Boston College - Syracuse Rivalry

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'''Boston College – Syracuse Rivalry'''
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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center" | [[Image:BostonCollegeEagles.svg|100px|Boston College Logo]]  [[Image:Syracuse Orange Logo in JPEG Form.jpg|100px|Syracuse Logo]]
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! style="background: #E0E7EF;" colspan="2" | Football Rivalry
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| '''Teams''' || [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College Eagles]]<br>[[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse Orange]]
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| '''First Meeting''' || October 18, 1924
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| '''Latest Meeting''' || Nov. 27, 2010 (BC-16 SU-7)
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| '''All-Time Series''' || SU 28-18-0
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The [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] - [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]] Rivalry is a football rivalry between the [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] and the [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse Orange]], two of the most storied college-football programs in the Northeast.

The two schools first met on October 18, 1924, a 10-0 win for the [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse Orange]]. The [[Boston College Eagles football|Eagles]] and the [[Syracuse Orange football|Orange]] began playing an annual game in 1961. To date, [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] and [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]] have played each other 46 times. Aside from [[Holy Cross Crusaders football|Holy Cross]], no team has played Boston College more than [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]]. [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]] holds the lead in the all-time series 28-18.

[[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] and [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]] were founding members of the [[Big East Conference|Big East]], first as a basketball conference in 1979 and again as a football conference in 1991.

To start the 2005 season, [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] left the [[Big East Conference|Big East]] to become the 12th member of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]. The future of the rivalry was in doubt. The [[Boston College Eagles football|Eagles]] and the [[Syracuse Orange football|Orange]] signed a deal to play an out-of-conference game through 2021. The [[Boston College Eagles football|Eagles]] won the 2010 meeting by a score of 16-7. In September 2011, the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] announced that they had accepted bids from [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]] and [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pitt]] to become the 13th and 14th members of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6988468/acc-accepts-pittsburgh-panthers-syracuse-orange-14-team-league |title=ACC Adding Big East's Syracuse, Pitt |date=September 19, 2011 |first=Heather |last=Dinich |publisher=ESPN.com}}</ref>

