We all have that one friend who plans their birthday, retirement or marriage on a football Saturday in the fall. And we use the term friend lightly in this instance because a true friend knows that Saturdays in the fall are reserved for football.
But if you have to miss a game, we have given you a list of the 5 games that you can miss with a little less anxiety.
NOV. 11 • VS. GEORGIA TECH • MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON, S.C.
Clemson will carry its eight-game series winning streak against Georgia Tech into Memorial Stadium on Nov. 11. The game will be Clemson’s first against new Georgia Tech Head Coach Brent Key, who became the first interim coach at an ACC institution elevated to a full-time head coaching role since Dabo Swinney accomplished the feat at Clemson in December 2008. New Georgia Tech head coaches are 2-6 in their first game against Clemson since 1974, including Clemson defeats of Yellow Jacket head coaches Pepper Rodgers, Bill Curry, Bobby Ross, George O’Leary, Chan Gailey and Geoff Collins.
OCT. 7 • VS. WAKE FOREST • MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON, S.C.
Clemson will host the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Oct. 7. A year ago, the teams played one of the most memorable games of the 2022 season, combining for 96 points and more than 1,000 yards of offense as Clemson earned a 51-45 double-overtime victory against the Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem. Since being elevated to Clemson’s head coaching role following a 12-7 loss to Wake Forest in 2008, Dabo Swinney is 14-0 against Wake Forest. A 15th consecutive win in the series would be Clemson’s sixth all-time streak of 15 or more consecutive wins against a single opponent in school history.
SEPT. 16 • VS. FLORIDA ATLANTIC • MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON, S.C.
Clemson and Florida Atlantic will meet for the second time in series history on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Memorial Stadium. The teams’ only other meeting came in the 2006 season opener when Head Coach Tommy Bowden’s Tigers defeated Howard Schnellenberger’s Owls, 54-6. Though that game represents the teams’ only previous meeting, fans in Death Valley have more recently watched a dramatic re-interpretation of Clemson facing Florida Atlantic, as Disney filmed scenes of its film Safety on Frank Howard Field at halftime of Clemson’s 52-10 win against Charlotte on Sept. 21, 2019, depicting safety Ray Ray McElrathbey’s appearance in that 2006 contest against Florida Atlantic.
SEPT. 9 • VS. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN • MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON, S.C.
Clemson will host its home opener on Saturday, Sept. 9, when the Tigers face the Charleston Southern Buccaneers at Memorial Stadium. Clemson is 97-17-8 in home openers against 38 different opponents all-time, and the Tigers are 37-0 against FCS opponents since Division I split in 1978, winning 36 of the 37 games by double digits. The game will be the first all-time meeting between Clemson and Charleston Southern and is part of Clemson’s annual non-conference scheduling philosophy of facing two Power Five conference opponents, a Group of Five conference opponent and an in-state Football Championship Subdivision squad.
SEPT. 30 • AT SYRACUSE • JMA WIRELESS DOME, SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Clemson will travel to Central New York to face Syracuse at the JMA Wireless Dome on Sept. 30. Clemson holds a 9-2 record in its all-time series with Syracuse, including a 9-1 mark under Dabo Swinney. However, since Clemson blanked Syracuse, 54-0, in 2016, four of the teams’ six most recent meetings have been decided by six or fewer points, including Clemson’s eventual 15-0 national championship squad earning a 27-23 come-from-behind win against the Orange in 2018 and last year’s ACC title-winning team overcoming a 14-point deficit for a 27-21 victory.
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