2015 Syracuse Orange football team

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2015 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson x$^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 14 Florida State		6	–	2					10	–	3
Louisville		5	–	3					8	–	5
NC State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Syracuse		2	–	6					4	–	8
Wake Forest		1	–	7					3	–	9
Boston College		0	–	8					3	–	9
Coastal Division
No. 15 North Carolina x		8	–	0					11	–	3
Pittsburgh		6	–	2					8	–	5
Miami (FL)		5	–	3					8	–	5
Duke		4	–	4					8	–	5
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Virginia		3	–	5					4	–	8
Georgia Tech		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 45, North Carolina 37
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Syracuse Orange football team represented

. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the Atlantic Division.

On November 23, head coach Scott Shafer was fired.[1] He stayed on to coach their final game on November 28. He finished at Syracuse with a three-year record of 14–23.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 pm	TWCS NY/ESPN3	W 47–0	30,112
September 12	12:30 pm	ACCN	W 30–17	26,670
September 19	12:30 pm	RSN	W 30–27 OT	27,949
September 26	12:00 pm	No. 8 LSU*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN	L 24–34	43,101
October 10	3:30 pm	at South Florida*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	CBSSN	L 24–45	27,235
October 17	3:30 pm	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	L 38–44 3OT	39,223
October 24	12:00 pm	No. 25 Pittsburgh	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 20–23	29,832
October 31	12:00 pm	at No. 17 ABC	L 21–45	67,630
November 7	12:30 pm	at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	L 17–41	46,158
November 14	3:30 pm	No. 1 Clemson	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ABC/ESPN2	L 27–37	36,736
November 21	12:30 pm	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	L 29–42	55,260
November 28	12:30 pm	Boston College	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ACCRSN	W 20–17	30,317
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game summaries

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	0	0
Orange	14	17	9	7	47

Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demon Deacons	7	10	0	0	17
Orange	3	10	7	10	30

Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Chippewas	3	7	7	7	3	27
Orange	10	14	0	0	6	30

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Tigers	7	0	17	10	34
Orange	0	3	7	14	24

At South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	0	3	14	7	24
Bulls	0	10	21	14	45

At Virginia

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Orange	0	21	3	0	7	7	0	38
Cavaliers	0	14	0	10	7	7	6	44

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Panthers	3	10	0	10	23
Orange	7	10	0	3	20

At Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	7	7	0	7	21
#17 Seminoles	14	14	7	10	45

At Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	10	0	0	7	17
Cardinals	7	14	10	10	41

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
#1 Tigers	21	10	0	6	37
Orange	14	3	7	3	27

At NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	3	6	7	13	29
Wolfpack	14	7	14	7	42

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	0	7	3	17
Orange	0	10	7	3	20

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