Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse football is renewing its series with a former Big East rival, scheduling a home-and-home series with Rutgers.

Syracuse will play at Rutgers in 2020, with the Scarlett Knights coming to the Carrier Dome in 2021, according to Syracuse athletics. The 2020 game at High Point Solutions Stadium is scheduled for Sept. 12. The game at the Carrier Dome in 2021 is scheduled for Sept. 11.

The Orange was looking for a power-five school to fill nonconference openings in both seasons after Wisconsin and SU agreed to cancel their two-game series.

Rutgers reportedly canceled its home-and-home series with UCLA to make room for the Syracuse series and must pay $500,000 to UCLA for backing out of the agreement.

When the two sides meet in 2020 it will be their first meeting since 2012, when both schools were members of the Big East. Syracuse holds a 30-12-1 all-time record in the series.

The Orange has attempted to balance out its schedule under its current athletic administration given the competition it faces in ACC play. Ideally, it's looking to schedule Northeast opponents to tap into the program's history. Rutgers finished 4-8 in 2017 under second-year coach Chris Ash.

If Ash and Syracuse coach Dino Babers are both still on the sideline at their respective schools come 2020, it could make for a fascinating storyline. Ash was reportedly a finalist for the Syracuse job in 2015 before the school hired Babers.

Syracuse also made a few more announcements to its upcoming schedules.

The Orange's 2019 home game against FCS Holy Cross will now be played on Sept. 28.

Liberty will play at Syracuse on Oct. 17 in the 2020 season as part of a three-game series between the two schools.

And the season opener against FCS Albany in 2021 will be held on Sept. 4.

2019

Aug. 31 at Liberty

Sept. 7 at Maryland

Sept. 21 vs. Western Michigan

Sept. 28 vs. Holy Cross

ACC home games:

Boston College, Clemson, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest

ACC away games:

Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State

2020

Sept. 12 at Rutgers

Oct. 17 vs. Liberty

ACC home games:

Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, NC State

ACC away games:

Boston College, Clemson, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest

2021

Sept. 4 vs. Albany

Sept. 11 vs. Rutgers

Sept. 25 vs. Liberty

ACC home games:

Boston College, Clemson, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest

ACC away games:

Florida State, Louisville, NC State, Virginia Tech

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