ACC Announces 2005 Football Schedule |
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference football schedule released today by Commissioner John D. Swofford is comprised of 84 games, including 48 conference match-ups, over a span of 13 weeks.
The league’s 53rd season will get underway Thursday, September 1 with Wake Forest hosting Vanderbilt in Groves Stadium and seven games on Saturday, September 3, including defending champion Virginia Tech visiting NC State in the first conference game of the season. Two days later, Florida State will host Miami in a Labor Day Monday night game televised nationally by ABC. Seventeen of the league's 48 non-conference games are against teams that earned bowl berths in 2004, including second-ranked Auburn, No. 5 Utah, No. 6 Georgia, No. 7 Louisville, No. 18 Wisconsin, No. 24 Navy and 25th-ranked Florida. Other non-conference opponents that earned bowl bids in 2004 include Colorado, Connecticut, Marshall, Southern Mississippi, Syracuse, Texas A&M and West Virginia. For the fourth-straight year, the ACC had at least six teams take part in post-season play in 2004. With five of its 11 teams listed in the top 25, and nine in the top 50, the ACC, for the second-straight year, finished as the top-ranked conference in the Sagarin Computer poll. Virginia Tech’s Hokies captured the 2004 ACC gridiron crown outright and were the league’s third different BCS representative in the last four seasons. Four ACC teams - Virginia Tech, Miami, Florida State and Virginia – were ranked in the final AP and Coaches’ polls, while Boston College, which joins the league in July, 2005, was ranked 21st in both polls. In addition, the league set two attendance records in 2004 - total attendance (3,693,032) and per game average (55,655). The 2005 ACC football schedule is as follows: 2005 ACC Football Schedule
Thursday, September 1
Vanderbilt at Wake Forest
Saturday, September 3
Boston College at Brigham Young
Texas A&M at Clemson
Duke at East Carolina
Georgia Tech at Auburn
Maryland vs. Navy (Baltimore, Md.)
Virginia Tech at NC State
Western Michigan at Virginia
Monday, September 5
Miami at Florida State
Saturday, September 10
Army at Boston College
Clemson at Maryland
Virginia Tech at Duke
The Citadel at Florida State
North Carolina at Georgia Tech
NC State at Temple
Wake Forest at Nebraska
Saturday, September 17
Florida State at Boston College
Miami at Clemson
VMI at Duke
Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech
West Virginia at Maryland
Wisconsin at North Carolina
Eastern Kentucky at NC State
Virginia at Syracuse
East Carolina at Wake Forest
Saturday, September 24
Boston College at Clemson
Duke at Virginia
Connecticut at Georgia Tech
Maryland at Wake Forest
Colorado at Miami
North Carolina at NC State
Ohio at Virginia Tech
Saturday, October 1
Ball State at Boston College
Clemson at Wake Forest
Navy at Duke
Syracuse at Florida State
Virginia at Maryland
South Florida at Miami
Utah at North Carolina
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Thursday, October 6
NC State at Georgia Tech
Saturday, October 8
Virginia at Boston College
Duke at Miami
Wake Forest at Florida State
Maryland at Temple
North Carolina at Louisville
Marshall at Virginia Tech
Thursday, October 13
Clemson at NC State
Saturday, October 15
Wake Forest at Boston College
Georgia Tech at Duke
Florida State at Virginia
Miami at Temple
Thursday, October 20
Virginia Tech at Maryland
Saturday, October 22
Temple at Clemson
Florida State at Duke
Georgia Tech at Miami
Virginia at North Carolina
NC State at Wake Forest
Thursday, October 27
Boston College at Virginia Tech
Saturday, October 29
Clemson at Georgia Tech
Wake Forest at Duke
Maryland at Florida State
