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2 Tickets for sale for Aer Lingus College Football Classic 2026

Aviva Stadium - Dublin
Aug 29th, 2026 at 5pm
SectionBLK124
Row K
Fantastic Seat location for viewing the game!

TCU Horned Frogs vs UNC Tar Heels

The 2026 Aer Lingus College Football Classic takes place on Saturday, 29 August 2026 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, as the TCU Horned Frogs face the North Carolina Tar Heels in Ireland's only major American football fixture of the year. Now in its fifth consecutive year at Aviva Stadium, the Classic has drawn record crowds, including 47,998 fans for the 2024 Georgia Tech vs Florida State game.

Texas Christian University (TCU) and the University of North Carolina (UNC) will open the 2026 college football season in Dublin, in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. The game will be held on August 29th, 2026, at the Aviva Stadium.

TCU, from Fort Worth, Texas will serve as the home team in Dublin against UNC who have recently appointed Bill Belichick as head football coach. Belichick is considered by many as the greatest coach in all of professional sports as he has won an NFL- record eight Super Bowls - six as a head coach for the New England Patriots and two as an assistant coach with the New York Giants. Belichick drafted and crafted superstars such as Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski.

The 2026 Aer Lingus College Football Classic will be just the fifth time TCU and North Carolina football teams compete against each other dating back to 1940 and the first time for both teams to have played football internationally.

TCU are two-time National Championship winners and most recently reached the College Football National Championship in 2023. While both teams have a rich history of producing top level football talent, UNC have also produced other sporting legends such as 6-time NBA Champion Micheal Jordan and 2x Olympic Gold Medallist and FIFA World Cup Winner Mia Hamm to name a few.

Details Here:
https://www.aerlingus.com/en-gb/2026-aer-lingus-college-football-classic-tcu-vs-unc-set-for-dublin-showdown

And
https://collegefootballireland.com/games/tcu-horned-frogs-vs-north-carolina-tarheels

Venue Address:
Lansdowne Road,
Dublin 4,
Ireland