The 2017 season's largest margin: Syracuse 50, Central Connecticut 7. A 43-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for Syracuse. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Eric DungeyQB2,495 passing yards
- Rex CulpepperQB518 passing yards
- Moe NealRB488 rushing yards
- Dontae StricklandRB482 rushing yards
- Steve IshmaelWR1,347 receiving yards
- Ervin PhilipsWR904 receiving yards
- Devin C. ButlerWR327 receiving yards
- Parris BennettLB115 tackles
- Zaire FranklinLB84 tackles
- Evan FosterDB64 tackles
- Alton RobinsonDL5 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Syracuse 10, Louisville 56. A 46-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Otto, Otto"
2017 sits in Syracuse's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.