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A shot of the crowd with four minutes remaining left in the Syracuse-USF game at the Carrier Dome on Sept.17, 2016.

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Syracuse, N.Y. — The 2016 Syracuse University football team is on pace to draw the lowest attendance figure in Carrier Dome history.

Syracuse opened the 2016 season with three straight home games, drawing an average of 31,936 fans for Colgate (31,336), Louisville (32,184) and South Florida (32,288).

If Syracuse stays on that pace in its final three home games, it will fall below the mark of an average of 32,102 fans that attended seven home games in 2015, the lowest mark in Carrier Dome history.

With nine games to go in the 2016 season, Syracuse will play just three more times at home.

Syracuse travels to Connecticut on Saturday, plays Notre Dame at MetLife Stadium on Oct. 1 and then visits Wake Forest on Oct. 8.

Syracuse's next home game is on Oct. 15 against Virginia Tech. The other scheduled home games are North Carolina State on Nov. 12 and Florida State on Nov. 19.

In the often-debated world of Syracuse football attendance, a few factors need to be thrown in the pot for consideration.

Free tickets were offered to Syracuse University students for the first two home games of the season.

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Syracuse's opening game against Colgate on Sept. 2 was played on the opening day of Labor Day Weekend and competed against the New York State Fair, including a well-attended concert at the Lakeshore Ampitheater by

The Louisville game was played on a hot and humid day in Syracuse with temperatures in the mid-80s at kickoff. Remember all the "cramping" that happened to Louisville?

Syracuse did not receive a significant bump in attendance for the South Florida game even with that game taking place during homecoming weekend (just 104 more fans than Louisville according to announced figures).

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