2021 SCHEDULE (NOV. 5-6)
Friday, Nov. 5 Time, TV Sirius XM App/Web
Virginia Tech (4-4, 2-2) at Boston College (4-4, 0-4) 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 83 83 83
Series: Virginia Tech leads series, 19-10; Last meeting: Virginia Tech, 40-14 (2020)
ESPN2: Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
Saturday, Nov. 6 Time, TV Sirius XM App/Web
Pitt (6-2, 3-1) at Duke (3-5, 0-4) Noon, ACCN 136 203 966
Series: Pitt leads series, 15-9; Last meeting: Pitt, 33-30 (2019)
ACCN: Wes Durham (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), Taylor Davis (sideline)
No. 10 Wake Forest (8-0) at North Carolina (4-4) (non-conference) Noon, ABC 132 207 967
Series: North Carolina leads series, 70-36-2; Last meeting: North Carolina, 59-53 (2019)
ABC: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)
Georgia Tech (3-5, 2-4) at Miami (4-4, 2-2) 12:30 p.m., RSN 121 204 968
Series: Georgia Tech leads series, 13-12; Last meeting: Georgia Tech, 28-21, ot (2019)
RSN: Tom Werme (play-by-play), James Bates (analyst), Wiley Ballard (sideline)
NC State (5-3, 2-2) at Florida State (3-5, 2-3) 4 p.m., ACCN 137 193 955
Series: Florida State leads series, 27-14; Last meeting: NC State, 38-22 (2019)
ACCN: Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst), Jalyn Johnson (sideline)
Clemson (5-3, 4-2) at Louisville (4-4, 2-3) 7:30 p.m., ACCN 137 193 955
Series: Clemson leads series, 6-0; Last meeting: Clemson, 45-10 (2019)
ACCN: Dave O’Brien (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst), Kelsey Riggs (sideline)
2021 SCHEDULE (NOV. 5-6)
What to Watch in Week 10
• UNC QB Sam Howell has 87 career TD passes and is three touchdown passes shy of Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence’s ACC record for touchdown passes (90) through three seasons.
• NC State QB Devin Leary has attempted 211 consecutive passes without an interception. That is the ninth-longest streak in ACC history. Virginia’s Matt Blundin is eighth with 213 in 1990-91. Florida State’s Christian Ponder (2009) is tied for seventh at 237 with FSU’s Chris Weinke (1999).
• Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong leads the ACC with 28 touchdown passes, followed by Pitt’s Kenny Pickett with 26, Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman with 22 and NC State’s Devin Leary with 21.
• Syracuse RB Sean Tucker leads the nation with 1,267 rushing yards and 1,505 all-purpose yards.
• Clemson can become the ACC’s fifth bowl eligible team with a win this weekend at Louisville. NC State, Pitt, Virginia and Wake Forest are already bowl eligible. Syracuse has five wins, but is off this week.
• The ACC has five of the top 10 players in the country in total touchdowns – UVA’s Brennan Armstrong (T1st, 35), Pitt’s Kenny Pickett (5th, 29), Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman (6th, 28), North Carolina’s Sam Howell (9th, 25), NC State’s Devin Leary (T12, 23) and Louisville’s Malik Cunningham (T15, 22).
• Since taking over at quarterback in Week 3, Syracuse’s Garrett Shrader has accounted for 20 touchdowns, including 13 rushing scores.
ACC FOOTBALL QUICK HITS
• Five conference games, including a Friday night contest between Virginia Tech and Boston College, and a non-conference game Saturday between league foes Wake Forest and North Carolina, highlight Week 10 of the ACC football schedule.
• Virginia Tech travels to Boston College on Friday for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on ESPN2. The Hokies are coming off a 26-13 win at Georgia Tech, while the Eagles are looking to end a four-game skid and earn their first conference win of the season. Virginia Tech and Boston College have met at least once every year since both became ACC members with the Hokies holding an 11-7 advantage in previous league meetings.
