1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1996 record	5–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	George O'Leary
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium (Capacity: 46,000)
Seasons

1996 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#3 Florida State †		8	–	0					11	–	1
#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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	12:00 PM	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	JPS	W 28–16	41,500
September 14	7:00 PM	Wake Forest		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta		W 30–10	45,750
September 21	3:30 PM	at No. 11 North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ABC	L 0–16	50,000
September 26	8:00 PM	Duke		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ESPN	W 48–22	44,145
October 5	3:30 PM	No. 12 Virginia		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ABC	W 13–7	44,900
October 19	3:30 PM	at Clemson	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (Rivalry)	ABC	L 25–28	70,578
October 26	1:00 PM	UCF*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta		W 27–20	43,610
November 2	7:00 PM	No. 3 Florida State		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ESPN	L 3–49	46,311
November 14	8:00 PM	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	ESPN	L 10–13	22,510
November 23	1:00 PM	Navy*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta		L 26–36	44,415
November 30	3:30 PM	at Georgia*		Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	L 10–19	78,062
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Carter, QuincyQuincy Carter 1.0 !Fr FL 2 Hunt, TrotterTrotter Hunt 3.0 !So TB 3 Rogers, CharlieCharlie Rogers 3.0 !So FL 9 Steagall, DerrickDerrick Steagall 7.0 !Sr QB 10 Shaw, BrandonBrandon Shaw 3.0 !So QB 14 Hamilton, JoeJoe Hamilton File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr FL 15 Stallworth, DexterDexter Stallworth File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr QB 18 Thompson, AlexAlex Thompson 3.0 !So FB 20 Hollomon, CurtisCurtis Hollomon File:Redshirt.svg 2.5 !So FB 21 Haney, ChrisChris Haney File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr TB 22 Johnson, T. J.T. J. Johnson File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr TB 23 Williams, C. J.C. J. Williams File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr T 59 McGee, CurtisCurtis McGee File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr T 61 Grantham, JohnJohn Grantham 5.0 !Jr OL 61 Bledsoe, MichaelMichael Bledsoe 1.0 !Fr T 62 Jackson, SteveSteve Jackson File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr OL 63 Madigan, BillBill Madigan 1.0 !Fr G 64 Celaj, KenKen Celaj File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr OL 65 Brown, ChrisChris Brown 1.0 !Fr G 66 Knapp, KevinKevin Knapp 1.0 !Fr OL 67 Mitchell, DanDan Mitchell 1.0 !Fr G 69 Westmoreland, MarcMarc Westmoreland 7.0 !Sr OL 70 Key, BrentBrent Key 1.0 !Fr OL 71 King, NoahNoah King 1.0 !Fr C 72 Kercher, JimJim Kercher 7.0 !Sr OL 73 Burks, JasonJason Burks 1.0 !Fr G 74 Minter, MichaelMichael Minter 7.0 !Sr OL 75 Castro, TimTim Castro 1.0 !Fr T 76 Molina, YoelYoel Molina File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr C 77 Fernandez, AbeAbe Fernandez File:Redshirt.svg 2.5 !So C 78 Page, CraigCraig Page File:Redshirt.svg 2.5 !So SE 81 Middleton, HarveyHarvey Middleton File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr TE 82 Lillie, MikeMike Lillie 1.0 !Fr WR 83 Nelson, TitusTitus Nelson 1.0 !Fr WR 84 Powell, DavidDavid Powell 1.0 !Fr WR 85 Basquin, BrettBrett Basquin 1.0 !Fr FL 85 Smrekar, JacobJacob Smrekar 5.0 !Jr TE 86 Baynham, GrantGrant Baynham File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr TE 88 Perdoni, JoeJoe Perdoni File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 4 Bostic, JasonJason Bostic 3.0 !So LB 5 Edwards, ChrisChris Edwards 1.0 !Fr SS 8 Dee, MikeMike Dee File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr FS 16 Wilkins, BrianBrian Wilkins 3.0 !So DB 24 Dudley, DerrickDerrick Dudley 1.0 !Fr DB 25 Tolbert, TroyTroy Tolbert 1.0 !Fr FS 26 Tillman, TravaresTravares Tillman 1.0 !Fr FS 27 Caldwell, JerryJerry Caldwell 3.0 !So LB 28 Clements, JimmyJimmy Clements 7.0 !Sr SS 29 Joseph, GaryGary Joseph 5.0 !Jr DB 30 Wilcox, ReggieReggie Wilcox 1.0 !Fr FS 30 Nelson, RobertRobert Nelson 3.0 !So LB 35 Brooking, KeithKeith Brooking 5.0 !Jr LB 49 Ferguson, EdwinEdwin Ferguson 3.0 !So LB 50 Rogers, RonRon Rogers File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr DE 52 Andrzejewski, ConradConrad Andrzejewski File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr NG 54 Roberts, RoderrickRoderrick Roberts 3.0 !So LB 55 Cameron, DelauntaDelaunta Cameron 3.0 !So DT 56 Stimson, NateNate Stimson File:Redshirt.svg 2.5 !So LB 58 Robertson, JustinJustin Robertson 3.0 !So LB 60 Lee, ChrisChris Lee 5.0 !Jr DE 68 Simmons, DeShaanDeShaan Simmons 3.0 !So DT 79 Bradford, PatrickPatrick Bradford 5.0 !Jr NG 90 Balogun, KamalKamal Balogun 7.0 !Sr DT 92 Shepard, DerrickDerrick Shepard File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr DL 93 Robinson, TonyTony Robinson 1.0 !Fr NG 94 Witherspoon, DanDan Witherspoon 5.0 !Jr DE 95 Miles, JermaineJermaine Miles 7.0 !Sr DE 97 Claybrooks, FelipeFelipe Claybrooks 1.0 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 2 Williams, RodneyRodney Williams 3.0 !So K 11 Leone, ChrisChris Leone File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr	Head coach Chan Gailey Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1996-12-29

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