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What’s Inside Final 2012 ACC Standings Release No. 1, Friday, August 23, 2013 ACC Games Overall Media Information, SID Directory ........... 2-3 Atlantic Division W L For Opp Hm Rd W L ...For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div. ... Streak Sirius, National Radio, ACC Network ....4 #Florida State .........7 1 ..318 124 4-0 3-1 ... 12 2 ...550 206 6-1 4-1 2-0 4-1 ......Won 2 EACC Digital Netork, ESPN ................5 Clemson .................7 1 ..372 219 4-0 3-1 ... 11 2 ...533 323 6-1 3-1 2-0 4-1 ......Won 1 2013 Football Schedule/Results ..........6 NC State .................4 4 ..227 232 3-1 1-3 ..... 7 6 ...365 333 5-1 2-3 0-2 4-1 ......Lost 1 ACC Notes By The Numbers ...............7 Wake Forest ...........3 5 ..132 235 2-2 1-3 ..... 5 7 ...222 382 4-3 1-4 0-0 1-4 ......Lost 3 Team-by-Team Notes ......................... 8-9 Maryland ................2 6 ..156 238 1-3 1-3 ..... 4 8 ...241 326 2-4 2-4 0-0 1-4 ......Lost 6 Game Previews for Week 1................ 10-13 Boston College .......1 7 ..154 276 1-3 0-4 ..... 2 10 ...238 356 2-4 0-6 0-0 1-4 ......Lost 4 ACC ESPN Thursday Night Games ........14-16 +Syracuse ..............5 2 ..213 163 3-0 2-2 ..... 8 5 ...390 322 4-1 3-3 1-1 ---- ......Won 4 Game-by-Game Results, Stats ..... 17-19 Noting the ACC Coaches ............. 20-23 Coastal Division W L For Opp Hm Rd W L For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div. Streak Noting the ACC ......................... 24-25 *North Carolina ......5 3 ..298 263 3-1 2-2 ..... 8 4 ...487 308 6-1 2-3 0-0 3-2 ......Won 2 Pre-Season ACC Team, Selection ...... 26 %Miami .................5 3 ..283 254 2-2 3-1 ..... 7 5 ...377 366 4-2 3-3 0-0 3-2 ......Won 2 2013 ACC FB Championship .............27 Georgia Tech ..........5 3 ..320 233 3-1 2-2 ..... 7 7 ...470 396 4-3 2-3 1-1 3-2 ......Won 1 2013 ACC Bowl Lineup ................... 28 Virginia Tech ..........4 4 ..193 218 3-1 1-3 ..... 7 6 ...326 297 5-1 1-4 1-1 3-2 ......Won 3 The ACC and the BCS ..................... 29 Duke .......................3 5 ..225 313 2-2 1-3 ..... 6 7 ...410 468 5-2 1-4 0-1 2-3 ......Lost 5 National Rankings, Overtime ....... 30-31 Virginia ...................2 6 ..168 241 1-3 1-3 ..... 4 8 ...273 347 3-4 1-4 0-0 1-4 .....Lost 2 Career Statistical Leaders ........... 32-39 +Pitt .......................3 4 ..176 143 2-1 1-3 ..... 6 7 ...346 274 4-2 2-4 0-1 ---- ......Lost 1 # ACC Champions *Due to NCAA sanctions, North Carolina was not eligible tor ACC title, the ACC Championship Game or a bowl game; % Self-imposed bowl ban game; not eligible to participate in postseason; + Statistics and records in Big East play. Week #1 Schedule: (AP/Coaches’ Ranking; All Times Eastern) Thursday, August 29 ................................................ Series Record ................... Last Meeting .......................... Network .................... Kickoff North Carolina (0-0) vs.(6, 7) South Carolina (0-0) .....................North Carolina (34-17-4) ..........South Carolina, 21-15, 2007 ............ ESPN ..............................6:00 pm Presbyterian (0-0) at Wake Forest (0-0) ......................................Wake Forest (6-4-1) ..................Wake Forest, 53-13, 2010 ................ESPN3 ............................6:30 pm Friday, August 30 Florida Atlantic (0-0) at Miami (0-0) ............................................First Meeting .............................First Meeting .................................... ESPNU ...........................8:00 pm Saturday, September 1 Villanova (0-0) at Boston College (0-0) ........................................Boston College (29-25-1) .........Villanova, 20-9, 1980 ....................... ESPNews .....................12:00 pm Elon (0-0) at Georgia Tech (0-0) ..................................................First Meeting .............................First Meeting .................................... ESPN3 ..........................12:00 pm Louisiana Tech (0-0) at NC State (0-0) ........................................First Meeting .............................First Meeting .................................... ACC Network ................12:30 pm Florida International (0-0) at Maryland .........................................Maryland (3-0-0) ......................Maryland, 42-28, 2010 .................... RSN .............................12:30 pm Syracuse (0-0) vs. Penn State (0-0) .............................................Penn State (42-23-5) ................Penn State, 28-7, 2009 .................... ABC ................................3:30 pm MetLife Stadium, The Meadowlands, East Rutherfi ord, N.J. BYU (0-0) at Virginia (0-0) ...........................................................Virginia (2-1-0) .........................BYU, 38-35 (ot), 2000 ..................... ESPNU ...........................3:30 pm North Carolina Central (0-0) at Duke (0-0) ...................................Duke (1-0-0) .............................Duke, 49-14, 2009 ........................... ESPN3 ............................4:00 pm