Syracuse football at Virginia Tech: Live score, updates

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse football team takes on Virginia Tech at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

See in-game team and individual stats here.

Note: Refresh this page throughout Syracuse’s game at Virginia Tech to see the latest updates

Pregame

Syracuse will get its first taste of the much-ballyhooed Thursday night environment at Virginia Tech, despite the two being longtime conference foes.

The raucous setting figures to be part of the narrative as the Orange strives to close in on bowl eligibility heading into the final month of the season.

The Hokies have been trending in the right direction since making a quarterback change from Oregon-transfer Grant Wells (injury) to Baylor-transfer Kyron Drones.

Drones is a big (6-foot-2, 234 pounds) dual-threat who threw for 321 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-13 victory against Wake Forest on Oct. 14. The Hokies also have a 17-point win vs. Pittsburgh on Sept. 30 in which Drones completed >60% of his passes and scored five touchdowns.

Syracuse limped into the bye week, looking listless on offense in two lopsided losses against ranked opponents. The available personnel has not sizably changed with the extra week of prep, putting the onus on the coaches and players to find a way to move the ball.

“I understand the focus people put on this one,” athletic director John Wildhack said on the pregame radio broadcast.

“We’ve got to come out tonight and we’ve got to put the pressure and create some tension on them. It’s going to be a really, really tough test.”