Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse University will pay Connecticut $350,000 to play a football game at the Carrier Dome this September.

The payment amount was contracted by both schools when a two-game series was agreed upon in May 2015, according to a copy of the scheduling agreement obtained via an open records request.

Connecticut was contracted to pay Syracuse the same amount following the teams' matchup in 2016 at UConn. Syracuse won the game, 31-24 behind a 407-yard passing performance by quarterback Eric Dungey and a school-record, 270-yard receiving day from Amba Etta-Tawo.

This type of financial agreement is common in college athletics to help defray travel and athletics operations costs for the visiting team.

Western Michigan will pay Syracuse $300,000 to play this season's opener at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Mich. The financial agreements for SU's other nonconference games this season against Wagner and Notre Dame aren't subject to open records requests because they are between two private institutions.

This year's Syracuse-Connecticut game is scheduled for Sept. 22. Kick time and TV info will be determined closer to the date of the game. The contest is the last in a two-game series between the two schools.

Since the previous meeting, UConn made a coaching change, firing Bob Diaco and hiring Randy Edsall, who led the Huskies from 1990-2010.

Edsall, a former quarterback at Syracuse from 1976-79, started his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Frank Maloney and continued as an ace recruiter and assistant coach under Dick MacPherson during the program's renaissance.

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