Florida State released their 2021 football schedule on Thursday morning.
The Seminoles open the 2021 season at Doak S. Campbell Stadium on Sunday, September 5th when they host Notre Dame. The season will conclude at Florida on Saturday, November 27th. Other non-conference games include home dates with Jacksonville State (Saturday, September 11th) and UMass (Saturday, October 23rd).
The Atlantic Coast Conference portion of the schedule includes home games with Louisville, Miami, NC State and Syracuse, while FSU hits the road to face Boston College, Clemson, North Carolina and Wake Forest.
It includes seven home games and five road contests.
“We are excited about the 2021 football season, and the announcement of the upcoming schedule sets a lot of wheels in motion,” Florida State Director of Athletics David Coburn said via release. “I know our coaches and players are glad to know what the season will look like, not to mention our Seminole Boosters and fans who can begin making their plans.”
The complete schedule can be viewed below:
2021 Florida State Football Schedule
Sept. 5th – Notre Dame
Sept. 11th – Jacksonville State
Sept. 18th – at Wake Forest
Sept. 25th – Louisville
Oct. 2nd – Syracuse (Family Weekend)
Oct. 9th – at North Carolina
Oct. 16th – Bye
Oct. 23rd – UMass (Homecoming)
Oct. 30th – at Clemson
Nov. 6th – NC State
Nov. 13th – Miami
Nov. 20th – at Boston College
Nov. 27th – at Florida
Dec. 4th – ACC Championship Game
Season tickets go on sale Feb. 1.
FSU went 3-6, including 2-6 against the ACC, in 2020, their first season under head coach Mike Norvell.
Some additional notes on the 2021 schedule:
– FSU will welcome Notre Dame to Tallahassee for the third time in a series the Seminoles lead 6-4.
– In last year’s matchup with Jacksonville State, Florida State gained more than 250 yards rushing and passing in a game for the first time since 2016.
– Florida State leads the all-time series with Wake Forest, 30-7-1, including a 9-4 mark in Winston-Salem.
– FSU holds a 16-5 advantage, including 10-2 in Tallahassee, in the all-time series against Louisville.
– FSU has a 6-0 mark at home as part of an 11-2 all-time lead over Syracuse.
– Florida State leads the all-time series 16-3-1 against North Carolina after defeating No. 5-ranked Tar Heels in Doak Campbell Stadium on Oct. 17, 2020, making Mike Norvell the only coach in ACC history to earn a win over a top-five team in his first season.
– The matchup with UMass is the first for the programs.
– The game at Clemson resumes a series that Florida State leads 20-13. Their 2020 matchup was postponed and then canceled due to COVID-related issues for the Tigers.
– North Carolina State is the only conference opponent FSU has faced every season since joining the ACC in 1992.
– The Nov. 13 date is the latest for an FSU-Miami game since 2014 and only the fourth November matchup in the series since 1992.
– In FSU’s last trip to Boston College, the Seminoles earned a 38-31 victory to improve to 13-5 overall against the Eagles and 7-3 in Chestnut Hill.
– Florida State has won four of the last five matchups against Florida in Gainesville.
