Clemson football home opener, more game times announced |
ESPN announced a set of Clemson football game times on Thursday.
The Tigers' home opener with SC State will be at 5 p.m. on ACC Network, Sept. 11. The next week's home game against Georgia Tech will be a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on ABC or ESPN. Clemson heads to Syracuse for a Friday, Oct. 15 kickoff at 7 p.m. on ESPN. The Clemson-Georgia opener on Sept. 4 in Charlotte was previously announced as a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on ABC. The ACC Championship game will air on ABC at a time to be announced. GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners announced the kickoff times and networks for all ACC controlled contests during the first three weeks of the 2021 football season Thursday. Also included are the times and networks for the Thursday and Friday night contests throughout the 2021 season. ESPN also announced its complete bowl schedule, which includes most ACC affiliated bowl games. “It’s with great anticipation that we look forward to the 2021 ACC football season,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. “We are so proud of the continued efforts and resiliency by our student-athletes, coaches and institutional leadership in keeping everyone healthy and safe. ACC football is once again poised for tremendous exposure this season. Our teams are playing arguably the toughest non-conference schedule in the country, which kicks off Labor Day weekend with games over five consecutive days. We appreciate our fantastic television partners that provide fans access to their favorite ACC teams. As we enter the third football season on ACC Network, we know this season will showcase our outstanding programs more than ever before.” The ACC college football season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 2, when NC State plays host to USF at 7:30 p.m. on ACC Network. That is the first of five consecutive days of ACC football action over the Labor Day weekend. Among the games announced today is the league’s first conference matchup of the season between North Carolina and Virginia Tech on Friday, Sept. 3, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN. Other Labor Day weekend marquee matchups, which were previously announced, include Miami vs. Alabama (Sept. 4, 3:30 p.m., ABC in Atlanta), Clemson vs. Georgia (Sept. 4, 7:30 p.m., ABC in Charlotte), Notre Dame at Florida State (Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m., ABC in Tallahassee) and Louisville vs. Ole Miss (Sept. 6, 8 p.m., ESPN in Atlanta). The second weekend of the season features two more ACC-SEC matchups – Pitt at Tennessee (noon, ESPN) and NC State at Mississippi State (7 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPNU). The weekend also includes a quadruple-header on ACC Network starting with Illinois at Virginia at 11 a.m., followed by Rutgers at Syracuse at 2 p.m., South Carolina State at Clemson at 5 p.m. and Jacksonville State at Florida State at 8 p.m. Week three is highlighted by a trio of league games, including Georgia Tech at Clemson (3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN), Florida State at Wake Forest (3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN) and Virginia at North Carolina (7:30 p.m., ACCN). In other games featuring Power 5 matchups, Miami hosts Michigan State (noon, ABC/ESPN), Virginia Tech travels to West Virginia (noon, FS1) and Duke entertains Northwestern (4 p.m., ACCN). The ACC’s non-conference schedule continues to be the most difficult in the country. In addition to 23 games against Power 5 opponents (including Notre Dame), the ACC will play 13 non-conference games against teams ranked in the final 2020 AP Top 25 poll. All 14 teams play at least one Power 5 non-conference opponent, while nine teams – Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia and Virginia Tech – play two. The 2021 ACC Football Championship Game will be played Dec. 4 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, and feature the winner of the Atlantic Division vs. the winner of the Coastal Division. The game will be televised by ABC with kickoff time announced at a later date. Thursday, Sept. 2 USF at NC State 7:30 p.m., ACCN Friday, Sept. 3 