Five bowl teams from 2008 are on Clemson's football road schedule for the fall that was announced Thursday by the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Tigers will face a total of nine teams that played in postseason bowl games when they open the season in September.
"This will be a challenging schedule," said Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney in a written release. "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."
2009 Clemson Football Schedule
Date Opponent
Sept. 5 Middle Tennessee 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
"I do like the position of our open date (October 10) in that it is close to the middle of the season," said Swinney, "and I do like the fact that we never have back to back road games."
Clemson will open the season on September 5 against Middle Tennessee State, the latest start to the season on the calendar since 1998.
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