Syracuse football has an incredibly rich history that has featured some of the greatest moments in all of college football. Their first season in recorded history was back in 1889, the Carrier Dome opened in 1980, and the Orange joined the ACC conference back in 2013.
Ernie Davis became the first Heisman trophy winner in program history and the first African-American to ever take home the hardware. As a sophomore in 1959, he also led Syracuse to the team’s first and only football National Championship in history.
In the 1980s and 1990s the team made the loud house one of the greatest home field advantages in all of college football.