Overview
- Steve Angeli passed for 417 yards with five touchdowns and ran for another, becoming the first Syracuse quarterback with back-to-back 400-yard games and matching Jim Brown and Eric Dungey with six TDs in a game.
- Syracuse piled up 620 total yards, including 447 passing, as Darrell Gill Jr. led receivers with six catches for 152 yards and two scores.
- True freshman Demetres Samuel Jr. logged his first collegiate reception, interception and punt return as coaches rotated extensively.
- In his debut, Rickie Collins Jr. threw an interception and briefly ceded the reins back to Angeli before returning to engineer a 93-yard drive capped by his first touchdown to Gabe Daniels.
- The Orange improved to 2-1, moved to 23-0 against FCS opponents with an 18th straight win over Colgate, and visit Clemson on Sept. 20 for their ACC opener.