ACC Announces 2004 Football Schedule |
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference football schedule released today by Commissioner John D. Swofford is comprised of 78 games, including 44 conference match-ups, over a span of 15 weeks.
One of the ACC’s two new members, Virginia Tech, will bring the curtain up on the 2004 gridiron campaign when it travels to Washington, D.C., to take on Southern California in the eighth annual Black Coaches Association Football Classic on Thursday, August 28, with a 7:45 p.m. (EDT) kickoff. ESPN will televise the game nationally. League play will get underway the following week with seven games slated for Saturday, September 4, including Wake Forest visiting Clemson in the first conference game of the season. Two days later, defending conference champion Florida State will host rival Miami in a Monday night game that will kickoff at 8:00 p.m. (EDT) and be nationally televised by ABC. Twelve of the league's 44 non-conference games are against teams who earned bowl berths in 2003 including defending Associated Press national champion Southern California, fourth-ranked Ohio State, No. 7 Georgia and No. 24 Florida. Other non-conference opponents who earned bowl bids in 2003 include Boston College, Houston, Louisville, Navy, Utah and West Virginia. Saturday, August 28 Virginia Tech vs. USC (Washington, DC) Saturday, September 4 Wake Forest at Clemson Duke at Navy Samford at Georgia Tech Northern Illinois at Maryland William and Mary at North Carolina Richmond at NC State Virginia at Temple Monday, September 6 Florida State at Miami Saturday, September 11 Georgia Tech at Clemson Duke at Connecticut Temple at Maryland North Carolina at Virginia Western Michigan at Virginia Tech Wake Forest at East Carolina Thursday, September 16 Louisville at Miami Saturday, September 18 Clemson at Texas A&M Duke at Virginia Tech Alabama-Birmingham at Florida State Georgia Tech at North Carolina Maryland at West Virginia Ohio State at NC State Akron at Virginia Air Force at Wake Forest Thursday, September 23 Miami at Houston Saturday, September 25 Clemson at Florida State Maryland at Duke Louisville at North Carolina NC State at Virginia Tech Syracuse at Virginia Boston College at Wake Forest Saturday, October 2 The Citadel at Duke North Carolina at Florida State Miami at Georgia Tech Wake Forest at NC State West Virginia at Virginia Tech Thursday, October 7 Clemson at Virginia Saturday, October 9 Florida State at Syracuse Georgia Tech at Maryland NC State at North Carolina Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Saturday, October 16 Utah State at Clemson Duke at Georgia Tech Virginia at Florida State NC State at Maryland North Carolina at Utah Florida A&M at Virginia Tech Louisiana Tech at Miami Saturday, October 23 Maryland at Clemson Virginia at Duke Florida State at Wake Forest Miami at NC State Thursday, October 28 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech Saturday, October 30 NC State at Clemson Duke at Wake Forest Florida State at Maryland Miami at North Carolina Saturday, November 6 Clemson at Miami Duke at Florida State Georgia Tech at NC State Maryland at Virginia Virginia Tech at North Carolina Thursday, November 11 Florida State at NC State Saturday, November 13 Clemson at Duke Connecticut at Georgia Tech Miami at Virginia North Carolina at Wake Forest Thursday, November 18 Maryland at Virginia Tech Saturday, November 20 South Carolina at Clemson North Carolina at Duke Florida at Florida State Virginia at Georgia Tech Wake Forest at Miami Saturday, November 27 Georgia Tech at Georgia Wake Forest at Maryland NC State vs. East Carolina (Charlotte) Virginia at Virginia Tech Saturday, December 4 Virginia Tech at Miami
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