1996 Duke Blue Devils football team

1996 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	0–11 (0–8 ACC)
Head coach	Fred Goldsmith
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium (Capacity: 33,941)

1996 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Florida State $		8	–	0					11	–	1
No. 10 North Carolina		6	–	2					10	–	2
Clemson		6	–	2					7	–	5
Virginia		5	–	3					7	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4					5	–	6
Maryland		3	–	5					5	–	6
NC State		3	–	5					3	–	8
Wake Forest		1	–	7					3	–	8
Duke		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Fred Goldsmith.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	3:30 PM	at No. 3 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	L 7–44	70,181
September 14	3:30 PM	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina	ABC	L 13–38	29,321
September 21	12:00 PM	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	HTS	L 17–35	36,049
September 26	8:00 PM	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ESPN	L 22–48	44,145
October 5	12:00 PM	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland	HTS	L 27–64	31,365
October 12	12:00 PM	Clemson	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina	JPS	L 6–13	23,586
October 26	12:00 PM	Maryland	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina (rivalry)	JPS	L 19–22	18,751
November 2	1:30 PM	No. 16 Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina		L 3–27	28,276
November 9	12:00 PM	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	JPS	L 22–44	47,200
November 16	1:30 PM	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina		L 16–17	17,842
November 23	12:00 PM	No. 13 North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina (Victory Bell Game)	JPS	L 10–27	30,264
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1996 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 71 Troy Andrew Fr TE 80 Doug Burt Fr QB 15 Bobby Campbell Fr OT 66 Phillip Chappell Sr QB 11 Dave Green Jr WR 16 Dominique Flemming Sr FL 22 Richmond Flowers Fr TE 86 Gerald Ford Jr G 74 Lennie Friedman So WR 29 Adam Geis Jr C 62 John Gordon Jr G 55 Patrick Mannelly Jr RB 32 Laymarr Marshall Jr WR 33 Scottie Montgomery Fr WR 81 Joe Opalenick Jr RB 3 Reco Owens So OT 69 Gannon Shepherd Fr WR 5 Cedric Tate So WR 8 Corey Thomas Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 60 Mike Alberto Fr LB 31 Randy Ament Fr DT 70 Troy Austin Fr DE 82 Joey Bachstein Fr SS 13 Darius Clark Fr DE 93 Chris Combs Fr CB 37 Lamar Grant Fr LB 52 Billy Granville Sr CB 20 Kenan Holley So CB 10 Jason Jenkins Fr LB 50 Ryan Jenkins Fr FS 23 Eric Jones Fr LB 58 Kendral Knight Fr LB 45 Jim Kovach So SS 40 Brian Krenzel So LB 99 Brian McCormack So LB 1 LeVance McQueen Jr CB 2 Brandon Pollock Sr SS 30 Luke Roush Fr DE 96 Chris Ruzic So OLB 83 Jim Sitter Sr ILB 47 Jared Smith Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 19 John Krueger Jr K 12 Sims Lenhardt Fr	Head coach Fred Goldsmith Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1997-01-27