Duquesne will open 2022 football season at Florida State
Duquesne football will venture into the ACC in 2022, but it must travel almost 900 miles to make it happen.
Duquesne coach Jerry Schmitt announced Tuesday that the Dukes will play Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla., on Aug. 27, 2022.
It will be the first meeting between the three-time national champion Seminoles and the Dukes.
So, at the time of this game, Pitt will have been in the same conference as FSU for a decade - and Duquesne would have played at the Seminoles just as many times https://t.co/abWxw4dXPi
— Chris Adamski (@C_AdamskiTrib) February 16, 2021
But it’s far from the first time Duquesne, an FCS team in football since 1992, has faced an FBS opponent in a so-called “buy” game. Typically, when an FBS school invites an FCS team for a game at its stadium, the visitor is rewarded with a payout often reaching or surpassing $1 million to cover travel expenses and bolster its bottom line.
Duquesne also has played at Buffalo (2014), UMass (2018) and Hawaii (2018). The Dukes lost those games by scores of 63-15 (UMass), 38-28 (Buffalo) and 42-21 (Hawaii).
Duquesne will open the 2021 fall season at TCU on Sept. 4 and Ohio on Sept. 11. In addition, after the Florida State game, Duquesne will make a return trip to Hawaii on Sept. 17, 2022.
Meanwhile, the Dukes are preparing to begin the 2021 spring season March 7 against Sacred Heart at Arthur J. Rooney Field. The fall season was postponed because of the covid-19 pandemic.
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Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.
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