LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced changes to upcoming football games, including those involving Louisville, after student-athletes at the University of Miami tested positive for the coronavirus.
A pair of UofL games were rescheduled. The Black Friday game at Boston College is now taking place on Sat., Dec. 12. Wake Forest was set to play the Cards at Cardinal Stadium on Dec. 5 is now taking place Sat., Nov. 28. This leaves the Cardinals with an open week on Dec. 5.
“We are disappointed that we will not be able to play the next two weeks as scheduled but this decision was made in the best interests of the health and safety of all teams,” University of Miami Director of Athletics Blake James said. “The health and safety of our student-athletes is always our top priority and we will continue to follow the conference’s protocols in order to safely and responsibly return to play.”
UofL's game Saturday against Virginia was rescheduled because of COVID-19 at UofL.
The 2020 ACC Football scheduling model includes 11 games (10 conference plus one non-conference), played over at least 13 weeks with each team having two open dates.