1996 Clemson Tigers football
Peach Bowl, L 7–10 vs. LSU
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–5 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDarrell Moody (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorEllis Johnson (1st season)
CaptainDexter McCleon
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1996 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Tommy West, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the ACC. Clemson was invited to the Peach Bowl, where the Tigers lost to LSU. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 313:30 p.m.at North CarolinaABCL 0–4545,700
September 712:00 p.m.Furman*JPSW 19–362,243[1]
September 217:00 p.m.at Missouri*FSNL 24–3839,128
September 2812:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
JPSW 21–1063,263
October 57:00 p.m.at No. 2 Florida StateESPNL 3–3476,360
October 1212:00 p.m.at DukeJPSW 13–623,586
October 193:30 p.m.No. 22 Georgia Tech
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC (rivalry)
ABCW 28–2570,578
November 23:30 p.m.Maryland
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
ABCW 35–360,584
November 93:30 p.m.at No. 15 VirginiaABCW 24–1639,100
November 1612:00 p.m.NC State
JPSW 40–1763,796
November 235:30 p.m.South Carolina*No. 22
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC (rivalry)
ESPN2L 31–3482,929
December 288:00 p.m.vs. No. 17 LSU*ESPNL 7–1063,622
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP2522
Coaches2324

Roster

1996 Clemson Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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
FB 18 Emory Smith Sr
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. "Clemson takes 19–3 snoozer". The Atlanta Constitution. September 8, 1996. Retrieved September 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Clemson Football 2017 Media Guide" (PDF). 2017. p. 207. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.


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