Game Name: | ACC Championship Game |
Subheader: | Conference Championship |
Title Sponsor: | Subway |
Date Game Played: | December 3 |
Year Game Played: | 2022 |
Football Season: | 2022 |
Stadium: | Bank of America Stadium |
City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Visitor School: | Clemson University |
Visitor Name Short: | Clemson |
Visitor Nickname: | Tigers |
Visitor Record: | 10–2 |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 10 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 11 |
Visitor Rank Cfp: | 9 |
Visitor Coach: | Dabo Swinney |
Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
Visitor 2Q: | 10 |
Visitor 3Q: | 15 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home School: | North Carolina University |
Home Name Short: | North Carolina |
Home Nickname: | Tar Heels |
Home Record: | 9–3 |
Home Rank Ap: | 24 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 22 |
Home Rank Cfp: | 23 |
Home Coach: | Mack Brown |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 3 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Mvp: | Cade Klubnik (QB, Clemson) |
Odds: | Clemson by 7.5 |
Referee: | Mike Roche |
Attendance: | 64,115 |
Us Network: | ABC ESPN Radio |
Us Announcers: | ABC: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst) and Molly McGrath (sideline reporter) ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley, Tom Ramsey and Kelsey Riggs |
Intl Network: | ESPN Brazil |
Intl Announcers: | Thiago Alves (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst) |
The 2022 ACC Championship Game was a college football conference championship game that was played on December 3, 2022, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina to determine the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for the 2022 season. The game featured the Clemson Tigers, the champion of the Atlantic Division, and the North Carolina Tar Heels, the champion of the Coastal Division. The 18th annual ACC Championship Game, the contest began at 8:00 p.m. EST and aired on ABC.[1] Sponsored by restaurant chain Subway, the game was officially known as the Subway ACC Championship Game.
The 2022 ACC Championship Game featured the Clemson Tigers, champions of the Atlantic Division, and the North Carolina Tar Heels, champions of the Coastal Division. The last time these two teams met in the ACC Championship Game was in 2015, where the Tigers beat the Tar Heels 45-37.
See main article: 2022 Clemson Tigers football team. The Tigers clinched a spot in the game as the champion of the ACC's Atlantic Division following Pittsburgh's defeat of Syracuse on November 5.[2]
See main article: 2022 North Carolina Tar Heels football team. The Tar Heels clinched a spot in the game as the champion of the ACC's Coastal Division following their defeat of Wake Forest on November 12.[3]