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Clemson, SC— Clemson will face five 2008 bowl teams on the road during its 2009 football schedule announced  Thursday by the Atlantic Coast Conference.  The Tigers will have seven home games and five on the road in Dabo Swinney’s first full season as head coach.

Clemson will travel to Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State and South Carolina during the 2009 season and those teams combined for 37 wins last year.  Clemson is slated to play nine bowl teams overall during 2009.

“This will be a challenging schedule,” said Swinney. “The ACC was the most balanced and competitive league in the country last year top to bottom with 10 of the 12 teams going to bowl games.  It will be just as competitive this year.  You like to get the season off to a good start, but we will be challenged from the beginning with an opener against a Middle Tennessee State team that beat Maryland last year and our first ACC game is at Georgia Tech on a Thursday night so we will have a short turnaround to prepare for their option offense."

2009 Clemson  Football Schedule

     Date                     Opponent

     Sept.            5      MIDDLE TENNESEE STATE

     Sept.          10      #at Georgia Tech

     Sept.          19      BOSTON COLLEGE

     Sept.          26      CENTRAL MICHIGAN

     Oct.              3      at Maryland

     Oct.            17      WAKE FOREST

     Oct.            24      at Miami (FL)

     Oct.            31      COASTAL CAROLINA

     Nov.             7      FLORIDA STATE

     Nov.           14      at North Carolina State

     Nov.           21      VIRGINIA

     Nov.           28      at South Carolina

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