Notre Dame Archives - Page 4 of 17

The middle portion of the Syracuse football schedule features four consecutive games against teams ranked in the preseason AP Top 25 poll.

The Fighting Irish were an impressive defense when it came to splash plays in 2021, but the numbers show they were average everywhere else.

The Syracuse football program never shies away from facing many of the sport’s top name programs, especially in 2022.

Before Sunday afternoon’s defeat in the Dome to Notre Dame, no Syracuse lacrosse team had ever dropped 10 games in a season.

Notre Dame scored the first 12 goals of the game against travel-weary Syracuse Saturday afternoon.

It is impossible to think the Orange were playing on anything other than legs that were almost completely shot by the end of the game.

Syracuse simply ran out of gas late at Notre Dame on Wednesday night, dropping a 79-69 contest despite being within 3 with a minute to go.

Paul Atkinson Jr. dominated Syracuse inside, scoring 20 points and adding 17 rebounds, 8 on the offensive glass.

Like Syracuse, Notre Dame is 4-1 over its last five games after dropping a 79-74 decision to Wake Forest on the road.

Syracuse is home four of the first five weeks, but on the road four of the final six weeks of the schedule.