SU is beginning to reap the benefits from playing at MetLife Stadium in front of a nationally televised audience.
This past Saturday, SU traveled to MetLife Stadium to play USC in hopes of creating a fanbase and strengthening their brand as a school and as a program. It worked.
The classic posted a rating of 3.3, behind only Florida and Texas A&M, but 4.7 million viewers tuned in to watch SU take on USC, while only 4.5 million tuned in for the Florida game.
USC's quarterback threw six TDs at MetLife Stadium as SU suffered second straight loss of the season.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The last time the Syracuse Orange played in a major New York stadium, they dominated en route to their first bowl victory in nine years. However, in New York’s College Classic at MetLife Stadium on Saturday, it was the Orange that was dominated by a more potent USC offense. Syracuse (0-2) fell to Southern California (2-0) 43-29.
News and notes from Syracuse’s Week 3 defeat by USC.
Here’s James Santelli’s recap of Saturday’s game, an unfortunate loss to the USC Trojans, 38-17. Of course, the game was overshadowed by the larger news that Syracuse will defect to the Atlantic Coast Conference.