==Rivalry Results==
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|#
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Winner
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Score
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Location
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Series
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| 1 || October 18, 1924 || '''Syracuse''' || 10-0 || Syracuse, NY || SU 1-0
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| 2 || October 28, 1944 || '''Boston College''' || 19-12 || Boston, MA || Tied 1-1
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| 3 || September 27, 1958 || '''Syracuse''' || 24-14 || Syracuse, NY || SU 2-1
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| 4 || November 25, 1961 || '''Syracuse''' || 28-13 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 3-1
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| 5 || October 13, 1962 || '''Syracuse''' || 12-0 || Syracuse, NY || SU 4-1
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| 6 || September 21, 1963 || '''Syracuse''' || 32-21 || Syracuse, NY || SU 5-1
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| 7 || September 19, 1964 || '''Boston College''' || 21-14 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 5-2
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| 8 || November 20, 1965 || '''Syracuse''' || 21-13 || Syracuse, NY || SU 6-2
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| 9 || October 15, 1966 || '''Syracuse''' || 30-0 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 7-2
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|10 || November 18, 1967 || '''Syracuse''' || 32-20 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 8-2
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|11 || November 29, 1969 || '''Boston College''' || 35-10 || Syracuse, NY || SU 8-3
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|12 || November 6, 1971 || '''Boston College''' || 10-3 || Syracuse, NY || SU 8-4
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|13 || November 4, 1972 || '''Boston College''' || 37-0 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 8-5
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|14 || November 17, 1973 || '''Syracuse''' || 24-13 || Syracuse, NY || SU 9-5
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|15 || November 16, 1974 || '''Boston College''' || 45-0 || Chestnut, Hill || SU 9-6
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|16 || October 25, 1975 || '''Syracuse''' || 22-14 || Syracuse, NY || SU 10-6
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|17 || November 13, 1976 || '''Boston College''' || 28-14 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 10-7
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|18 || November 12, 1977 || '''Syracuse''' || 20-3 || Syracuse, NY || SU 11-7
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|19 || November 18, 1978 || '''Syracuse''' || 37-23 || Chesnut Hill, MA || SU 12-7
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|20 || November 17, 1979 || '''Boston College''' || 27-10 || Ithaca, NY || SU 12-8
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|21 || November 15, 1980 || '''Boston College''' || 27-16 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 12-9
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|22 || November 14, 1981 || '''Syracuse''' || 27-17 || Syracuse, NY || SU 13-9
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|23 || November 13, 1982 || '''Boston College''' || 20-13 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 13-10
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|24 || November 12, 1983 || '''Syracuse''' || 21-10 || Syracuse, NY || SU 14-10
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|25 || November 17, 1984 || '''Boston College''' || 24-16 || Foxboro, MA || SU 14-11
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|26 || November 16, 1985 || '''Syracuse''' || 41-21 || Syracuse, NY || SU 15-11
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|27 || November 15, 1986 || '''Boston College''' || 27-9 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 15-12
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|28 || November 14, 1987 || '''Syracuse''' || 45-17 || Syracuse, NY || SU 16-12
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|29 || November 12, 1988 || '''Syracuse''' || 45-20 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 17-12
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|30 || November 4, 1989 || '''Syracuse''' || 23-11 || Syracuse, NY || SU 18-12
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|31 || November 3, 1990 || '''Syracuse''' || 35-6 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 19-12
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|32 || November 16, 1991 || '''Syracuse''' || 38-16 || Syracuse, NY || SU 20-12
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|33 || November 14, 1992 || '''Syracuse''' || 27-10 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 21-12
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|34 || October 2, 1993 || '''Boston College''' || 33-29 || Syracuse, NY || SU 21-13
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|35 || November 12, 1994 || '''Boston College''' || 31-0 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 21-14
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|36 || November 18, 1995 || '''Syracuse''' || 58-29 || Syracuse, NY || SU 22-14
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|37 || October 26, 1996 || '''Syracuse''' || 45-17 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 23-14
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|38 || November 8, 1997 || '''Syracuse''' || 20-13 || Syracuse, NY || SU 24-14
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|39 || October 17, 1998 || '''Syracuse''' || 42-25 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 25-14
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|40 || October 30, 1999 || '''Boston College''' || 24-23 || Syracuse, NY || SU 25-15
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|41 || October 14, 2000 || '''Boston College''' || 20-13 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 25-16
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|42 || November 24, 2001 || '''Syracuse''' || 39-28 || Syracuse, NY || SU 26-16
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|43 || November 16, 2002 || '''Boston College''' || 41-20 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 26-17
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|44 || October 18, 2003 || '''Syracuse''' || 39-14 || Syracuse, NY || SU 27-17
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|45 || November 27, 2004 || '''Syracuse''' || 43-17 || Chestnut Hill, MA || SU 28-17
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|46 || November 27, 2010 || '''Boston College''' || 16-7 || Syracuse, NY || SU 28-18
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| Source <ref>{{Cite news |url=http://suathletics.syr.edu/sports/2006/6/22/fbbostoncollege.aspx |title=BC-SU Series}}</ref>
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==Memorable Games==
===2004===
In 2004, [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] was in first place in the [[Big East Conference|Big East]] and needed a win against then 5-6 [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]] in the regular season finale to clinch their first [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]] bowl berth.

With Syracuse's two RBS out with injuries, DB [[Diamond Ferri]] filled in as RB. [[Diamond Ferri|Ferri]], a native of [[Everett, Massachusetts|Everett, MA]], rushed for 141 yards and 2 TDs. [[Diamond Ferri|Ferri]] also had a 44-yard interception return for a TD. [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]] went on to pull off the shocking blowout upset, winning 43-17.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=243320103 |title=BC Deprived of Farewell Outright Big East Title}}</ref> This game was also the first career start by [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] QB [[Matt Ryan]]; he was filling in for the injured [[Paul Peterson (American football)|Paul Peterson]].

This was [[Boston College Eagles football|BC]]'s final game as a member of the [[Big East Conference|Big East]]; they began playing in the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] in 2005.

==References==
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