After starting the season 1-3 it did not look like the #16 Syracuse Orange football squad would be headed towards a big-time bowl game.
Somehow the Orange escaped against Tulane and that fueled an eight-game winning streak to close out the season. The Big East title and an Alliance Bowl berth was secured with a 33-13 road win over the Miami Hurricanes. Syracuse will wait to find out which bowl game they are headed to, but for tonight it was all about ending a losing streak against Miami.
Donovan McNabb found Jim Turner for two 1st-quarter touchdowns (4 and 49 yards) and the Orange had a lead they would not relinquish.