2012 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Orange were led by fourth year head coach Doug Marrone and played their home games at the Carrier Dome . The season marked their last as members of the Big East Conference , as they joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013 . They finished the season 8 – 5 , 5 – 2 in Big East play to claim a four-way share of the Big East Conference championship . They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they defeated long-time rival West Virginia , whom they did not play in the regular season due to the Mountaineers ' move to the Big 12 Conference . The 2012 season also proved to be the final one for Marrone as the Orange head coach , as he was hired as the new head coach of the NFL 's Buffalo Bills shortly after the end of the season
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2012 Syracuse Orange football team