WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Eric Dungey, as he had so often on Saturday, scanned the field from the pocket, made a decision, planted a foot and took off down the field.
He snaked easily past the line of scrimmage and into a pocket of space in the middle of the field. With every other player engaged, a safety stepped up, with a chance to save a touchdown, but a block materialized as Dungey rumbled forward.
He slipped around the would-be tackler and onto the black field turf of the end zone.
Dungey’s touchdown put Syracuse ahead by 18 in a game it could never quite put away.