The Hurricanes had a chance to score the game-tying touchdown in the game’s final minutes, but an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty backed them up.

The ‘Canes’ College Football Playoff hopes also may have been dashed in the shootout, in which the teams combined for more than 980 yards and 51 first downs.

The No. 6 Miami Hurricanes blew a three-touchdown lead — and very likely blew their chances at making the College Football Playoff — in a 42-38 loss to the Syracuse Orange on Saturday at the JMA Wireless Dome.