PLAYERS TO WATCH
–QB Eric Dungey completed 27 of 38 passes for 411 yards and three touchdowns in the win over North Carolina State. It was his third career 400-yard passing game, and his 411 yards are the seventh-most in school single-game history. Dungey’s 1-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter was the 29th of his career, tying him with James Mungro for third-most in program history and equaling Wake Forest’s Larry Russell for sixth on the ACC list for most quarterback rushing touchdowns. Dungey accounted for four touchdowns against the Wolfpack and is now responsible for 82 touchdowns, which ranks 10th in ACC history.
–RB Dontae Strickland’s 48-yard pass to WR Sean Riley was the second completion of his career. His first was an 84-yard TD pass against Virginia Tech in 2016.
–DL Chris Slayton recorded Syracuse’s lone sack in the game. It was his 30th career tackle for loss, tying him with Christian Ferrara and James Wyche for 11th in the Orange record book.
–K Andre Szmyt connected on field goals of 29, 45 and 41 yards. He has made at least two field goals in every game this season and has 21 on the year, a Syracuse single-season record, eclipsing Cole Murphy’s total of 20 set in 2017.
SERIES HISTORY: Syracuse leads the series with Wake Forest 4-3, with the Demon Deacons winning the last two games, including 64-43 at Syracuse last season.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “How about Eric Dungey? Being challenged all week. He’s like Seabiscuit. You don’t have to whip him; you just got to show him the whip. You have to watch the movie to know what that means. You don’t have to whip him; you just got to show him the whip. Just an amazing game. I’ll tell you this, the whole week of practice with (Tommy) DeVito and Dungey was amazing. I’ve never seen two archers perform at such a high level the entire week with their competition. It was really, really something.” — Syracuse coach Dino Babers, on Dungey’s 411-yard, three-touchdown performance in the win over North Carolina State.
