Gallery: How Syracuse clinched a 2nd straight bowl appearance
![SU player number five scoring a touchdown.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25221032/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_022-scaled.jpg)
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Syracuse wide receiver Damien Alford hauls in a 15-yard pass moments before halftime. This was the first game the Orange have won without Dino Babers, their former head coach.
![Three SU players leaping to tackle a Wake Forest player.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25221040/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_024-scaled.jpg)
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Syracuse defensive tackle Kevon Darton tackles Wake Forest quarterback Michael Kern on third-and-goal.
![SU player Garrett Shrader looking behind him before handing off the ball, while the team is lined up in front of him.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25221048/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_029-scaled.jpg)
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At their own 1-yard line, Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader prepares to hand off the ball to LeQuint Allen Jr.
![SU players throwing their hands up in victory and embrace the other team.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25221056/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_031-scaled.jpg)
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Offensive lineman Joe Cruz celebrates as Syracuse runs out the clock to defeat Wake Forest for its sixth win of the season.
![Three SU players in crouched position, preparing to start a play.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25221025/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_019-scaled.jpg)
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Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader in cadence before snapping the ball on a designed run.
![SU player number seventeen scoring a touchdown as the crowd and cheerleaders raise their arms in victory.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25221010/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_014-scaled.jpg)
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Syracuse wide receiver Umari Hatcher outruns Wake Forest cornerback Jamare Glasker as he makes his way into the end zone for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
![Three SU players embracing each other.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25221015/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_015.jpg)
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Syracuse wide receiver Umari Hatcher and teammates celebrate a fourth quarter touchdown. Families of senior players were invited to the field at halftime in order to celebrate Senior Day.
![The SU football team and coaches running onto the field.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25220950/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_005-scaled.jpg)
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Syracuse erupts from the tunnel for its final home game of the season. The Orange entered the game coming off a loss to Georgia Tech and were hoping to defend the JMA Wireless Dome against Wake Forest.
![SU player number five running with the football, being followed by Wake Forest player number thirty-eight.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25220956/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_009-copy-scaled.jpg)
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Syracuse wide receiver Damien Alford makes a 35-yard catch and run to put Syracuse on the board first in the opening quarter.
![SU player number eighty-nine catching the football and landing in the touchdown zone as a Wake Forest player attempts to tackle him.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25221001/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_009.jpg)
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Syracuse tight end Dan Villari extends to pull down the high throw from Garrett Shrader for a receiving touchdown against Wake Forest.
![Interim coach Nunzio Campanile getting splashed with a Gatorade bath by an SU player.](http://dailyorange.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/25221101/RyanJermyn_CP_SUvWF_FB_034-1.jpg)
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Syracuse's football's interim head coach Nunzio Campanile gets a Gatorade bath after winning his first game to clinch bowl eligibility.