The Syracuse Orange football program is a college football team that represents Syracuse University. The team is a member of the Big East Conference, which is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I conference that is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision. The University has just accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), where they will begin play the 2013 season. The program has one national championship, which was earned for play in the 1959 season. The Orange are currently coached by Scott Shafer, who was elevated from defensive coordinator in January 2013 after Doug Marrone was hired as the new head coach of the NFL's Buffalo Bills. Home games are played at the Carrier Dome, located on the school's campus in Syracuse, New York.
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