Virginia Tech (0-0) vs. (1, 1) Alabama (0-0) ................................Alabama (11-1-0) .....................Alabama, 34-24, 2009 ......................ESPN ..............................5:30 pm (Chick-fi l-A Kickoff Game, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga,) (5, 5) Georgia (0-0) at (8, 8) Clemson (0-0) ................................Georgia (41-17-4) .....................Georgia, 30-0, 2003 ......................... ABC ................................8:00 pm Monday, September 2 (11, 11) Florida State (0-0) at Pitt (0-0) ......................................Pitt (5-3-0) ................................Pitt, 17-16, 1983 ..............................ESPN ..............................8:00 pm Virginia Tech Faces No. 1 Alabama; No. 8 Clemson Hosts No. 5 Georgia North Carolina Opens 2013 Season at No. 6 South Carolina on Thursday Night Pitt Hosts No. 11 Florida State in Panthers’ ACC Lid-Lifter The Atlantic Coast Conference begins its 61st year of football Boston College’s new head coach Steve Addazio makes 4 pm)...Saturday’s action concludes with a pair of high- with a new look--Pitt and Syracuse have joined the fray to his debut at Alumni Stadium as the Eagles host Villanova powered contests as Virginia Tech meets No. 1-ranked bring the conference to 14 gridiron teams--and a big opening (ESPNews, Noon) and Georgia Tech’s Paul Johnson be- Alabama in the annual Chick-fi l-A Kickoff Game at the week challenge as ACC teams face three Top Ten foes on its gins his 6th year on the Flats as his Yellow Jackets face Georgia Dome in Atlanta (ESPN, 5:30 pm)...The Hokies initial football weekend for only the second time in league his- Elon at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta (ESPN3, Noon)... are coached by Frank Beamer who is, with 258 career tory...In all, the conference will play 13 games over four days, In Raleigh, N.C., the Dave Doeren era begins at NC State victories, the winningest active coach in the NCAA’s all of which will be available nationally, ending with Pitt host- as the Wolfpack host Louisiana Tech at Carter-Finley Sta- FBS, while the Crimson Tide, seeking its third straight ing its fi rst ACC football game on Labor Day Monday Night dium in the fi rst ACC Network (12:30 pm) telecast of the National Championship, are led by Nick Saban, who when the Panthers of coach Paul Chryst welcome the 11th- year...At the same time, Maryland begins its fi nal season has four national titles to his credit...A few miles to the ranked Florida State Seminoles, coached by Jimbo Fisher, in the ACC when the Terrapins, coached by Randy Ed- northeast of Atlanta, 8th-ranked Clemson, led by coach to Heinz Field (ESPN, 8 pm) in Pittsburgh...Well before that, sall, host FIU (RSN, 12:30 pm) at Capital One Stadium Dabo Swinney and All-America QB Tajh Boyd, host however, Coach Larry Fedora brings his North Carolina Tar at Byrd Field... An intriguing matchup of two old-time 5th-ranked Georgia in the renewal of a once-consistent Heels to 6th-ranked South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium eastern foes then takes place at Metlife Stadium in the rivalry at Memorial Stadium in Clemson (ABC, 8 pm)... to open the season on Thursday night in a nationally televised Meadowlands, when Syracuse, under new head coach Though this game marks the 63rd contest between the game (ESPN, 6 pm)...Thirty minutes later, Wake Forest’s Jim Scott Shafer, faces off with Penn State (ABC, 3:30 pm) in interstate neighbors, it is only their third since 1995...In Grobe begins his 13th season in Winston-Salem as the De- the 71st renewal of this series...At the same time in Char- addition to the Bulldogs, the Tigers are hosting ESPN’s mon Deacons host Presbyterian at BB&T Field (ESPN3, 6:30 lottesville, Va., Mike London begins his fourth season GameDay show for only the second time in school his- pm)...One day later on Friday, Miami, led by third-year head as head of the Cavaliers, hosting BYU at Scott Stadium tory as the game matches Top Ten opponents in Death coach Al Golden, hosts Florida Atlantic at Sun Life Stadium (ESPNU, 3:30 pm)...In Durham, N.C., David Cutcliffe be- Valley for only the second time...Over the last two in Miami Gardens (8 pm, ESPNU)...The Hurricanes return 19 gins his 6th season at Duke as his Blue Devils host cross years, ranked SEC teams have been beaten only seven starters this fall, the most of any ACC team...On Saturday, town rival NC Central at Wallace Wade Stadium (ESPN3, times, but Clemson has recorded three of those wins. 2013 ACC Media Information 2013 ACC Football Important Dates For Media Following ACC Football Coaches Teleconference Covering ACC Football On Facebook The 14 ACC football coaches will be fea- August 28, 2013 The ACC: facebook.com/theACC tured on a weekly teleconference each First 2013 ACC Football Coaches Teleconference (10:30 am to 12:50 pm) Boston College: Wednesday from 10:30 a.m., to 12:50 facebook.com/bostoncollegefootball p.m., beginning August 28 and conclud- September 3, 2013 ing November 27. Each coach will have First ACC Player of the Week Awards at Noon.