CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Duke-Clemson Game Rescheduled for December 1


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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Atlantic Coast Conference announced

Monday that the Duke at Clemson and Georgia Tech at Florida State

football games cancelled this past Saturday, have been rescheduled for

Saturday, December 1, 2001.

"We looked at a number of different scenarios for both games,"

said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. "Because of academic

considerations, the Thanksgiving Holiday and the six Florida High School

Championship games being played in Florida State's Doak Campbell Stadium

on December 6-8, December 1st became the best date for both games."

The Duke at Clemson game will have a 1:00 p.m., start, while the

starting time for the Georgia Tech at Florida State contest is to be

determined.

All seven games scheduled for last Thursday and Saturday have

been rescheduled. The West Virginia at Maryland game will be played on

September 29, Northern Illinois at Wake Forest will be played on either

November 23 or 24, and the Ohio University at NC State contest has been

rescheduled for November 24. Penn State at Virginia, SMU at North

Carolina, Duke at Clemson and Georgia Tech at Florida State will all be

played on December 1.

Clemson Release:

Clemson, SC-The Clemson vs. Duke football game, originally scheduled

for September 15th at Clemson, will be played December 1 at Clemson

Memorial Stadium. The contest was postponed due to the terrorist

attacks on New York and Washington last Tuesday.

The game will kickoff at 1:00 PM.

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This will be the latest Clemson has played a regular season

game since 1956 when the Tigers defeated Furman at Death Valley, 28-7

on December 1. It will be just the sixth regular season game in the

month of December in Clemson football history. The latest Clemson

has had a regular season game is December 8, a 1928 loss to The

Citadel in Charleston.

The change in schedule means that Duke and Clemson will meet

in the major sports of football and men's basketball on consecutive

days. The two schools will meet in men's basketball at Cameron

Indoor Stadium on December 2nd. That will be the earliest

conference basketball game for the Tigers since 1966. Clemson played

at North Carolina to open the 1966-67 season on December 1.

"I let the administration handle to schedule change with

Duke," said Clemson Head Coach Tommy Bowden. "I am preparing for

this week's game with Virginia, that is all I am concerned about. I

knew it would be scheduled at the end of the season. Our

administration knows what is best.'

Bowden said wide receiver Roscoe Crosby was back at practice

in a yellow jersey. He is questionable for this Saturday's game with

Virginia. Bernard Rambert was also in a yellow jersey as the result

of bout with a flu virus. He should return to practice later this

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