Syracuse 37, Tulane 34
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 8, 2011
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature:
Dome
Head Official:
Jerry McGinn
Attendance:
23188
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The last thing Syracuse and running back Antwon Bailey wanted was another overtime game.
After blowing a 17-point lead, the Orange were staring at their fourth overtime of the season on Saturday at the Superdome.
But Bailey led Syracuse down the field to the 4-yard line and Ross Krautman booted a 21-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Orange to a 37-34 victory.
Trick plays and long passes turned into a treat for Tulane, which rallied from a pair of 17-point deficits. Tulane used a bevy of flea-flickers and reverses which led to several big plays and cut the deficit to 31-27 in the fourth quarter.
Ryan Griffin completed four passes for more than 35 yards apiece, including a 60-yard scoring pass to Xavier Rush in the second quarter and a 58-yarder to Rush tie the game with 3:35 left in the fourth.
Bailey finished with 111 yards on 24 carries as Syracuse (4-2) defeated Tulane for the fifth straight time.
Orange quarterback Ryan Nassib threw a pair of touchdown passes.
Griffin paced Tulane (2-4) with 320 yards and two touchdowns on 24-of-30 passing. Orleans Darkwa scored on a 40-yard draw play to give the Green Wave a 7-0 lead, but they never led again.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Syracuse |
|
Tulane |
|
Dorian Graham
| Player |
Xavier Rush
|
|
4 |
Receptions |
4 |
|
55 |
Yards |
135 |
|
13.8 |
Avg Yards |
33.8 |
|
2 |
Touchdowns |
2 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Syracuse
|
356 |
170 |
186 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
| Tulane
|
471 |
116 |
355 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
0 |