Football | June 05, 2017

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Western Michigan University and Syracuse have announced a contract for a home-and-home football series beginning in 2018. Syracuse will visit Waldo Stadium on Sept. 1, 2018 before the Broncos travel to the Carrier Dome on Sept. 21, 2019. The series marks the first meetings between the two schools.
 
The game in 2018 will mark the second time in four years the Broncos will open up the season with a Power 5 team in Waldo Stadium after hosting Michigan State in 2015. It is the fifth time since 2000 a Power 5 team has come to Kalamazoo.
 
There is history on the current Bronco coaching staff with Syracuse as head coach Tim Lester was quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator there in 2013-15. He was joined by assistant coaches Tim Daoust (2011-15) and Jake Moreland (2015) along with current director of operations Drew Robinson (2015).