The Cardinal traveled cross country to the JMA Wireless Dome for its first-ever ACC Conference game, and Stanford defeated the Orange 26-24 with a 39-yard Emmet Kenney field goal as time expired. Stanford led almost the entire game until Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord connected with Jackson Meeks for a touchdown with 3:13 left in the game. The Cardinal then marched down the field and got a big fourth down conversion on an Elic Ayomanor 27-yard reception to set up the game-winning field goal. Ayomanor finished the game with seven receptions for 87 yards and a touchdown. Stanford quarterback Ashton Daniels was 23-28 for 178 yards, a touchdown, and 45 yards rushing. For Syracuse, McCord had 339 passing yards and two touchdowns on 27-42 passing. Trebor Pena caught 10 passes for 101 yards.