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First Two ACC Game Times Set
May 19, 2016 | Football
Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech games will be broadcast on ESPN Networks
CHESNTUT HILL, Mass – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced game times and networks for the first three weeks of the 2016 football season, which includes two Boston College games.
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The 2016 ACC early season TV football schedule is headlined by Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game is prime time for the eighth straight year and a minimum of 15 national TV exposures. The schedule includes all of the ACC's games for the first three weeks of the season, with the exception of road non-conference games which are controlled by the host team or its conference. Also included are four Thursday night contests which will be nationally televised by ESPN and five nationally-televised Friday games.
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As previously announced, the Eagles will host Georgia Tech at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland in the 2016 Aer Lingus College Football Classic at 12:30 p.m. IT, 7:30 a.m. EST, on ESPN2. It will mark the first ACC football game of the year and the first time a conference game will be played in Ireland.
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After a road contest with Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., the Eagles will travel to Blacksburg, Va., to take on Virginia Tech under first-year head coach Justin Fuente. The game will be played at 3:30 p.m. and shown on ESPNU.
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The schedule also includes BC's two Friday night contests: the Oct. 7 matchup at The Heights against Clemson – slated for 7:30 p.m. on ESPN – and the Nov. 11 game in Tallahassee, Fla., against Florida State – set for 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
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Once again the conference will have a syndicated package on the ACC Network which will air in more than 100 markets and a package on the Regional Sports Networks (RSN) that will be in an average 71 million homes.
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The 2016 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, which will be played for the seventh consecutive year in Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium, is scheduled for Saturday ,Dec. 3 and will have a nationally televised kickoff time of either 7:45 p.m. (on ESPN) or 8 p.m. ET (on ABC). The Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship has been televised in primetime since 2009.
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The 2016 ACC early season TV football schedule is headlined by Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game is prime time for the eighth straight year and a minimum of 15 national TV exposures. The schedule includes all of the ACC's games for the first three weeks of the season, with the exception of road non-conference games which are controlled by the host team or its conference. Also included are four Thursday night contests which will be nationally televised by ESPN and five nationally-televised Friday games.
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As previously announced, the Eagles will host Georgia Tech at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland in the 2016 Aer Lingus College Football Classic at 12:30 p.m. IT, 7:30 a.m. EST, on ESPN2. It will mark the first ACC football game of the year and the first time a conference game will be played in Ireland.
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After a road contest with Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., the Eagles will travel to Blacksburg, Va., to take on Virginia Tech under first-year head coach Justin Fuente. The game will be played at 3:30 p.m. and shown on ESPNU.
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The schedule also includes BC's two Friday night contests: the Oct. 7 matchup at The Heights against Clemson – slated for 7:30 p.m. on ESPN – and the Nov. 11 game in Tallahassee, Fla., against Florida State – set for 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
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Once again the conference will have a syndicated package on the ACC Network which will air in more than 100 markets and a package on the Regional Sports Networks (RSN) that will be in an average 71 million homes.
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The 2016 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, which will be played for the seventh consecutive year in Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium, is scheduled for Saturday ,Dec. 3 and will have a nationally televised kickoff time of either 7:45 p.m. (on ESPN) or 8 p.m. ET (on ABC). The Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship has been televised in primetime since 2009.
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