The Syracuse football team takes on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Carrier Dome.
The game will be televised on ACC Network.
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Second quarter
9:53: Garrett Shrader is in the game.
14:09: Rutgers again doing enough on offense to move the ball out of the shadow of its goal line. It still hasn’t sprung an explosive play on the SU defense, but it is moving ball near midfield, setting itself up for high-percentage third-down conversions.
Quarterback Noah Vedral came up short on a 3rd-and-1 stop by Garrett Williams to force another punt in the opponents’ territory. Neither side getting ultra-aggressive here in the first half.
Syracuse will take over at its own 12-yard line.
15:00: A screen play for Adams comes up just shy of field-goal range, bringing on James Williams to punt on 4th-and-10 from the Rutgers’ 38. The kick goes out of bounds at the 11.
First quarter
END OF FIRST QUARTER: Syracuse 0, Rutgers 0
3:55: Damien Alford on the field for SU’s third offensive series. The second-year freshman, who is 6-foot-6, played sparingly last week at Ohio.
Syracuse continues to move the ball on Rutgers, with Tucker and Harris doing the most damage. A chunk run by Tucker gets wiped off the board by a holding penalty on Luke Benson to halt momentum.
7:55: Rutgers strings together back-to-back first downs to move the ball out across its 30-yard line. Syracuse defensive lineman McKinley Williams got in the game on a third-down stop to force a punt.
SU will start at its own 25-yard line following a late hit out of bounds on return man Trebor Pena.
8:06: DeVito finds Taj Harris, who fights for a first down at the 5-yard line before the ball is stripped out by Avery Young and recovered by Max Melton. After Rutgers squandered an early scoring chance, the play is being reviewed and is confirmed.
11:36: DeVito started off the team’s second series with a dart to Harris over the middle to pick up a first down in Rutgers’ territory. He later found Tucker on a well-designed screen play to covert a 3rd-and-6 to move the ball into the red zone.
The ground game continues to be effective, with DeVito and Tucker once again picking up positive yardage.
Syracuse calls its first timeout with 8:06 remaining in the opening quarter and the ball on the 14-yard line.
13:22: The special teams brillance that Greg Schiano and Rutgers are known for shines through with a blocked punt to set up the Rutgers offense inside the red zone.
But the SU defense, much like last week, shut the door down near the goal line, keeping Rutgers out of the end zone following an offensive pass interference penalty that negated a touchdown.
The 53-yard field goal attempt from the left hash never got off the turf. The holder bailed after failing to set the ball, and Garrett Williams finished the job.
15:00: Rutgers won the coin toss and will defer until the second half. Syracuse will get the ball to start.
The SU offense falls behind the chains on an intentional grounding call on DeVito, leading to a punt. The drive started with an early first-down run by Sean Tucker.
Pregame notes
Good afternoon from the Carrier Dome, where Syracuse (1-0) and Rutgers (1-0) will square off for the first time since their Big East days during the 2012 season.
Linemen Dakota Davis, Kingsley Jonathan and McKinley Williams participated near the front of the pregame stretch line. All three will be available for today’s game.
One quick jersey change: Abdul Adams is wearing No. 27.
Freshmen Malcolm Folk and Ja’Vontae Williams will not dress for today’s game.
Earlier pregame:
Early in the pregame, Davis and Jonathan were out with the team dressed in workout clothes, with headphones over their ears. Their playing status can be a factor in a game Dino Babers thinks will be decided at the line of scrimmage today.
Cornerbacks Garrett Williams and Duce Chestnut are among the remaining players staying out on the field during the pregrame routine. They’re practicing techniques one-on-one. The veteran-rookie mentorship brings to mind how Williams, in his first year as a starter last season, often worked out with the older, more experienced Ifeatu Melifonwu.
The student section is packed with more than 30 minutes to go until kickoff. The strong turnout is in line with other home openers, when first-year undergrads get to experience the Carrier Dome for the first time.
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