The Clemson Tigers have rescheduled their future football game against the East Carolina Pirates, FBSchedules.com has learned.
Clemson previously signed a contract to host the East Carolina Pirates of the American Conference at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C., on September 1, 2029. That contest has been pushed back five seasons and will now be played on September 2, 2034, according to a copy of the contract amendment obtained from East Carolina University via a state public records request.
Per the copy of the football game agreement obtained via a previous public records request, Clemson will pay East Carolina a $1.5 million guarantee for the game.
Clemson had the option to cancel the game, however, as the contract stipulates a $0 fee if the game is canceled more than 24 months prior to the contest. If the game is canceled more than 12 months but less than 24 months before the date of the game, the cancellation fee is $750,000. That fee doubles to $1.5 million if the game is canceled within 12 months of the game.
The Tigers are still overscheduled by one game in 2029 due to the ACC’s move to a nine-game conference schedule. Clemson is currently slated to host Georgia, Notre Dame, and Furman, while traveling to face in-state rival South Carolina.
Earlier on Monday, Clemson announced it will host Georgia State on November 6, 2027. A prior report from Brett McMurphy states that Clemson will play only eight conference games in both the 2027 and 2028 seasons.
With the Clemson game moved to 2034, East Carolina is down to two non-conference opponents for the 2029 season. ECU is scheduled to host Old Dominion on Sept. 15 and Liberty on Sept. 22.
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Got to hand it to Clemson for scheduling many times two and sometimes three P4 OOC games…with many true P4 OOC road games. The SEC could take a lesson from the Tigers!
That was before the nine-game format was announced. They will likely cancel or reschedule some.
Gamecocks South Carolina will remain Clemson primary SEC opponent.
Furman very likely to be cancelled in 2029.
Dan: That would leave Georgia, South Carolina, and Notre Dame on the schedule for 2029 with one true P4 OOC road game. It would be the same teams in 2030 with two true P4 OOC road games. That’s a heck of an OOC schedule. Kevin, I’d like to see one SEC team with that kind of OOC schedule. Fewer than half of the SEC teams even have one true P4 OOC road game scheduled in any given year.
Yeah, I didn’t comment because that’s not going to happen.
Klutchpike Clemson have plans to play a nine games conference schedule in 2029 & Furman very likely be eliminated.
Clemson is not going to play 12 regular-season games against power opponents.
Kevin, I do not expect any teams like Michigan, Georgia, Oklahoma State & Syracuse to play all twelve games with power opponents.
Furthermore Georgia will likely be cancelled in 2029 & 2030 plus there’s no way on god’s earth that Clemson will play all twelve power opponents.
That 2029 Clemson-Georgia game will probably be cancelled, given that both of those teams already have at least one other P4 opponent scheduled for that season.