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Florida State and Louisville to Meet in ACC Football Championship Game

2023 ACC Football Championship Game Information
2023 ACC Football Championship Game Tickets
2023 ACC Football Honors Event Tickets
 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The top two teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference – No. 4 Florida State and No. 10 Louisville – will face off in the 2023 ACC Football Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m., at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 
Tickets to the 2023 ACC Football Championship Game are on sale via Ticketmaster.com and through the ACC’s official website at theACC.com.
 
“It’s been an incredible season for ACC Football and congratulations to both Florida State and Louisville on earning the opportunity to play in this year’s ACC Football Championship Game,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “There is no shortage of excitement as we look forward to welcoming these two programs and their amazing fan bases to Charlotte. With both teams ranked in the Top 10 of the current College Football Playoff rankings, it should be a tremendous game at Bank of America Stadium.”
 
The Seminoles will make their sixth trip to the ACC Football Championship Game and the first since 2014 (2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) when they won their third consecutive ACC Championship title with a 37-35 win over Georgia Tech.
 
It will mark the Cardinals’ first-ever trip to the ACC Football Championship Game.
 
The Seminoles are 11-0 overall and finished the conference season at 8-0 in ACC play this season. It marks the 10th time that Florida State has recorded a perfect 8-0 conference record.
 
Ranked No. 4 in each of the first three College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings, the Seminoles have been ranked all season long in both the Associated Press and USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches top 25 polls, including 12 consecutive weeks ranked in the top five of the AP Top 25 poll, the program’s longest streak since 2013-14 when Florida State was in the top-five for 27 consecutive polls.
 
The Cardinals are 10-1 overall and went 7-1 in ACC play under first-year head coach Jeff Brohm.
 
Ranked No. 10 in the latest College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings on Tuesday, Nov. 14, the Cardinals have been ranked in each of the last eight weeks of the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, reaching as high as No. 9 in each of the last two weeks. The No. 9 national AP ranking is the highest for Louisville since coming in as high as No. 3 in the AP Poll in 2016.
 
In 2018, the ACC, Charlotte Sports Foundation, and Carolina Panthers announced a 10-year agreement to keep the ACC Football Championship Game in Charlotte through the 2030 season. The game is played annually at Bank of America Stadium on the first Saturday in December. 
 
Not including the 2020 game, which had limited attendance due to the pandemic, ACC Football Championship Games played at Bank of America Stadium have had an average attendance of nearly 70,000 fans. The game’s attendance record is 74,514 for the 2015 contest between Clemson and North Carolina, which also set an attendance record for Bank of America Stadium at the time.
 
The winner of the conference championship game has gone on to play in the National Championship Game or compete in the College Football Playoff in eight of the last 10 seasons, including two teams in 2020. The ACC has the second-most CFP appearances of all time of any conference.
 
ACC Fan Fest
ACC fans of all ages can take part in festivities surrounding the 2023 ACC Football Championship Game, including Fan Fest, which will take place in uptown Charlotte at Romare Bearden Park on Friday, Dec. 1, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free and open to the public, fans can enjoy pre-game fun with appearances by ACC Mascots, tailgate games, giveaways, and more!
 
Fan Fest is the place to be in uptown Charlotte leading up to the 2023 ACC Football Championship Game.  Fan Fest is located just one block from Bank of America Stadium at Romare Bearden Park and is perfectly situated for pre-game fun!
 
ACC fans of all ages will find plenty to do including:
  • Appearances by ACC Network personalities, Chalk Talk
  • ACC Mascot and school band performances
  • QB Challenge, Field Goal Kick, Football Pong
  • Food trucks and a beer garden
  • Tailgate games, Photo Ops, Free Giveaways
  • Purchase game day merchandise from Event1
  • Extra Yard for Teachers Foundation Activation
 ACC Football Honors
The ACC Football Honors program presented by the Charlotte Sports Foundation at the Belk Theater in Uptown Charlotte will be held on the evening of Friday, Dec. 1. The program will start on Friday at 5:30 p.m. Tickets to the event are $150, and includes a pre-show reception as well as a post-show reception. Tickets are on sale now via Blumenthal Performing Arts.

This year’s 14-member class of honorees include Florida State legend Charlie Ward and Louisville great Michael Bush, as well as Boston College’s Gosder Cherilus, Clemson’s Jeff Bostic, Duke’s Matt Daniels, Georgia Tech’s George O’Leary, Miami’s Dennis Harrah, North Carolina’s Alge Crumpler, NC State’s Ray Agnew, Pitt’s Jackie Sherrill, Syracuse’s Robert Konrad, Virginia’s Rondé Barber, Virginia Tech’s Jeff King and Wake Forest’s Bill Ard.
 
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