#4 Syracuse Orangemen

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	363	4,843	778	6.2	2,325	528	4.4	2,518	250	10.1
Team Rank		11th	12th	57th	5th	30th	36th	28th	22nd	73rd	1st
Opponent	11	153	3,138		4.3	1,353	437	3.1	1,785	299	6.0
Opponent Rank		10th	13th		15th	13th	13th	16th	26th	50th	21st
Net		+210	+1,705	+778	+2.0	+972	+91	+1.3	+733	-49	+4.1
Net Rank		7th	8th	57th	5th	21st	22nd	19th	17th	71st	1st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Don McPherson D. McPherson	11	129	229	56.3	20.8	2,341	10.2	212.8	22	11	164.3	9.6	4.8
Todd Philcox T. Philcox	11	4	9	44.4	0.8	29	3.2	2.6	0	0	71.5	0.0	0.0
Bill Scharr B. Scharr	11	2	7	28.6	0.6	45	6.4	4.1	0	0	82.6	0.0	0.0
Robert Drummond R. Drummond	11	3	4	75.0	0.4	101	25.3	9.2	1	0	369.6	25.0	0.0
Cooper Gardiner C. Gardiner	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	0	116.8	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Robert Drummond R. Drummond	11	124	11.3	828	6.7	75.3	6	140	976
Daryl Johnston D. Johnston	11	116	10.5	614	5.3	55.8	4	122	701
Don McPherson D. McPherson	11	110	10.0	230	2.1	20.9	5	111	237
Michael Owens M. Owens	11	88	8.0	542	6.2	49.3	4	97	689
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	39	3.5	142	3.6	12.9	1	40	145
Chris Barnes C. Barnes	11	29	2.6	120	4.1	10.9	2	30	127
Duane Kinnon D. Kinnon	11	5	0.5	18	3.6	1.6	0	7	63
Todd Philcox T. Philcox	11	5	0.5	-2	-0.4	-0.2	0
Tommy Kane T. Kane	11	4	0.4	-15	-3.8	-1.4	0	48	953
Kevin D. Greene K. D. Greene	11	3	0.3	29	9.7	2.6	0
Bill Scharr B. Scharr	11	3	0.3	-9	-3.0	-0.8	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tommy Kane T. Kane	11	44	4.0	968	22.0	88.0	14	48	953
Pat Kelly P. Kelly	11	24	2.2	392	16.3	35.6	2
Deval Glover D. Glover	11	20	1.8	369	18.5	33.5	1
Robert Drummond R. Drummond	11	16	1.5	148	9.3	13.5	0	140	976
Rob Moore R. Moore	11	9	0.8	261	29.0	23.7	2
Michael Owens M. Owens	11	9	0.8	147	16.3	13.4	2	97	689
Daryl Johnston D. Johnston	11	6	0.5	87	14.5	7.9	1	122	701
Pat Davis P. Davis	11	4	0.4	70	17.5	6.4	0
Duane Kinnon D. Kinnon	11	2	0.2	45	22.5	4.1	0	7	63
William Pennyfeather W. Pennyfeather	11	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0
Chris Barnes C. Barnes	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0	30	127
Don McPherson D. McPherson	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	1	111	237
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	40	145
Jeff Buskirk J. Buskirk	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Markus Paul M. Paul	11	5	15	3
David Holmes D. Holmes	11	3	48	16
David Bavaro D. Bavaro	11	3	0	0
Jeff Mangram J. Mangram	11	2	0	0
Sean Whiteman S. Whiteman	11	1	16	16
Terry Wooden T. Wooden	11	1	16	16
Chris Ingram C. Ingram	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Don McPherson D. McPherson	11	5	1	28			168
Tim Vesling T. Vesling	11				15	43	88
Tommy Kane T. Kane	11	0	14	14			84
Robert Drummond R. Drummond	11	6	0	7			42
Michael Owens M. Owens	11	4	2	6			36
Daryl Johnston D. Johnston	11	4	1	5			30
Chris Barnes C. Barnes	11	2	0	2			12
Pat Kelly P. Kelly	11		2	2			12
Rob Moore R. Moore	11		2	2			12
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	1	0	1			6
Deval Glover D. Glover	11		1	1			6
Kevin J. Greene K. J. Greene	11				1		3

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Tommy Kane T. Kane	11					27	259	9.6	0
Michael Owens M. Owens	11	15	336	22.4	0
Chris Ingram C. Ingram	11	11	237	21.5	0	2	25	12.5	0
Robert Drummond R. Drummond	11	2	43	21.5	0
Chris Barnes C. Barnes	11	1	11	11.0	0
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	1	10	10.0	0
Daryl Johnston D. Johnston	11	1	0	0.0	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	15	18	83.3						43	43	100.0	88
	Kevin J. Greene K. J. Greene	11	1	1	100.0

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Cooper Gardiner C. Gardiner	11	43	1,608	37.4
Daryl Johnston D. Johnston	11	3	183	61.0
Ken Hawkins K. Hawkins	11	3	71	23.7
Tim Vesling T. Vesling	11	1	30	30.0
Byron Abraham B. Abraham	11	1	14	14.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333