• Saturday’s slate starts with a pair of noon kickoffs, including Pitt at Duke on ACC Network. Despite last week’s loss to Miami, the Panthers sill lead the Coastal
Division with a 3-1 mark. Pitt has won nine of the last 10 meetings, including the last four. Pitt grabbed a 33-30 win in the most recent matchup between the teams in 2019. Duke running back Mataeo Durant ranks second in the league in rushing with 121.6 yards per game and is just 27 yards shy of 1,000 for the season.
• Also at noon on ABC is one of the more intriguing matchups of the week with No. 10 Wake Forest looking to remain unbeaten at North Carolina. The Deacons’ top
10 ranking is the first in school history. Wake Forest’s 24-18 win two seasons ago marked the first time since the ACC was founded in 1953 that two member schools
met in a football game designated as non-conference. The teams met in a conference game last November, with the Tar Heels coming out on the winning end of a 59-53
scoring fest. Wake’s Sam Hartman and North Carolina’s Sam Howell are ranked in the top 20 of nearly every passing category nationally.
• Miami, which has won two consecutive games to even its record at 4-4, plays host to Georgia Tech at 12:30 p.m. on RSN. The Hurricanes’ resurgence has been led by QB Tyler Van Dyke, who has won back-to-back ACC Rookie of the Week honors. Georgia Tech has won its last two matchups versus the Hurricanes to grab a 13-12 lead in the series, including a 28-21 overtime victory in the most recent meeting in 2019. In that game, the Yellow Jackets turned a fake punt into a touchdown, recovered a fumble in the end zone for another score and blocked a Miami field goal try in the final seconds of regulation.
• NC State visits Tallahassee for a 4 p.m. kickoff against Florida State. The Wolfpack is ranked sixth in the nation in scoring defense and has allowed just one rushing TD this year. NC State has won three of the previous four versus the Seminoles, including last season’s 38-22 win in Raleigh. The Seminoles have won 16 of their previous 21 games against the Wolfpack in Tallahassee, including a 31-13 win last time the two teams met in 2019.
• Seeking bowl eligibility, Clemson plays at Louisville at 7:30 p.m. on ACC Network. The Tigers own an unblemished record against the Cardinals, with all six meetings coming since Louisville joined the ACC in 2014. The most recent game between the Atlantic Division teams took place two seasons ago in Louisville, with the Tigers wining by a 45-10 score. Louisville QB Malik Cunningham has rushed for 13 touchdowns this season, which ties for the 10th-best single-season mark in ACC history.
• Two ACC players lead the nation in a major statistical category. Syracuse RB Sean Tucker leads in rushing yards (1,267) and all-purpose yards (1,505), while Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong leads in passing yards (3,557) and total yards of offense (3,828).
• Seventeen of the league’s 35 games thus far have been decided by one possession (8 points or fewer), which is the most of any conference.
ACC LEADS WITH FOUR MAXWELL AWARD SEMIFINALISTS
• The ACC leads all conferences with four players named semifinalists for the Maxwell Award – Pitt’s Kenny Pickett, Syracuse’s Sean Tucker, Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong and Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman. The winners of the 85th Maxwell Award will be announced as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show which will be broadcast live on ESPN on December 9, 2021. 2021 SUBWAY ACC FCG SET FOR 8 P.M.
• The 2021 Subway ACC Football Championship Game will kick off at 8 p.m. on ABC on Saturday, Dec. 4, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game will feature the winner of the Atlantic Division vs. the winner of the Coastal Division.
• This is the 12th time in the last 13 years that the game has been held in primetime. Twelve different teams have competed in the game, including a different Coastal Division team every year from 2013-19. Last season, No. 3 Clemson defeated No. 2 Notre Dame – which played in the ACC in 2020 as a full football member due to the COVID-19 pandemic – by a score of 34-10 in the most-viewed ACC Championship Game of all time.
ACC – THE CONFERENCE OF QUARTERBACKS
• Two ACC QBs were named Manning Award Stars of the Week for games of Oct. 30 – Miami’s Tyler Van Dyke and Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman.
