1996 Clemson Tigers football team

1996 Clemson Tigers football
Peach Bowl, L 7–10 vs. LSU
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–5 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Tommy West (4th season)
Captain	Dexter McCleon
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (c. 81,473, grass)

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 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	3:30 p.m.	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 0–45	45,700
September 7	Noon	Furman*		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	W 19–3	62,243
September 21	7:00 p.m.	at Missouri*		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	FSN	L 24–38	39,128
September 28	Noon	Wake Forest		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	W 21–10	63,263
October 5	7:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 3–34	76,360
October 12	Noon	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 13–6	23,586
October 19	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 Georgia Tech		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	W 28–25	70,578
November 2	3:30 p.m.	Maryland		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	W 35–3	60,584
November 9	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 24–16	39,100
November 16	Noon	NC State		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	JPS	W 40–17	63,796
November 23	5:30 p.m.	South Carolina*	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN2	L 31–34	82,929
December 28	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 17 LSU*		Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	ESPN	L 7–10	63,622
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1996 Clemson Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Joe Woods Sr WR 3 Kenya Crooks Jr QB 13 Billy Luckie Fr QB 14 Brandon Streeter Fr QB 15 Nealon Greene Jr WR 16 Justin Watts Fr OT 61 Mark Landry Jr OL 62 Hamid Salim Sr OT 77 Matt Butler So OT 78 Ed Altman Jr OT 79 Jim Bundren Jr TE 82 Lamont Hall Jr TE 83 Will Clark Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class FS 1 Antuan Edwards So DE 8 Trevor Pryce Jr CB 9 Dexter McCleon Sr SS 10 Michael Allen So SS 28 Andre Carter GS CB 29 Peter Ford Sr SS 31 Brad Pope Sr OLB 53 Rahim Abdullah Fr ILB 56 O. J. Childress So LB 57 Chris Jones So DL 59 Jason Martinelli Fr DL 91 Lorenzo Bromell Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tommy West Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster