Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM NOV. 15, 2025 41 OPPONENT ON DECK: SYRACUSE Date: Nov. 22, 2025 Site (Capacity): Notre Dame Stadium (77,622) Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. All-time series: Notre Dame leads 8-3 Last meeting: Notre Dame 41, Syracuse 24 (Oct. 29, 2022, at Syracuse, N.Y.) 2025 Record To Date: 3-7 (1-6 ACC) Syracuse head coach: Fran Brown (13-10, 2nd year) Season summary: With former Notre Dame quarterback Steve Angeli at the helm, Syracuse pulled off arguably the upset of the season at the time. Facing a desperate Clemson team, the Orange went into Death Valley and smacked the Tigers in every phase of the game. Syracuse was winning 27-14 late in the third quarter when Angeli scrambled to his right, and … he collapsed with a non-contact injury. Tests confirmed the Orange's fears the next day: Angeli had torn his Achilles tendon. While Angeli's injury is brutal for the former Irish signal-caller, who was leading the nation in passing yards at the time, the good news is it happened in Game 4, not Game 5. That means he can medically redshirt, and he still has two years of eligibility remaining. Syracuse head coach Fran Brown con- firmed Nov. 3 that Angeli will return in 2026, and that he will be the starting quarterback as long as he's healthy. The bad news is that Angeli's injury completely derailed the Orange's season. Since Angeli got hurt, Syracuse has not won a single game, and its closest margin of defeat is 13 points. Even Bill Belichick's North Carolina Tar Heels walloped the Orange 27-10 for their first Power Four win. Brown benched Angeli's replace- ment, Rickie Collins, for a quarterback whose pri- mary sport is lacrosse in true freshman Joseph Filardi, with predictable results (4-of-18 passing for 39 yards against UNC). The Fighting Irish typically do not lose on Se- nior Day. This year versus Syracuse should be no exception. On Deck Head coach Fran Brown started his tenure at Syracuse with 13 wins in 17 games but the Orange has lost its last six games after losing its starting quarterback, former Irish signal-caller Steve Angeli. PHOTO COURTESY SYRACUSE ATHLETICS 2025 SYRACUSE SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET)/Results Aug. 30 vs. Tennessee* L, 45-26 Sept. 6 Connecticut W, 27-20 (OT) Sept. 12 Colgate W, 66-24 Sept. 20 at Clemson W, 34-21 Sept. 27 Duke L, 38-3 Oct. 4 at SMU L, 31-18 Oct. 18 Pittsburgh L, 30-13 Oct. 25 at Georgia Tech L, 41-16 Oct. 31 North Carolina L, 27-10 Nov. 8 at Miami L, 38-10 Nov. 22 at Notre Dame (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 29 Boston College TBA * at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta OFFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. QB 10 Rickie Collins 6-3 210 R-So. or 11 Luke Carney 6-2 205 Fr. or 13 Joseph Filardi 6-1 195 Fr. RB 6 Yasin Willis 6-1 235 So. or 24 Will Nixon 5-11 205 R-Sr. TE 89 Dan Villari 6-4 245 R-Sr. 0 David Clement 6-6 260 Jr. WR 12 Justus Ross-Simmons 6-3 210 Sr. 18 Emanuel Ross 6-2 202 R-Fr. WR 15 Darrell Gill Jr. 6-3 190 Jr. 3 Jaylan Hornsby 6-3 215 R-Fr. WR 2 Johntay Cook 6-0 198 Jr. 7 Darien Williams 6-0 185 Fr. LT 75 Trevion Mack 6-6 320 R-So. 60 Naquil Betrand 6-6 320 R-So. LG 69 TJ Ferguson 6-4 320 R-Sr. 76 Byron Washington 6-7 400 Fr. C 51 Austin Collins 6-3 305 R-Sr. 73 Josh Miller 6-4 320 R-So. RG 78 Joe Cruz 6-5 315 R-Jr. 55 Zach Rice 6-5 320 R-Jr. RT 57 Da'Metrius Weatherspoon 6-7 330 R-Jr. 77 Kam Pringle 6-8 335 R-Fr. DEFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. DE 11 Denis Jaquez Jr. 6-4 265 Sr. or 94 Kevin Jobity 6-4 300 Sr. DT 4 Dion Wilson Jr. 6-5 305 R-Sr. 99 Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff 6-4 295 R-Sr. or 7 Chris Thomas 6-6 315 R-Sr. DT 91 George Rooks 6-5 295 R-Sr. or 94 Kevin Jobity 6-4 300 Sr. JACK 8 David Reese 6-2 250 R-Sr. 18 David Omopariola 6-3 260 R-So. LB 13 Gary Bryant III 6-1 228 R-Jr. 6 James Heard 6-2 230 R-So. LB 5 Antoine Deslauriers 6-1 235 Fr. 12 Anwar Sparrow 6-1 223 R-Jr. SAM 82 Jamie Tremble 6-4 222 So. CB 1 Demetres Samuel Jr. 6-1 195 Fr. 32 Greg Delaine 6-0 180 R-Jr. S 23 Devin Grant 6-4 205 Sr. 19 Cornell Perry 6-1 187 R-So. S 29 Berry Buxton III 6-2 212 R-Sr. 24 Ibn McDaniels 6-3 205 R-Fr. S 2 Duce Chestnut 6-0 195 R-Sr. 0 Braheem Long Jr. 6-0 185 So. CB 16 Chris Peal 6-1 200 R-So. 10 Davien Kerr 6-1 190 So. SYRACUSE ORANGE TWO-DEEP DEPTH CHART DEPTH CHART Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PK 47 Tripp Woody 5-9 190 R-Fr. 98 Jadyn Oh 6-1 180 R-So. P 41 Jack Stonehouse 6-1 215 R-Sr. 96 Mateja Pavlovich 6-2 220 Fr. LS 21 Fran Brown Jr. (FG) 5-11 220 R-So. 61 Ethan Stangle (P) 6-1 220 R-Jr. Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. H 41 Jack Stonehouse 6-1 215 R-Sr. PR 10 Davien Kerr 6-1 190 So. 1 Demetres Samuel Jr. 6-1 195 Fr. KR 39 Tylik Hill 5-9 205 Fr. 24 Will Nixon 5-11 205 R-Sr. SPECIAL TEAMS