Team: Syracuse Orangemen
Stadium: Carrier Dome
Conference: Big East
Sport: College Football
Background: Syracuse University is a prestigious American private university. The main campus is located in Syracuse, New York, and shares space with the nearby SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The school also owns a Sheraton Hotel and golf course near the campus, as well as properties in New York City and Washington, D.C. It had a total 2003 enrollment of 18,604 students: 12,645 undergraduates, 5,176 graduates, and 783 law students. SU was chartered in 1870 as a Methodist-Episcopal institution, but opened one year later as a non-denominational school. Its motto is "Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat," which is Latin for "Knowledge crowns those who seek her." The school's official color is orange, which was adopted in 1890.

The school's official newspaper is The Daily Orange, which was founded in 1903. It also has two radio stations: WAER-FM, a NPR affiliate, and WERW-AM, a student-run station, as well as its own closed-circuit TV station, HillTV.