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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