1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPat Watson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDave Huxtable (1st season)
Home stadiumBobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 46,000)
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary. Tech played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta
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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 712:00 pmat NC State
ABCW 28–1641,500[1]
September 147:00 pmWake Forest
W 30–1045,750[2]
September 213:30 pmat No. 11
Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
    		• ABCL 0–1650,000[3]
    September 268:00 pmDuke
    • Bobby Dodd Stadium
    • Atlanta, GA
    		ESPNW 48–2244,145[4]
    October 53:30 pmNo. 12 Virginia
    • Bobby Dodd Stadium
    • Atlanta, GA
    		ABCW 13–744,900[5]
    October 193:30 pmat ClemsonNo. 22
    		ABCL 25–2870,578[6]
    October 261:00 pmUCF*
    • Bobby Dodd Stadium
    • Atlanta, GA
    		W 27–2043,610[7]
    November 27:00 pmNo. 3 Florida State
    • Bobby Dodd Stadium
    • Atlanta, GA
    		ESPNL 3–4946,311[8]
    November 148:00 pmat Maryland
    		ESPNL 10–1322,510[9]
    November 231:00 pmNavy*
    • Bobby Dodd Stadium
    • Atlanta, GA
    		L 26–3644,415[10]
    November 303:30 pmat Georgia*
    		CBSL 10–1978,062[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

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    Rankings

    See also: 1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked
    Week
    PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
    AP
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    Coaches———————24—————————

    Roster

    1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    QB 1 Quincy Carter Fr
    FL 2 Trotter Hunt So
    TB 3 Charlie Rogers So
    FL 9 Derrick Steagall Sr
    QB 10 Brandon Shaw So
    QB 14 Joe Hamilton  Fr
    FL 15 Dexter Stallworth  Sr
    QB 18 Alex Thompson So
    FB 20 Curtis Hollomon  So
    FB 21 Chris Haney  Sr
    TB 22 T. J. Johnson  Jr
    TB 23 C. J. Williams  Jr
    OT 59 Curtis McGee  Sr
    OT 61 John Grantham Jr
    OL 61 Michael Bledsoe Fr
    OT 62 Steve Jackson  Sr
    OL 63 Bill Madigan Fr
    G 64 Ken Celaj  Jr
    OL 65 Chris Brown Fr
    G 66 Kevin Knapp Fr
    OL 67 Dan Mitchell Fr
    G 69 Marc Westmoreland Sr
    OL 70 Brent Key Fr
    OL 71 Noah King Fr
    C 72 Jim Kercher Sr
    OL 73 Jason Burks Fr
    G 74 Michael Minter Sr
    OL 75 Tim Castro Fr
    OT 76 Yoel Molina  Sr
    C 77 Abe Fernandez  So
    C 78 Craig Page  So
    SE 81 Harvey Middleton  Jr
    TE 82 Mike Lillie Fr
    WR 83 Titus Nelson Fr
    WR 84 David Powell Fr
    WR 85 Brett Basquin Fr
    FL 85 Jacob Smrekar Jr
    TE 86 Grant Baynham  Sr
    TE 88 Joe Perdoni  Fr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    CB 4 Jason Bostic So
    LB 5 Chris Edwards Fr
    SS 8 Mike Dee  Sr
    FS 16 Brian Wilkins So
    DB 24 Derrick Dudley Fr
    DB 25 Troy Tolbert Fr
    FS 26 Travares Tillman Fr
    FS 27 Jerry Caldwell So
    LB 28 Jimmy Clements Sr
    SS 29 Gary Joseph Jr
    DB 30 Reggie Wilcox Fr
    FS 30 Robert Nelson So
    LB 35 Keith Brooking Jr
    LB 49 Edwin Ferguson So
    LB 50 Ron Rogers  Jr
    DE 52 Conrad Andrzejewski  Fr
    NG 54 Roderrick Roberts So
    LB 55 Delaunta Cameron So
    DT 56 Nate Stimson  So
    LB 58 Justin Robertson So
    LB 60 Chris Lee Jr
    DE 68 DeShaan Simmons So
    DT 79 Patrick Bradford Jr
    NG 90 Kamal Balogun Sr
    DT 92 Derrick Shepard  Jr
    DL 93 Tony Robinson Fr
    NG 94 Dan Witherspoon Jr
    DE 95 Jermaine Miles Sr
    DE 97 Felipe Claybrooks Fr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    		 2 Rodney Williams So
    K 11 Chris Leone  Sr
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    • Pat Watson – Offensive coordinator/offensive line
    • Eddie Wilson – Quarterbacks
    • Bob Casullo – Running backs/special teams
    • Stan Hixon – Wide receivers
    • Doug Marrone – Tight ends
    • Dave Huxtable – Defensive coordinator/inside linebacker
    • Lance Thompson – Defensive ends/recruiting coordinator
    • Larry New – Defensive line/assistant head coach
    • John Anselmo – Defensive backs
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: 1996-12-29

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