The ACC has locked in Clemson’s trip to Syracuse for November 7, and the Tigers and Orange will kick off at noon on ESPN2.
Clemson, sitting at 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the ACC, will be looking for its first win in the JMA Wireless Dome since 2023. Syracuse comes in at 3-4 and 1-4 in league play.
That noon start will be Clemson’s third of the year. The Tigers already opened home games against North Carolina and Charleston Southern at noon, and Syracuse will see its fourth noon kickoff of the season against Clemson.
The matchup brings back plenty of recent history. Last season, Fran Brown’s Syracuse team walked into Memorial Stadium and stunned a Clemson squad that had entered the year with national championship hopes.
The Orange jumped ahead 24-7 in the first half and rolled to a 34-21 win. Steve Angeli threw for 344 yards and two touchdowns in that victory, which sent Clemson tumbling to 1-3.
Syracuse arrives with a little momentum after earning its first ACC win last Saturday. The Orange pulled off a double-digit road comeback at North Carolina, erasing a 20-10 fourth-quarter deficit and forcing overtime. After the Tar Heels scored a touchdown, Angeli answered with a touchdown pass and then delivered the walk-off two-point conversion to finish it.
The Orange have also had Clemson’s number at times in upstate New York. Syracuse’s most famous home win in the series came on Friday, October 13, 2017, when No.
2 Clemson fell 27-24. Kelly Bryant’s injury and Eric Dungey’s 278-yard, three-touchdown night swung the game, even though Clemson later recovered to win a third straight ACC title and return to the College Football Playoff.
When Clemson last visited Syracuse in 2023, it left with a 31-14 win. Cade Klubnik threw two touchdown passes, and the defense kept Garrett Schrader and the Syracuse offense in check while building a 24-7 lead after three quarters. That victory was Klubnik’s first road win as Clemson’s starting quarterback.
Clemson is coming off its third loss of the season, a 20-16 defeat to Virginia Tech last Saturday night and first-year head coach James Franklin. With the schedule now turning to the back half, the Tigers will try to steady themselves and salvage a season that was supposed to rebound from 2025’s 7-6 finish.
Before that November date arrives, Clemson has another ACC test ahead. The Tigers travel to Tallahassee this Saturday to face Florida State at 7:00 p.m. on ACC Network, with a chance to earn their third conference win.
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