568) combined record in games played in Yankee Stadium (7-2), Shea Stadium (1-0), the Polo Grounds (7-6-2), Giants Stadium (5-3) and MetLife Stadium (0-4).

SERIES HISTORY
• Syracuse and Minnesota will meet for the fifth time. The Golden Gophers lead the all-time series, 3-2.
• The squads will meet in a bowl game for the second time. Syracuse defeated Minnesota, 21-17, in the 2013 Texas Bowl. That game was the last meeting between the two teams.
• The Orange’s win in the Texas Bowl snapped the Golden Gophers’ three-game winning streak in the series.

A WIN WOULD … 
• Improve Dino Babers‘ record to 37-48 as head coach of the Orange.
• Be the fifth-straight bowl win for Syracuse.
• Be the eighth win of the season, which would be the most for the Orange since 2018 and the third time since 2010.
• Give Syracuse its 749th all-time victory (includes 11 wins from 2004-06 that were vacated by the NCAA). The Orange currently rank 22nd on the FBS ledger of winningest programs. Syracuse is one of 32 FBS schools to have accumulated 700+ wins.

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