Syracuse–UConn rivalry

Locations of Syracuse and UConn

The Syracuse–UConn rivalry is a sports rivalry between Syracuse University Orange and the University of Connecticut Huskies. The rivalry started in men's basketball while both schools were members of the Big East conference, and is slowly growing across other sports.

History[]

Men's basketball[]

The first game played between the two schools took place on January 27, 1956, in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse won 102–82.^[1]

The rivalry peaked while both teams were members of the Big East Conference from 1979 to 2013. The rivalry featured two Hall of Fame coaches, Jim Boeheim and Jim Calhoun. One of the highlights was the historic Big East Tournament quarterfinal game in 2009. The game took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City where Syracuse won 127-117 in a game that went to six overtimes, ending at 1:22 AM.

In November 2015, after the teams met in the Bahamas, both Kevin Ollie and Jim Boeheim expressed interest in renewing the rivalry. Boeheim said, "It was like an NCAA game early in the year, It's a tremendous atmosphere. A tremendous game. It really was. I think there's a reasonable likelihood that we will play Connecticut again someday soon." Ollie said, "It's something that we're definitely looking at, It would be a great thing. It's a great rivalry."^[2]

UConn and Syracuse met at the Jimmy V Classic on December 5, 2017.^[3]

Football[]

In 2004 UConn joined the Big East conference as a football member starting an annual meeting with Syracuse. In the schools first meeting at the Carrier dome in 2004, UConn quarterback Dan Orlovsky completed a school- and Big East-record 39 passes for a school-record 445 yards, in a 42–30 loss.^[4] The 2012 matchup was the schools final meeting with Syracuse accepting an invite to the ACC. The schools met again in 2016, and 2018. Recently the schools announced a four game series starting in 2022.^[5] Former UConn head coach Randy Edsall and former offensive coordinator Frank Giufre both played football at Syracuse. Paul Pasqualoni served as head coach at Syracuse from 1991–2004, and was the UConn head coach from 2011–2013.^[6] While at UConn Pasqualoni hired his former offensive coordinator at Syracuse George DeLeone to work in the same role from 2011–2012.

Women's basketball[]

In 2016 the UConn and Syracuse women faced off in the NCAA national championship game. UConn won the game 82–51, finishing the season with a record of 38–0 while capturing their fourth straight national championship.^[7] The teams would meet again in the Bridgeport regional of the 2017 NCAA tournament with UConn winning 94–64.^[8]

Men's basketball[]

Connecticut victories	Syracuse victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	January 27, 1956	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	102–82
2	January 7, 1957	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	79–78
3	March 12, 1957	New York, NY	Syracuse	82–76
4	March 8, 1958	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	75–70
5	February 18, 1959	Storrs, CT	Syracuse	72–64
6	February 2, 1960	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	65–64
7	March 5, 1962	Storrs, CT	Syracuse	72–67
8	March 7, 1963	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	92–74
9	March 6, 1964	Storrs, CT	Syracuse	58–49
10	December 18, 1965	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	87–62
11	February 6, 1967	Storrs, CT	Syracuse	90–79
12	January 27, 1968	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	89–84
13	January 8, 1969	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	103–84
14	February 11, 1970	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	101–80
15	December 20, 1970	Storrs, CT	Syracuse	97–76
16	February 19, 1972	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	98–69
17	December 23, 1972	Storrs, CT	Syracuse	104–73
18	January 10, 1974	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	61–60
19	November 30, 1977	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	101–61
20	January 13, 1979	New Haven, CT	Syracuse	74–60
21	March 10, 1979	Providence, RI	Syracuse	89–81
22	January 26, 1980	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	99–89
23	February 29, 1980	Providence, RI	Syracuse	92–61
24	January 5, 1981	New Haven, CT	Connecticut	78–59
25	February 14, 1981	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	65–63
26	January 6, 1982	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	72–69
27	February 13, 1982	Hartford, CT	Syracuse	78–71
28	February 2, 1983	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	89–69
29	February 5, 1983	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	55–54
30	January 18, 1984	Hartford, CT	Syracuse	95–68
31	February 18, 1984	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	87–85^3OT
32	March 8, 1984	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	73–58
33	January 19, 1985	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	70–68
34	February 20, 1985	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	71–69
35	January 25, 1986	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	80–67
36	March 1, 1986	Hartford, CT	Syracuse	75–58
37	January 3, 1987	New Haven, CT	Syracuse	88–71
38	February 7, 1987	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	59–53
39	January 16, 1988	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	51–50
40	February 20, 1988	Hartford, CT	Syracuse	73–71
41	January 16, 1989	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	68–62
42	February 28, 1989	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	88–72
43	January 15, 1990	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	70–59
44	February 10, 1990	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	90–86
45	March 11, 1990	New York, NY	Connecticut	78–75
46	January 16, 1991	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	81–79^OT
47	January 28, 1991	Hartford, CT	Syracuse	68–66
48	February 3, 1992	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	84–83

