'' Series : Stony Brook leads 11-2 '' Stony Brook traveled upstate to face off against the Division I FBS Syracuse Orange of the Big East Conference , an intrastate matchup . Playing Syracuse for the first time in front of 34,512 fans , Stony Brook was the first one to score , after a 63-yard reception by Kevin Norrell to open up a 7-point lead four minutes into the first quarter . However , the lead did n't lasted long , Syracuse responded quickly with a touchdown of their own after a 61-yard sideline run by Prince-Tyson Gulley . On the next drive , Stony Brook advanced down the field but Syracuse came up with a defensive stop at 3rd & goal forcing the Seawolves to settle for a twenty-yard field goal to take a three-point lead . Neither team was able to capitalize on their following drives as the Seawolves took a 10-7 lead into the second quarter
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2012 Stony Brook Seawolves football team