Labor Day weekend 2011 will kick off with a Syracuse University football game against Wake Forest in the Carrier Dome. The Orange season opener is Thursday, September 1 at 8:00 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. It will be the first time in SU football history for the Orange to play a home game on a Thursday night. The game will be available on ESPN3, giving the Orange three national broadcasts at this time.
“To host the first Thursday night football game in school history is a terrific way for the University and the community to start the Labor Day weekend before enjoying all of the other activities the area and the region have to offer,” said SU Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross.
The 2011 home schedule includes games against Rhode Island (Sept. 10), Toledo (Sept. 24), Rutgers (Oct. 1), West Virginia (Oct. 21), South Florida (Nov. 11) and Cincinnati (Nov. 26). The Friday night contest against USF will be nationally televised on ESPN2 at 8:00 p.m.
The Orange will play at Southern California on September 17 in the only away game during the first five weeks of the season. Syracuse’s other non-conference road game is at Tulane on October 8. SU’s BIG EAST away games are at Louisville (Oct. 29), at Connecticut (Nov. 5) and at Pittsburgh (Dec. 3). The regular-season finale at Pittsburgh will be nationally televised on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.
Information courtesy of SU Athletics