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
49	March 4, 1992	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	85–78
50	February 2, 1993	Hartford, CT	Syracuse	60–57
51	February 15, 1993	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	80–76
52	January 10, 1994	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	75–67
53	February 1, 1994	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	108–95
54	January 23, 1995	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	86–75
55	February 12, 1995	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	77–70
56	January 21, 1996	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	79–70
57	March 8, 1996	New York, NY	Connecticut	85–67
58	January 26, 1997	Hartford, CT	Syracuse	65–53
59	February 17, 1997	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	71–66^OT
60	January 24, 1998	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	63–54
61	March 7, 1998	New York, NY	Connecticut	69–64
62	February 1, 1999	Hartford, CT	Syracuse	59–42
63	February 28, 1999	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	70–58
64	March 5, 1999	New York, NY	Connecticut	71–50
65	January 24, 2000	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	88–74
66	March 4, 2000	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	69–54
67	February 19, 2001	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	65–60
68	March 7, 2001	New York, NY	Syracuse	86–75
69	February 10, 2003	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	75–61
70	March 14, 2003	New York, NY	Connecticut	80–67
71	February 2, 2004	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	84–56
72	March 7, 2004	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	67–56
73	February 7, 2005	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	74–66
74	March 5, 2005	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	88–70
75	March 11, 2005	New York, NY	Syracuse	67–63
76	January 16, 2006	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	88–80
77	February 8, 2006	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	73–50
78	March 9, 2006	New York, NY	Syracuse	86–84^OT
79	February 5, 2007	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	67–60
80	February 17, 2007	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	73–63
81	March 7, 2007	New York, NY	Syracuse	78–65
82	February 6, 2008	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	63–61
83	February 11, 2009	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	63–49
84	March 12, 2009	New York, NY	Syracuse	127–117^6OT
85	February 10, 2010	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	72–67
86	February 2, 2011	Hartford, CT	Syracuse	66–58
87	March 11, 2011	New York, NY	Connecticut	76–71^OT
88	February 11, 2012	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	85–67
89	February 25, 2012	Storrs, CT	Syracuse	71–69
90	March 8, 2012	New York, NY	Syracuse	58–55
91	February 13, 2013	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	66–58
92	November 26, 2015	Nassau, Bahamas	Syracuse	79–76
93	December 5, 2016	New York, NY	Connecticut	52–50
94	December 5, 2017	New York, NY	Syracuse	72–63
95	November 15, 2018	New York, NY	Connecticut	83–76
Series: Syracuse leads 56–39

Football[]

Connecticut victories	Syracuse victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 30, 2004	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse^†	42–30
2	October 7, 2005	East Hartford, CT	Connecticut	26–7
3	November 18, 2006	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse^†	20–14
4	November 17, 2007	East Hartford, CT	Connecticut	30–7
5	November 15, 2008	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	39–14
6	November 28, 2009	East Hartford, CT	Connecticut	56–31
7	November 20, 2010	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	23–6

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
8	November 5, 2011	East Hartford, CT	Connecticut	28–21
9	October 19, 2012	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	40–10
10	September 24, 2016	East Hartford, CT	Syracuse	31–24
11	September 22, 2018	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	51–21
12	September 10, 2022	East Hartford, CT
Series: Connecticut leads 6–3
† Vacated by Syracuse

Women's basketball[]

Connecticut victories	Syracuse victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	January 9, 2001	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	76–63
2	January 27, 2001	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	84–60
3	February 13, 2002	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	85–55
4	February 12, 2003	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	75–51
5	February 11, 2004	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	82–38
6	February 19, 2005	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	85–49
7	March 6, 2005	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	82–56
8	February 22, 2006	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	65–36
9	January 13, 2007	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	76–45
10	January 17, 2009	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	107–53

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
11	February 24, 2010	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	87–66
12	March 7, 2010	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	77–41
13	February 28, 2011	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	82–47
14	January 25, 2012	Syracuse, NY	Connecticut	95–54
15	January 19, 2013	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	87–62
16	March 11, 2013	Hartford, CT	Connecticut	64–51
17	April 5, 2016	Indianapolis,IN	Connecticut	81–52
18	March 20, 2017	Storrs, CT	Connecticut	94–64
19	March 23, 2021	San Antonio, Texas	Connecticut	83–47
Series: Connecticut leads 19–0

References[]

^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/historicalsupplement.pdf
^ Former Big East rivals Syracuse, Connecticut talking about series in near future | syracuse.com
^ "Report: UConn and Syracuse Matched up in 2017 Jimmy V Classic". 3 November 2016.
^ "Syracuse 42, Connecticut 30". Associated Press. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ "Syracuse, UConn schedule four-game football series". fbschedules.com. 7 February 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
^ "Paul Pasqualoni Introduced as New Huskies Football Coach". UConn Today. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ "Women's Final Four: Syracuse follows UConn's suit with Final Four blowout". ncaa.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
^ "Nurse's hits 9 3-pointers to lead UConn over Syracuse 94-64". Associated Press. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

[1] ttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/historicalsupplement.pdf

[2] Former Big East rivals Syracuse, Connecticut talking about series in near future | syracuse.com

[3] "Report: UConn and Syracuse Matched up in 2017 Jimmy V Classic". 3 November 2016.

