Clemson's 2016 schedule released; Tigers to open at Auburn
Clemson will open and close its season against teams from the SEC, according to the schedule released by the ACC on Tuesday. The Tigers open their 12-game slate at Auburn on Sept. 3, and close it with a home game against South Carolina on Nov. 26.
The Tigers have 10 games on Saturdays, one on a Thursday and one on a Friday. All seven home games are on Saturdays, but the Tigers will play at Georgia Tech on a Thursday and at Boston College on a Friday night. Both of those games will be nationally televised by ESPN.
It will be Clemson’s first regular season game on a Friday since Nov. 16, 1956 when the Tigers lost at Miami, 21-0. As a result of the Thursday and Friday road games, Clemson will not have a Saturday road game between Sept. 4 and Oct. 28.
Clemson at Florida State on Oct. 29 is the only game in 2016 against a team that received a vote in the final 2015 Associated Press poll.
2016 Schedule
Sept. 3 at Auburn
Sept. 10 Troy
Sept. 17 South Carolina State
Sept. 22 at Georgia Tech
Oct. 1 Louisville
Oct. 7 at Boston College
Oct. 15 N.C. State
Oct. 29 at Florida State
Nov. 5 Syracuse
Nov. 12 Pittsburgh
Nov. 19 at Wake Forest
Nov. 26 South Carolina
This story was originally published January 26, 2016 at 5:24 PM with the headline "Clemson's 2016 schedule released; Tigers to open at Auburn."