North Carolina at Miami
Southern Mississippi at NC State
Saturday, November 5
Boston College at North Carolina
Duke at Clemson
NC State at Florida State
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech
Miami at Virginia Tech
Temple at Virginia
Saturday, November 12
NC State at Boston College
Florida State at Clemson
Georgia Tech at Virginia
Maryland at North Carolina
Thursday, November 17
Miami at Wake Forest
Saturday, November 19
Boston College at Maryland
Clemson at South Carolina
Duke at North Carolina
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Saturday, November 26
Florida State at Florida
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Maryland at NC State
Virginia at Miami
North Carolina at Virginia Tech
2005 ACC Team by Team Schedules
BOSTON COLLEGE
Sept. 3 at Brigham Young
Sept. 10 Army
Sept. 17 Florida State
Sept. 24 at Clemson
Oct. 1 Ball State
Oct. 8 Virginia
Oct. 15 Wake forest
Oct. 27 (Thurs.) at Virginia Tech
Nov. 5 at North Carolina
Nov. 12 NC State
Nov. 19 at Maryland
CLEMSON
Sept. 3 Texas A&M
Sept. 10 at Maryland
Sept. 17 Miami
Sept. 24 Boston College
Oct. 1 at Wake Forest
Oct. 13 (Thurs.) at NC State
Oct. 22 Temple
Oct. 29 at Georgia Tech
Nov. 5 Duke
Nov. 12 Florida State
Nov. 19 at South Carolina
DUKE
Sept. 3 at East Carolina
Sept. 10 Virginia Tech
Sept. 17 VMI
Sept. 24 at Virginia
Oct. 1 Navy
Oct. 8 at Miami
Oct. 15 Georgia Tech
Oct. 22 Florida State
Oct. 29 Wake Forest
Nov. 5 at Clemson
Nov. 19 at North Carolina
FLORIDA STATE
Sept. 5 (Mon.) Miami
Sept. 10 The Citadel
Sept. 17 at Boston College
Oct. 1 Syracuse
Oct. 8 Wake Forest
Oct. 15 at Virginia
Oct. 22 at Duke
Oct. 29 Maryland
Nov. 5 NC State
Nov. 12 at Clemson
Nov. 26 at Florida
GEORGIA TECH
Sept. 3 at Auburn
Sept. 10 North Carolina
Sept. 17 at Virginia Tech
Sept. 24 Connecticut
Oct. 6 (Thurs.) NC State
Oct. 15 at Duke
Oct. 22 at Miami
Oct. 29 Clemson
Nov. 5 Wake Forest
Nov. 12 at Virginia
Nov. 26 Georgia
MARYLAND
Sept. 3 vs. Navy (Baltimore)
Sept. 10 Clemson
Sept. 17 West Virginia
Sept. 24 at Wake Forest
Oct. 15 Virginia
Oct. 8 at Temple
Oct. 20 (Thurs.) Virginia Tech
Oct. 29 at Florida State
Nov. 12 at North Carolina
Nov. 19 Boston College
Nov. 26 at NC State
MIAMI
Sept. 5 (Mon.) at Florida State
Sept. 17 at Clemson
Sept. 24 Colorado
Oct. 1 South Florida
Oct. 8 Duke
Oct. 15 at Temple
Oct. 22 Georgia Tech
Oct. 29 North Carolina
Nov. 5 at Virginia Tech
Nov. 17 (Thurs.) at Wake Forest
Nov. 26 Virginia
NORTH CAROLINA
Sept. 10 at Georgia Tech
Sept. 17 Wisconsin
Sept. 24 at NC State
Oct. 1 Utah
Oct. 8 at Louisville
Oct. 22 Virginia
Oct. 29 at Miami
Nov. 5 Boston College
Nov. 12 Maryland
Nov. 19 Duke
Nov. 26 at Virginia Tech
NC STATE
Sept. 3 Virginia Tech
Sept. 10 at Temple
Sept. 17 Eastern Kentucky
Sept. 24 North Carolina
Oct. 6 (Thurs.) at Georgia Tech
Oct. 13 (Thurs.) Clemson
Oct. 22 at Wake Forest
Oct. 29 So. Mississippi
Nov. 5 at Florida State
Nov. 12 at Boston College
Nov. 26 Maryland
VIRGINIA
Sept. 3 Western Michigan
Sept. 17 at Syracuse
Sept. 24 Duke
Oct. 1 at Maryland
Oct. 8 at Boston College
Oct. 15 Florida State
Oct. 22 at North Carolina
Nov. 5 Temple
Nov. 12 Georgia Tech
Nov. 19 Virginia Tech
Nov. 26 at Miami
VIRGINIA TECH
Sept. 3 at NC State
Sept. 10 at Duke
Sept. 17 Georgia Tech
Sept. 24 Ohio
Oct. 1 at West Virginia
Oct. 8 Marshall
Oct. 20 (Thurs.) at Maryland
Oct. 27 (Thurs.) Boston College
Nov. 5 Miami
Nov. 19 at Virginia
Nov. 26 North Carolina
WAKE FOREST
Sept. 1 (Thurs.) Vanderbilt
Sept. 10 at Nebraska
Sept. 17 East Carolina
Sept. 24 Maryland
Oct. 1 Clemson
Oct. 8 at Florida State
Oct. 15 at Boston College
Oct. 22 NC State
Oct. 29 at Duke
Nov. 5 at Georgia Tech
Nov. 17 (Thurs.) Miami
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