Twenty-four years ago, No. 18 Syracuse beat No. 5 Florida, 38-21, to improve to 3-0. It was Sept. 21, 1991, and since that day, no Orange football team has started the season with three straight wins.

But that streak was broken on Saturday, when SU (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) beat Central Michigan 30-27 in overtime in the Carrier Dome. Here’s some facts from the last time Syracuse was 3-0, to give you an idea of how long it’s been.

• Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer was 24 years old and in his first coaching job as a graduate assistant at Indiana.
• According to Statista.com, the national retail price of gas was $1.10.
• George H.W. Bush was serving his only term as the 41st president in United States history.
• USA Basketball announced the team that would compete in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. That team eventually won gold and would go down in history as the “Dream Team.”
• “I Adore Mi Amor” was the No. 1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100.

• Bryan Adams’ “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” was the No. 1 song in the United Kingdom.

• Jimmy Connors was on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
• Skid Row was on the cover of Rolling Stone.
• Warren Moon was the reigning NFL passing leader, throwing for 4,689 yards in 1990. He also was leading the NFL in the first month of the 1991 season.
• Jose Canseco and Cecil Fielder were tied for the MLB lead in home runs with 44.
• Michael Jordan was the reigning NBA MVP.
• Zero current Syracuse football players were alive.