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Syracuse football adds UNLV to 2024 schedule to replace Army game

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse University football team has added a new nonconference opponent to its 2024 schedule and will travel to a well-known vacation destination for the matchup. Syracuse will play UNLV for the first time in program history when the Orange travel to Allegiant Stadium, near Las Vegas, on Oct. 5, Syracuse Athletics […]

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A Syracuse University football helmet sits on a table at the Dec. 4, 2023 event introducing Fran Brown as the school’s next head football coach. Syracuse will face UNLV at Allegiant Stadium, near Las Vegas, on Oct. 5, the school announced Tuesday. (Eric Reinhardt / CNYBJ)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse University football team has added a new nonconference opponent to its 2024 schedule and will travel to a well-known vacation destination for the matchup.

Syracuse will play UNLV for the first time in program history when the Orange travel to Allegiant Stadium, near Las Vegas, on Oct. 5, Syracuse Athletics announced Tuesday.

The UNLV football game serves as a replacement for the previously announced game at Army, which joined the American Athletic Conference and had to restructure its football schedule as a result.

“Adding UNLV provides our student-athletes with another strong non-conference opponent and an exciting venue for Orange fans to visit,” John Wildhack, Syracuse Director of Athletics, said in a news release. “It’s been over a decade since we’ve played a game in the Pacific Time Zone. We look forward to seeing Syracuse fans and alumni from across the country have more opportunities to come and support their team with this game and the expansion of the ACC.”

Syracuse will actually play two football games in the Pacific time zone in the 2024season as it also visits the University of California. The date for that contest has not yet been announced.

Eric Reinhardt