NCAA Bowl Game Matchup -- New Era Pinstripe Bowl
| West Virginia Mountaineers (7-5) vs. Syracuse Orange (7-5) |
| Date: |
Saturday, December 29th |
| Kickoff: |
3:15 p.m. (et) |
| Site: |
Yankee Stadium (50,291) -- New York, New York |
| Surface: |
Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Annual: |
3rd |
| Projected Payout Per Team: |
$2,000,000 |
| Television: |
ESPN |
| Announcers: |
Chris Fowler, Jesse Palmer and Tom Rinaldi |
| Home Record: |
West Virginia 4-3; Syracuse 4-2 |
| Away Record: |
West Virginia 2-2; Syracuse 3-3 |
| Neutral Record: |
West Virginia 1-0; Syracuse 0-0 |
| Current Win/Loss Streak: |
West Virginia 2W; Syracuse 3W |
| Las Vegas Line: |
West Virginia 4 (Total, 73.5) |
| All-Time Series: |
Syracuse (32-27) |
| Last Meeting: |
October 21, 2011 (Syracuse, 49-23 at Syracuse) |
| Series Streak: |
Syracuse has won the last two meetings. |
| Bowl Records: |
West Virginia (14-17) |
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Syracuse (13-9-1 -- 1-0 in Pinstripe Bowl) |
| 2012 National Rankings: |
West Virginia - Unranked |
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Syracuse - Unranked |
| Coaches: |
West Virginia - Dana Holgorsen (17-8 at West Virginia) |
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(Career Record, Same as above) |
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Syracuse - Doug Marrone (24-25 at Syracuse) |
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(Career Record, Same as above) |
| Season Schedule/Results |
| West Virginia Mountaineers |
| Sep 1 - W vs. Marshall, 69-34 |
| Sep 8 - Open |
| Sep 15 - W vs. James Madison, 42-12 (at Landover, MD) |
| Sep 22 - W vs. Maryland, 31-21 |
| Sep 29 - W vs. Baylor, 70-63 |
| Oct 6 - W at Texas, 48-45 |
| Oct 13 - L at Texas Tech, 14-49 |
| Oct 20 - L vs. Kansas State, 14-55 |
| Oct 27 - Open |
| Nov 3 - L vs. TCU, 38-39 2OT |
| Nov 10 - L at Oklahoma State, 34-55 |
| Nov 17 - L vs. Oklahoma, 49-50 |
| Nov 23 - W at Iowa State, 31-24 |
| Dec 1 - W vs. Kansas, 59-10 |
| Dec 8 - Open |
| Dec 29 - vs. Syracuse, 3:15 PM (Pinstripe Bowl) |
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| Syracuse Orange |
| Sep 1 - L vs. Northwestern, 41-42 |
| Sep 8 - L vs. USC, 29-42 |
| Sep 15 - W vs. Stony Brook, 28-17 |
| Sep 22 - L at Minnesota, 10-17 |
| Sep 29 - Open |
| Oct 5 - W vs. Pittsburgh, 14-13 |
| Oct 13 - L at Rutgers, 15-23 |
| Oct 19 - W vs. Connecticut, 40-10 |
| Oct 27 - W at So Florida, 37-36 |
| Nov 3 - L at Cincinnati, 24-35 |
| Nov 10 - W vs. Louisville, 45-26 |
| Nov 17 - W at Missouri, 31-27 |
| Nov 23 - W at Temple, 38-20 |
| Dec 1 - Open |
| Dec 8 - Open |
| Dec 29 - vs. West Virginia, 3:15 PM (Pinstripe Bowl) |
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