IRISH STEW

Notre Dame-Wake Forest game shifts venues from Charlotte to Truist Field on campus

Tribune Staff Report
ND Insider

Hold the Mayo?

Not exactly. But the inaugural Duke’s Mayo Classic football game between Notre Dame and Wake Forest on Sept. 26 got a venue change Wednesday.

The game’s organizer, the Charlotte Sports Foundation, revealed the game will shift from the NFL Charlotte Panthers’ home — Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. — to Truist Field on the campus of Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C.

In accordance with guidelines from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the game will not be open for fans to attend. The state’s order capping outdoor gatherings at 50 people runs through Oct. 2.

Wake Forest head coach Dave Clawson (left) shakes hands with Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly after an Irish victory in Winston-Salem, N.C. in 2018. The two teams meet again at that venue on Sept. 26.

(Home Games in CAPS)

Sept. 12: DUKE, 2:30 p.m. EDT

Sept. 19: SOUTH FLORIDA, 2:30 p.m. EDT

Sept. 26: at Wake Forest, TBA

Oct. 3: Open

Oct. 10: FLORIDA STATE, 7:30 p.m. EDT

Oct. 17: LOUISVILLE, 2:30 p.m. EDT

Oct. 24: at Pittsburgh, TBA

Oct. 31: at Georgia Tech, TBA

Nov. 7: CLEMSON, 7:30 p.m. EST

Nov. 14: at Boston College, TBA

Nov. 21: Open

Nov. 27: at North Carolina, TBA

Dec. 5: SYRACUSE , TBA

Dec. 12 or 19: ACC Championship Game at Charlotte, N.C., TBA