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Week 2: Games of Sept. 9 theACC.com • September 5, 2017 Contacts: Kevin Best, [email protected]; Mike Finn, [email protected] 2017 STANDINGS ACC Games Overall ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct. PF PA Home Road W L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neutral Div. Streak Boston College 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.000 23 20 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Won 4 Clemson 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.000 56 3 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Won 6 Louisville 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.000 35 28 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Won 1 Syracuse 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.000 50 7 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 Wake Forest 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.000 51 7 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Won 2 NC State 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 .000 28 35 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 Florida State 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 .000 7 24 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 ACC Games Overall COASTAL DIVISION W L Pct. PF PA Home Road W L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neutral Div. Streak Duke 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.000 60 7 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 Miami 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.000 41 13 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Won 6 Pitt 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.000 28 21 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 Virginia 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.000 28 10 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Won 1 Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 .000 31 24 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Won 2 Georgia Tech 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 .000 41 42 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 North Carolina 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 .000 30 35 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lost 3 UPCOMING SCHEDULE Saturday, September 9 Time TV Sirius XM Series No. 17/16 Louisville at North Carolina Noon ESPN 113 193 Louisville leads, 4-3 Northwestern at Duke Noon ESPNU 108 194 Northwestern leads, 10-8 ULM at No. 10/9 Florida State 12:15 p.m. ACC Network 145 195 Florida State leads, 1-0 Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech 12:30 p.m. RSN 98 206 Georgia Tech leads, 2-0 Wake Forest at Boston College 1 p.m. ACC Network Extra 93 202 Boston College leads, 13-9-2 Pitt at No. 4/4 Penn State 3:30 p.m. ABC 81 81 Penn State leads, 50-43-4 Middle Tennessee at Syracuse 3:30 p.m. ACC Network Extra 119 203 First Meeting Indiana at Virginia 3:30 p.m. ESPNU 113 193 Virginia leads, 2-0 Delaware at No. 18/18 Virginia Tech 3:30 p.m. ACC Network Extra 108 194 First Meeting Marshall at NC State 6 p.m. ACC Network Extra 93 210 NC State leads, 3-0 No. 13/13 Auburn at No. 3/3 Clemson 7 p.m. ESPN 81 81 Auburn leads, 34-14-2 QUICK HITS - WEEK TWO The second week of the ACC schedule features two conference Led by QB Daniel Jones, who has attempted 198 consecutive passes matchups – Louisville at North Carolina and Wake Forest at Boston Col- without an interception, Duke will look to go 2-0 for the fourth time in lege. Seven of the remaining 10 teams play at home against non-confer- the last five years. ence opponents. Seeking a 2-0 start for the second time under head coach Steve The ACC and Big Ten square off in three games this weekend when Addazio, Boston College kicks off its conference slate with a home game Pitt plays at Penn State, Indiana visits Virginia and Duke hosts North- vs. Wake Forest. The Deacons opened the year with a home win last western. Last year, the ACC was 6-2 vs. the Big Ten. Thursday over Presbyterian. In a battle of top 15 teams, No. 3/3 Clemson plays host to No. Florida State, which lost starting QB Deondre Francois to a sea- 12/13 Auburn Saturday evening on ESPN at 7 p.m. Clemson has won son-ending injury, will start true freshman QB James Blackman against three straight in the series, including last year’s 19-13 victory in Auburn ULM. Kickoff time of the game in Tallahassee has been moved to noon en route to the national championship. due to the potential impact of Hurricane Irma. Pitt and Penn State renew their rivalry for the 98th time. Last Syracuse plays the second of three-straight games at home as the season, Pitt’s James Conner rushed for 117 yards in a 42-39 win over the Orange welcome Middle Tennessee to town. eventual Big Ten champs. Virginia Tech earned the ACC’s first win over a ranked team this No. 16/17 Miami’s game at Arkansas State has been cancelled and season with a thrilling 31-24 victory over No. 20/22 West Virginia. QB with no mutually available dates, will not be rescheduled this season. Josh Jackson threw for 200 yards and rushed for 100 in his debut. 1 2017 ACC FOOTBALL NOTES A LOOK AT THE LEAGUE and LB Micah Kiser and S Quin Blanding, both nessee. Marshall, who scored five times, was Five Atlantic Coast Conference football of Virginia. named a Manning Award Star of the Week. teams are ranked in both the Associated Press and Amway Coaches Top 25 polls. Clemson is COASTAL NOTES In his first game as Virginia Tech’s starting third in both polls. Also included in the rank- Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente quarterback, redshirt freshman Josh Jackson ings are No. 10 (AP)/9 (Amway) Florida State sports a .750 winning percentage over the totalled 336 yards against 22nd-ranked West No. 16/17 Miami, No. 17/16 Louisville and No. last four years, including his last two seasons Virginia. He became the first player to record 18/18 Virginia Tech. at Memphis and his first two at Virginia Tech. 200 (235) or more yards passing offense and Fuente’s teams have posted a 30-10 mark 100 (101) or more yards of rushing offense in Four ACC quarterbacks made their first during that time. Last season, he became just his first start since at least 2000. career starts this past weekend, including the 13th coach to be named ACC Coach of the Boston College’s Anthony Brown, Clemson’s Year in his first season in the league and only Georgia Tech rushed for 535 yards rushing Kelly Bryant, Virginia Tech’s Josh Jackson and the third to be named Coach of the Year and against No. 25/24 Tennessee. The total was Georgia Tech’s TaQuon Marshall. Florida State, lead his team to 10 wins. the fourth-highest by an ACC team in history due to the season-ending injury to QB Deon- and the most against a ranked opponent. The dre Francois, will be fielding a first-time starter Virginia safety Quin Blanding leads all 535 rushing yards were also the most of any at quarterback in week two. active players nationally in career tackles per team nationally in the first week of the season. game. Blanding, currently in his fourth year as The ACC tied its all-time high for most a starter, has 370 career tackles, an average of Michael Jordan will return to Chapel Hill non-conference wins on an opening week 10.00 per game. Both total tackles and tackles on Saturday, Sept. 9, to serve as an honorary with a 10-4 mark over the five-day Labor Day per game average are the highest of any cur- captain for North Carolina’s game vs. Louisville. weekend. rent active player in the FBS. Jordan will walk with Carolina’s game captains onto the field for the official coin toss prior to ABC’s Saturday Night Football telecast of When Duke CB Bryon Fields returned an kickoff. Last Saturday marked the official debut the historic matchup between Florida State interception 28 yards for a touchdown against of UNC’s Jordan Brand uniforms after the two and Alabama (Sept. 2 at 8 p.m.) delivered a North Carolina Central, it marked the third expanded their partnership in the offseason. total live audience of 12,560,000 viewers to scoring return of his career. He previously had become the most-watched kickoff weekend returned a pick for a score against Tulane in ATLANTIC NOTES game in college history. 2014 and Pitt in 2016. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has a .706 career winning percentage against teams Clemson facing Auburn this week – two Pitt all-purpose back Quadree Henderson ranked in the Top 10. The Tigers are 12-5 schools where the legendary John Heisman has scored five times on kick returns. Hender- against Top 10 teams under Swinney and face coached before spending 16 years as head son has four kickoff returns for scores and one No.