[4] "Syracuse 42, Connecticut 30". Associated Press. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[5] "Syracuse, UConn schedule four-game football series". fbschedules.com. 7 February 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[6] "Paul Pasqualoni Introduced as New Huskies Football Coach". UConn Today. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

[7] "Women's Final Four: Syracuse follows UConn's suit with Final Four blowout". ncaa.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

[8] "Nurse's hits 9 3-pointers to lead UConn over Syracuse 94-64". Associated Press. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

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Rivalries	Georgetown Syracuse
Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "" 6-overtime game 2011 Miracle Run
People	Huskies of Honor Statistical leaders
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) Carrier Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	UConn
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse ISP Sports Network
People	All-Century Team Statistical leaders
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1917–18 1925–26 1943–44 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1983–84 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1993–94 1995–96 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in underline; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

v t Syracuse Orange football
Venues	Archbold Stadium (1907–1978) Giants Stadium (1979) Rich Stadium (1979) Schoellkopf Field (1979) Carrier Dome (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College Colgate Penn State Pittsburgh UConn West Virginia
Culture & lore	Otto the Orange Alma Mater "Down the Field" Marching band The Express: The Ernie Davis Story Scandal Syracuse ISP Sports Network Highest-scoring game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders All-Century Team
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

v t UConn Huskies football
Venues	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields (1896–1952) Memorial Stadium (1953–2002) Rentschler Field (2003–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Rhode Island Syracuse UMass
Culture & lore	Civil Conflict Jonathan the Husky University of Connecticut Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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v t UConn Huskies rivalries
Football	Rhode Island Syracuse UMass
Basketball	Georgetown Notre Dame (women) Rutgers (women) Stanford (women) Tennessee (women)

v t Syracuse Orange rivalries
Football	Boston College Colgate Penn State Pittsburgh UConn West Virginia
Basketball	Georgetown St. John's UConn Villanova
Lacrosse	Cornell Hobart Johns Hopkins Princeton Virginia

v t Atlantic Coast Conference rivalries
Conference	O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy (Boston College–Clemson) Boston College–Syracuse Boston College–Virginia Tech Clemson–Florida State Clemson–Georgia Tech Textile Bowl (Clemson–NC State) Tobacco Road (Duke–North Carolina–NC State–Wake Forest) Duke–North Carolina basketball/overall (lacrosse) Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina football) Duke–NC State Duke–Wake Forest Florida State–Miami Jefferson-Eppes Trophy (Florida State–Virginia) Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech Miami–Virginia Tech North Carolina–NC State overall North Carolina–NC State North Carolina–Wake Forest NC State–Wake Forest South's Oldest Rivalry (North Carolina–Virginia) Pittsburgh–Syracuse Syracuse–Virginia Virginia–Virginia Tech (overall) Commonwealth Cup (Virginia–Virginia Tech football)
Non-conference	Alabama–Clemson Auburn–Clemson Auburn–Georgia Tech Boston College–Harvard (men's basketball) Boston College–Holy Cross Green Line Rivalry (Boston College–Boston U) Commonwealth Classic (Boston College–UMass basketball) Boston College–UMass Cincinnati–Louisville (overall) The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati–Louisville football) River City Rivalry (Cincinnati–Pittsburgh) Clemson–Georgia Clemson–South Carolina Colgate–Syracuse Cornell–Syracuse (lacrosse) Duke–Maryland (men's basketball) City Game (Duquesne–Pittsburgh) East Carolina–NC State Florida–Florida State (football) Florida–Florida State (men's basketball) Florida–Miami Florida Cup (Florida–Florida State–Miami) Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech) Georgia Tech–Tennessee Georgia Tech–Vanderbilt Hobart–Syracuse (lacrosse) Indiana–Notre Dame (men's soccer) Johns Hopkins–Syracuse (lacrosse) Johns Hopkins–Virginia (lacrosse) Kentucky–Louisville overall Governor's Cup (Kentucky–Louisville football) Kentucky–North Carolina (men's basketball) Louisville–Memphis Maryland–Virginia (football) Maryland–Virginia (lacrosse) Maryland–Virginia (men's soccer) Miami–Nebraska North Carolina–South Carolina Notre Dame–UCLA (men's basketball) Notre Dame–UConn (women's basketball) Penn State–Pittsburgh Penn State–Syracuse Backyard Brawl (Pittsburgh–West Virginia) New River Valley rivalry (Radford–Virginia Tech) Syracuse–UConn (overall) Syracuse–West Virginia Duel at the Diamond (VCU–Virginia baseball) VMI–Virginia Tech Virginia Tech–West Virginia
Notre Dame football rivalries	Boston College–Notre Dame Florida State–Notre Dame Georgia Tech–Notre Dame North Carolina–Notre Dame Miami–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Pittsburgh