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Orange to Play Ohio in 2021 and 2024

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse and Ohio have agreed to a home-and-home football series with games in 2021 and 2024, the schools announced on Monday, Feb. 4. The Orange will open the 2021 season in Athens, Ohio against the Bobcats on Sept. 4. Syracuse hosts Ohio in the return game on Aug. 31, 2024.

The 2021 season opener will mark the first meeting in the modern era between the programs. The Orange won the previous two encounters by the combined score of 111-0. Both games were played in Syracuse. The Orange shut out Ohio 73-0 in 1916 and blanked the Bobcats again 38-0 in 1921.