The 2020 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University during the

2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 151st season of college football games in the United States. Organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivisio ...

. The Orange were led by fifth-year head coach

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and played their home games at the Carrier Dome, competing as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Syracuse finished their season with a 1–10 record, their worst record since 2005.

Previous season

The Orange finished the

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5–7, 2–6 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Atlantic Division.

Schedule

Syracuse had games scheduled against Colgate,

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, and

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, which were all canceled due to the

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. The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected on August 6.

Game summaries

At North Carolina

At Pittsburgh

Georgia Tech

Duke

Liberty

At Clemson

Wake Forest

Boston College

At Louisville

NC State

At Notre Dame

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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