North Carolina at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m., ESPN Duke at Charlotte, 7 p.m., CBSSN Old Dominion at Wake Forest, 7 p.m., ACCN Saturday, Sept. 4 Colgate at Boston College, Noon, ACCN Miami vs. Alabama (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, Atlanta, Ga.), 3:30 p.m., ABC – previously announced UMass at Pitt, 4 p.m., ACCN Syracuse at Ohio, 7 p.m., CBSSN Clemson vs. Georgia (Duke’s Mayo Classic, Charlotte, N.C.), 7:30 p.m., ABC – previously announced Northern Illinois at Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m., ACCN William & Mary at Virginia, 7:30 p.m., RSN Sunday, Sept. 5 Notre Dame at Florida State, 7:30 p.m., ABC – previously announced Monday, Sept. 6 Louisville vs. Ole Miss (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, Atlanta, Ga.), 8 p.m., ESPN – previously announced Friday, Sept. 10 North Carolina A&T at Duke, 8 p.m., ACCN Saturday, Sept. 11 Boston College at UMass, TBD Illinois at Virginia, 11 a.m., ACCN Kennesaw State at Georgia Tech, Noon, RSN Pitt at Tennessee, Noon, ESPN Norfolk State at Wake Forest, Noon, ACCNX Rutgers at Syracuse, 2 p.m., ACCN Middle Tennessee at Virginia Tech, 2 p.m., ACCNX South Carolina State at Clemson, 5 p.m., ACCN Eastern Kentucky at Louisville, 7 p.m., ACCNX Appalachian State at Miami, 7 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPNU NC State at Mississippi State, 7 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPNU Georgia State at North Carolina, 7:30 p.m., RSN Jacksonville State at Florida State, 8 p.m., ACCN Friday, Sept. 17 UCF at Louisville, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Saturday, Sept. 18 Boston College at Temple, Noon, ESPN2 or ESPNU Michigan State at Miami, Noon, ABC or ESPN Western Michigan at Pitt, Noon, RSN Virginia Tech at West Virginia, Noon, FS1 Albany at Syracuse, Noon, ACCN Georgia Tech at Clemson, 3:30 p.m., ABC or ESPN Florida State at Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m., ABC or ESPN Northwestern at Duke, 4 p.m., ACCN Virginia at North Carolina, 7:30 p.m., ACCN Furman at NC State, 7:30 p.m., RSN Friday, Sept. 24 Wake Forest at Virginia, 7 p.m., ESPN2 Liberty at Syracuse, 8 p.m., ACCN Thursday, Sept. 30 Virginia at Miami, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Friday, Oct. 15 Clemson at Syracuse, 7 p.m., ESPN Friday, Nov. 5 Virginia Tech at Boston College, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 Thursday, Nov. 11 North Carolina at Pitt, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Thursday, Nov. 18 Louisville at Duke, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Friday, Nov. 26 North Carolina at NC State, 3:30 or 7:30 p.m., ABC or ESPN Saturday, Dec. 4 ACC Football Championship Game, TBD, ABC Charlotte, N.C. • Bank of America Stadium ACC Bowl Games Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl – Thurs., Dec. 23, 2021, 7 p.m., ESPN Military Bowl Presented by Perspecta – Mon., Dec. 27, 2021, 2:30 p.m., ESPN TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl – Tues., Dec. 28, 2021, Noon, ESPN SERVPRO First Responder Bowl – Tues., Dec. 28, 2021, 3:15 p.m., ESPN Fenway Bowl – Wed., Dec. 29, 2021, 11 a.m., ESPN New Era Pinstripe Bowl – Wed., Dec. 29, 2021, 2:15 p.m., ESPN Cheez-It Bowl – Wed., Dec. 29, 2021, 5:45 p.m., ESPN San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl – TBD Duke's Mayo Bowl – Thurs., Dec. 30, 2021, 11:30 a.m., ESPN TaxSlayer Gator Bowl – Fri., Dec. 31, 2021, 11 a.m., ESPN Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl – Fri., Dec. 31, 2021, 12:30 p.m., CBS CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl – Fri., Dec. 31, 2021, 3:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m., ESPN CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic – Fri., Dec. 31, 2021, 3:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m., ESPN Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl – Thurs., Dec. 30, 2021, 7 p.m., ESPN PlayStation Fiesta Bowl – Sat., Jan. 1, 2022, 1 p.m., ESPN Kickoff times for our first three games are set! #ALLIN ACC Release on Kickoff times
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?: 7:30 p.m.
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?: 5 p.m.
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