Syracuse Orangemen

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	241	3,619	771	4.7	1,695	488	3.5	1,924	283	6.8
Team Rank		62nd	75th	72nd	75th	65th	51st	72nd	63rd	63rd	55th
Opponent	11	266	4,242		5.3	2,575	562	4.6	1,667	245	6.8
Opponent Rank		63rd	75th		73rd	96th	94th	94th	17th	11th	57th
Net		-25	-623	+771	-0.6	-880	-74	-1.1	+257	+38	0.0
Net Rank		65th	78th	72nd	77th	90th	77th	88th	42nd	33rd	63rd

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Don McPherson D. McPherson	11	142	269	52.8	24.5	1,827	6.8	166.1	12	7	119.4	4.5	2.6
	Mike Kmetz M. Kmetz	11	8	14	57.1	1.3	97	6.9	8.8	0	1	101.1	0.0	7.1

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Don McPherson D. McPherson	11	191	17.4	523	2.7	47.5	6
Daryl Johnston D. Johnston	11	102	9.3	469	4.6	42.6	0	119	583
Harold Gayden H. Gayden	11	79	7.2	258	3.3	23.5	5
Robert Drummond R. Drummond	11	59	5.4	264	4.5	24.0	2	67	362
Chris Barnes C. Barnes	11	14	1.3	59	4.2	5.4	0
Mike Kmetz M. Kmetz	11	12	1.1	33	2.8	3.0	1
Walter Moseley W. Moseley	11	9	0.8	35	3.9	3.2	0	12	70
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	9	0.8	26	2.9	2.4	1	19	125
Len Nelson L. Nelson	11	5	0.5	16	3.2	1.5	1	6	34
Scott Schwedes S. Schwedes	11	4	0.4	22	5.5	2.0	0	51	674
Todd Philcox T. Philcox	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Roger Remo R. Remo	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Scott Schwedes S. Schwedes	11	47	4.3	652	13.9	59.3	6	51	674
Pat Kelly P. Kelly	11	20	1.8	239	12.0	21.7	2
Tommy Kane T. Kane	11	19	1.7	339	17.8	30.8	3
Daryl Johnston D. Johnston	11	17	1.5	114	6.7	10.4	0	119	583
Pat Davis P. Davis	11	12	1.1	182	15.2	16.5	1
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	10	0.9	99	9.9	9.0	0	19	125
Robert Drummond R. Drummond	11	8	0.7	98	12.3	8.9	0	67	362
Walter Moseley W. Moseley	11	3	0.3	35	11.7	3.2	0	12	70
Deval Glover D. Glover	11	1	0.1	40	40.0	3.6	0
Len Nelson L. Nelson	11	1	0.1	18	18.0	1.6	0	6	34
Terry Dougherty T. Dougherty	11	1	0.1	14	14.0	1.3	0
William Pennyfeather W. Pennyfeather	11	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Markus Paul M. Paul	11	3	18	6
Tim Pidgeon T. Pidgeon	9	1	23	23
Derek Ward D. Ward	11	1	19	19
David Bavaro D. Bavaro	11	1	3	3
Paul Frase P. Frase	11	1	0	0
Chris Ingram C. Ingram	11	1	0	0
Jeff Mangram J. Mangram	11	1	0	0
Terry Wooden T. Wooden	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Don McPherson D. McPherson	11	6		18			108
Tim Vesling T. Vesling	11				13	28	67
Scott Schwedes S. Schwedes	11	0	6	7			42
Harold Gayden H. Gayden	11	5		5			30
Tommy Kane T. Kane	11		3	3			18
Robert Drummond R. Drummond	11	2	0	2			12
Pat Kelly P. Kelly	11		2	2			12
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	1	0	1			6
Pat Davis P. Davis	11		1	1			6
Mike Kmetz M. Kmetz	11	1		1			6
Len Nelson L. Nelson	11	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Scott Schwedes S. Schwedes	11					31	311	10.0	1
Harold Gayden H. Gayden	11	28	628	22.4	0
Robert Drummond R. Drummond	11	10	185	18.5	0
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	6	73	12.2	0
William Pennyfeather W. Pennyfeather	11	3	18	6.0	0
Tommy Kane T. Kane	11	2	39	19.5	0
Pete Ewald P. Ewald	11					1	22	22.0	0
Jeff Buskirk J. Buskirk	11	1	4	4.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Tim Vesling T. Vesling	11	13	19	68.4						28	28	100.0	67

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Jim Fox J. Fox	11	50	2,141	42.8
Daryl Johnston D. Johnston	11	3	163	54.3
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	1	25	25.0

More CFB News

Wisconsin seeks to build on its momentum after dramatic comeback at Penn State

Sep 30, 2026

College football picks: Coaches know all too well seasons can turn against most unlikely opponents

Sep 30, 2026

No. 3 Notre Dame will challenge its top-ranked defense with the next test at North Carolina

Sep 30, 2026

Texas AD calls top-ranked Longhorns' vulgar celebrations 'embarrassing' for the school

Sep 30, 2026

From 'work the cut' to 'so what, now what?': New coach Jon Sumrall reawakens sleeping giant Florida

Sep 30, 2026

New Iowa starter Hank Brown's winning TD pass against Michigan a sign of trust built with receivers

Sep 30, 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250