• After struggling early (1-for-8 with an INT), Virginia QB Brennan Armstrong got on track and led UVA to a remarkable rally after trailing 21-0 just 8:04 into the game. From that point UVA outscored BYU 42-17 to take a 42-38 halftime lead in Provo. During that run, he completed 12 consecutive passes that included three TD tosses. At one point in the game he had completed 20 of 23 attempts. Armstrong finished with 337 passing yards, four passing TDs and rushed for 94 yards on 11 carries and had two TD runs including a remarkable 30-yard scamper through the middle of the BYU defense.
• Wake Forest QB Sam Hartman finished Saturday’s contest against Duke 24-of-37 for 402 yards and three touchdowns. Additionally, Hartman rushed for a career-high 61
yards on six carries and two touchdowns. Hartman is now the first quarterback in Wake Forest history to have four consecutive 300-plus yard passing games and the second quarterback in program history to post back-to-back 400- plus yard passing games.
• NC State QB Devin Leary threw four touchdown passes – three in the fourth quarter – to lead the Wolfpack to a 28-13 victory over Louisville. With 36 more attempts without an INT, he ran his streak of passes without a pick to 211 – the third-longest in school history. He finished with 317 yards and four touchdowns, all to different receivers. Leary is one of only two QBs in the FBS with at least 250 pass attempts and two or less INTs on the season.
• Two-time ACC Rookie of the Week Tyler Van Dyke led Miami to a 38-34 win at No. 17 Pitt. Van Dyke set career marks in nearly every category, including passing yards (426), completions (32) and threw for three more touchdowns with just one interception in the win.
• Pitt QB Kenny Pickett had a record-setting performance for the Panthers against Miami. He accounted for three touchdowns (all passing) and now is responsible for a Pitt-record 84 TDs for his career. Pickett surpassed the school mark held by Dan Marino, who accounted for 82 from 1979-82. Pickett now has a Pitt school-record
11,492 yards in total offense for his career. He has surpassed quarterback Alex Van Pelt, who had 11,148 from 1989-92. Pickett’s 519 passing yards set a Pitt single-game record.
• North Carolina QB Sam Howell now has 101 career touchdowns responsible for (rushed for 12, passed for 87, caught 2), which is a school record. Howell is also the
school’s all-time passing leader with 9,419 yards.
• Nine different quarterbacks from ACC schools have started at least one game in the NFL this season – most of any conference. Those players come from seven different schools, including BC’s Matt Ryan (Falcons), Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence (Jaguars), Duke’s Daniel Jones (Giants), Florida State’s Jameis Winston (Saints), Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater (Broncos) and Lamar Jackson (Ravens), NC State’s Jacoby Brissett (Dolphins) and Russell Wilson (Seahawks) and Virginia Tech’s Tyrod Taylor (Texans).
NFL Quarterbacks from ACC Schools – Current Rosters
Teddy Bridgewater, Broncos ……………………. Louisville<<
Jacoby Brissett, Dolphins ……………………………. NC State
Mike Glennon, Giants………………………………….. NC State
Lamar Jackson, Ravens ………………………….. Louisville<<
Daniel Jones, Giants ……………………………………..Duke<<
Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars………………………… Clemson<<
Bryce Perkins, Rams…………………………………….. Virginia
Nathan Peterman, Raiders ……………………………………Pitt
Matt Ryan, Falcons ………………………… Boston College<<
Tyrod Taylor, Texans…………………………..Virginia Tech<<
Mitch Trubisky, Bills …………………………… North Carolina
Deshaun Watson, Texans…………………………….. Clemson
Russell Wilson, Seahawks ……………………….. NC State<<
Jameis Winston, Saints………………………. Florida State<<
John Wolford, Rams ……………………………….Wake Forest
<<Week 1 starter
• Thirteen ACC quarterbacks have made 10 or more career starts, led by Pitt’s Kenny Pickett with 44. Six ACC QBs – Pickett, Miami’s D’Eriq King (36), Florida State’s McKenzie Milton (35), North Carolina’s Sam Howell (33), Louisville’s Malik Cunningham (33) and Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman (27) – have made 20 or more starts.
