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ACC releases football schedules
Trip to Nebraska highlights Tech's non-conference slate
February 8, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference released its 2008 football schedule Friday, with defending champion Virginia Tech's 12-game slate featuring one of the toughest road stretches of Frank Beamer's tenure as head coach of the Hokies. Tech is also scheduled for two appearances on ESPN's Thursday night broadcast for the fifth straight season.
The Hokies are slated to open their 2008 season on Aug. 30 with a neutral site game against East Carolina at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. It will mark the first time Virginia Tech has played a football game in Charlotte since the 1900 season when the Hokies met Clemson there on a neutral field.
Tech will follow the ECU game with back-to-back games at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field against Furman (Sept. 6) and Georgia Tech (Sept. 13) before facing a demanding seven-game stretch in which it plays five games on the road. That stint will begin with games at North Carolina (Sept. 20) and Nebraska (Sept. 27), followed by a home game against Western Kentucky (Oct. 4). After an open weekend (Oct. 11), the Hokies travel to Boston College (Oct. 18) and Florida State (Oct. 25). Consecutive Thursday night games against Maryland (Nov. 6) in Blacksburg and at Miami (Nov. 13) conclude the stint.
The Hokies are scheduled to close the regular season, and their six-game home slate, with ACC games against Duke (Nov. 22) and Virginia (Nov. 29).
New on the schedule this year are Furman, Nebraska and Western Kentucky. Tech and Furman last met in 1947, while the Hokies and Cornhuskers last met in the 1996 Orange Bowl. This will be the first meeting between Tech and the Hilltoppers, who are transitioning to FBS status.
Six of the 12 teams on Tech's schedule played in bowls last year: East Carolina (Hawaii), Georgia Tech (Humanitarian), Boston College (Champs Sports), Florida State (Music City), Maryland (Emerald) and Virginia (Gator).
Once again this season, the league is broken into two separate divisions - the Atlantic (Maryland, Clemson, NC State, Wake Forest, Boston College and Florida State) and Coastal (Virginia, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Duke, Miami and Virginia Tech) - with the two division winners meeting on Dec. 6 in the ACC Championship game at Tampa, Fla.
Times for most games will be made available, as the season gets closer.
The 2008 ACC football schedule is as follows:
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2008 ACC Football Composite Schedule Thursday, August 28 Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech Charleston Southern at Miami NC State at South Carolina, ESPN Saturday, August 30 Boston College at Kent State (Cleveland) Alabama vs. Clemson (Ga. Dome) James Madison at Duke Delaware at Maryland McNeese State at North Carolina Southern California at Virginia Virginia Tech at East Carolina (Charlotte) Wake Forest at Baylor Saturday, September 6 Georgia Tech at Boston College The Citadel at Clemson Northwestern at Duke Western Carolina at Florida State Georgia Tech at Boston College Maryland at Middle Tennessee St. Miami at Florida William & Mary at NC State Richmond at Virginia Furman at Virginia Tech Mississippi at Wake Forest Thursday, September 11 North Carolina at Rutgers, ESPN Saturday, September 13 NC State at Clemson Navy at Duke UT Chattanooga at Florida State Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech California at Maryland Virginia at Connecticut Saturday, September 20 UCF at Boston College SC State at Clemson Wake Forest at Florida State Mississippi State at Georgia Tech Eastern Michigan at Maryland Miami at Texas A&M Virginia Tech at North Carolina East Carolina at NC State Saturday, September 27 Rhode Island at Boston College Maryland at Clemson Virginia at Duke Colorado vs. Florida State (Jacksonville) North Carolina at Miami South Florida at NC State Virginia Tech at Nebraska Navy at Wake Forest Saturday, October 4 Boston College at NC State Duke at Georgia Tech Florida State at Miami Maryland at Virginia Connecticut at North Carolina Western Kentucky at Virginia Tech Thursday, October 9 Clemson at Wake Forest, ESPN Saturday, October 11 Gardner-Webb at Georgia Tech UCF at Miami Notre Dame at North Carolina East Carolina at Virginia Thursday, Oct. 16 Florida State at NC State, ESPN Saturday, October 18 Virginia Tech at Boston College Georgia Tech at Clemson Miami at Duke Wake Forest at Maryland North Carolina at Virginia Saturday, October 25 Boston College at North Carolina Duke at Vanderbilt Virginia Tech at Florida State Virginia at Georgia Tech NC State at Maryland Wake Forest at Miami Saturday, November 1 Clemson at Boston College Duke at Wake Forest Florida State at Georgia Tech Miami at Virginia Thursday, November 6 Maryland at Virginia Tech, ESPN Saturday, November 8 Notre Dame at Boston College Clemson at Florida State NC State at Duke Georgia Tech at North Carolina Virginia at Wake Forest Thursday, November 13 Virginia Tech at Miami, ESPN Saturday, November 15 Boston College at Florida State Duke at Clemson North Carolina at Maryland Wake Forest at NC State Thursday, November 20 Miami at Georgia Tech, ESPN Saturday, November 22 Boston College at Wake Forest Clemson at Virginia Duke at Virginia Tech Florida State at Maryland NC State at North Carolina Saturday, November 29 Maryland at Boston College South Carolina at Clemson North Carolina at Duke Florida at Florida State Georgia Tech at Georgia Miami at NC State Virginia at Virginia Tech Vanderbilt at Wake Forest Saturday, December 6 Fourth Annual Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game ABC, Tampa, Fla. www.theACC.com/TampaBay08 |
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