The Orange and Rebels will now face off a day earlier.
The Syracuse Orange are heading back to the west coast for the first time in over a decade, and that long wait will be cut down by at least a few hours.
SU’s previously scheduled game with UNLV has been moved up to a Friday night clash. The Orange and Rebels will kick-off at 9pm EST (6pm local) October 4th on Fox Sports 1:
Another prime-time pick @FS1 has selected our game at UNLV for its Friday night window.
Details: https://t.co/N3XKk7Tc1J pic.twitter.com/VHcbxh1lFh
— Syracuse Football (@CuseFootball) June 12, 2024
It’s the first time ‘Cuse will be featured on a FOX-affiliated channel since the 2011 trip to USC aired on FX.
SU is currently scheduled to play three primetime games this season, but none on a Saturday so far. Times for the first few weeks of games have also been released.
The Orange played five night games in 2023 (four plus the Boca Raton Bowl), but only one was on a Friday: the November loss to Boston College in the Dome.
Former head coach Dino Babers finished his tenure with an 8-5 record in Friday games; we’ll see if Fran Brown’s teams can continue, or even improve on, that winning mark starting with Stanford and UNLV this season.