Career QB Starts in ACC
Name, School …………………………Career Starts
Kenny Pickett, Pitt……………………………………………. 44
D’Eriq King, Miami* …………………………………………. 36
McKenzie Milton, Florida State**……………………….. 35
Sam Howell, North Carolina ………………………………. 33
Malik Cunningham, Louisville ……………………………. 33
Sam Hartman, Wake Forest ………………………………. 27
Brennan Armstrong, Virginia …………………………….. 18
Jeff Sims, Georgia Tech……………………………………. 16
Devin Leary, NC State ………………………………………. 16
Phil Jurkovec, Boston College……………………………. 12
Jordan Travis, Florida State ………………………………. 12
Braxton Burmeister, Virginia Tech ……………………… 12
D.J. Uiagalelei, Clemson …………………………………… 10
*started 22 at Houston before transferring to UM
**33 starts were at UCF before transferring to FSU
• In the 2021 NFL Draft, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence became the third ACC player to be selected No. 1 overall, joining Jameis Winston (2015, Florida State) and Mario Williams (2006, NC State). Lawrence was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
AROUND THE ACC
• Boston College: WR Zay Flowers had his second 100-yard receiving game of the season and the fifth of his career in the loss to Syracuse. He finished with six receptions for 116 yards and is now tied for fifth in BC career history with five career 100-yard receiving games.
• Clemson: Clemson won its 32nd consecutive home game Saturday to extend its school record for both the longest home winning streak and longest home unbeaten streak in school history (as well as extend the nation’s longest active home winning streak).
• Duke: RB Mataeo Durant finished with 103 yards on 20 carries against Wake Forest. It was Durant’s sixth 100-yard rushing game this season, matching the school single-season record, achieved on five other occasions.
• Florida State: Defensive end Jermaine Johnson II earned his third ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week honor Monday, the same day he was named a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award.
• Georgia Tech: QB Jeff Sims became the 12th student-athlete in Georgia Tech history with 3,000 career passing yards on his 26-yard touchdown pass to WR Kyric McGowan in the first quarter vs. Virginia Tech. Sims has amassed 3,155 passing yards in just 16 career games.
• Louisville: QB Malik Cunningham has 13 rushing touchdowns on the season and 31 in his career, which ranks sixth in ACC history for rushing TDs by a quarterback.
• Miami: Standout RB Jaylan Knighton delivered another strong outing against one of the ACC’s best defenses in a win over Pitt. Knighton scored two touchdowns – one of which came on a 40-yard rush – and averaged 4.7 yards per carry, and also added five receptions in the win.
• North Carolina: QB Sam Howell now has 10,185 career total yards in just 33 games. The school record of 10,423 yards is held by Marquise Williams (2012-15). Last season against Wake Forest – next week’s opponent – Howell had 571 yards of offense.
• NC State: Down 13-7 to Louisville entering the fourth quarter, the Wolfpack responded with 21 consecutive points to win 28-13. NC State has outscored its opponents 67-41 in the second half.
• Pitt: Pitt’s 6-2 overall record matches the best eight-game start of Pat Narduzzi’s tenure. The Panthers also opened with a 6-2 record during his 2015 debut season at Pitt.
• Syracuse: RB Sean Tucker moved to third on Syracuse’s single-season rushing list at Syracuse with 207 yards and his 13th touchdown, 11th rushing, of the season in the BC win. Syracuse moved to 5-4 on the season and 2-3 in league play with the victory.
• Virginia: Two-time WR of the Week Dontayvion Wicks had another stellar game against BYU, catching four passes for 125 yards including a 70-yard TD reception. It was his second week in a row with a TD catch of 70-or-more yards. In his last three games Wicks has 17 receptions for 418 yards and four TDs, an average of 24.6 yards per reception.
• Virginia Tech: In earning ACC WR of the Week honors, Tré Turner hauled in seven catches for a career-high 187 yards and a TD in the Hokies’ 26-17 victory at Georgia Tech. The seven receptions tied his career best. He now owns two TDs this season and 13 in his career. Turner is now sixth all-time at VT with 121 receptions and sixth with 2,032 yards.
• Wake Forest: Wake Forest is 8-0 for the first time in program history. Additionally, the Demon Deacons are off to their first 5-0 start in conference play for the
first time in program history. The Deacons eight-game win streak is the program’s longest in school history.
