2015 Syracuse Orange football team

2015 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson x$^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 14 Florida State	6	–	2	10	–	3
Louisville	5	–	3	8	–	5
NC State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Syracuse	2	–	6	4	–	8
Wake Forest	1	–	7	3	–	9
Boston College	0	–	8	3	–	9
Coastal Division
No. 15 North Carolina x	8	–	0	11	–	3
Pittsburgh	6	–	2	8	–	5
Miami (FL)	5	–	3	8	–	5
Duke	4	–	4	8	–	5
Virginia Tech	4	–	4	7	–	6
Virginia	3	–	5	4	–	8
Georgia Tech	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 45, North Carolina 37
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were led by third year head coach Scott Shafer and played their home games at the Carrier Dome. They were members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the Atlantic Division.

On November 23, head coach Scott Shafer was fired.^[1] He stayed on to coach their final game on November 28. He finished at Syracuse with a three year record of 14–23.

Schedule

September 47:00 PMRhode Island*

TWCS NY/ESPN3W 47–0 30,112 September 1212:30 PMWake Forest

Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY

ACCNW 30–17 26,670 September 1912:30 PMCentral Michigan*

Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY

RSNW 30–27 ^OT27,949 September 2612:00 PMNo. 8 LSU*

Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY

ESPNL 24–34 43,101 October 103:30 PMat South Florida*

CBSSNL 24–45 27,235 October 173:30 PMat Virginia

ACCRSNL 38–44 ^3OT39,223 October 2412:00 PMNo. 25 Pittsburgh

Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY (Rivalry)

ESPNUL 20–23 29,832 October 3112:00 PMat No. 17 Florida State

ABCL 21–45 67,630 November 712:30 PMat Louisville

ACCNL 17–41 46,158 November 143:30 PMNo. 1 Clemson

Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY

ABC/ESPN2L 27–37 36,736 November 2112:30 PMat NC State

ACCNL 29–42 55,260 November 2812:30 PMBoston College

Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY (Rivalry)

ACCRSNW 20–17 30,317

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Schedule Source:^[2]

Game summaries

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	0	0
Orange	14	17	9	7	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2011	SYR, 21–14

Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demon Deacons	7	10	0	0	17
Orange	3	10	7	10	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2014	SYR, 30–7

Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Chippewas	3	7	7	7	3	27
Orange	10	14	0	0	6	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	SYR, 40–3

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Tigers	7	0	17	10	34
Orange	0	3	7	14	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1989	SYR, 23–10

at South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	0	3	14	7	24
Bulls	0	10	21	14	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–6	2012	SYR, 37–36

at Virginia

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Orange	0	21	3	0	7	7	0	38
Cavaliers	0	14	0	10	7	7	6	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2005	UVA, 27–24

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Panthers	3	10	0	10	23
Orange	7	10	0	3	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–36–3	2014	PITT, 30–7

at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	7	7	0	7	21
#17 Seminoles	14	14	7	10	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	2014	FSU, 38–20

at Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	10	0	0	7	17
Cardinals	7	14	10	10	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–7	2014	LOU, 28–6

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
#1 Tigers	21	10	0	6	37
Orange	14	3	7	3	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2014	CLEM, 16–6

at NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	3	6	7	13	29
Wolfpack	14	7	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	2014	NCSU, 24–17

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	0	7	3	17
Orange	0	10	7	3	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–19	2014	BC, 28–7

References

^ http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2015/11/scott_shafer_fired_as_syracuse_football_head_coach.html
^ "2015 Syracuse Orange Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 1, 2015.

[1] ttp://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2015/11/scott_shafer_fired_as_syracuse_football_head_coach.html

[Schedule-2] "2015 Syracuse Orange Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 1, 2015.

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