1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	George O'Leary (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Pat Watson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dave Huxtable (1st season)
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented Georgia Tech as member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach George O'Leary, the Yellow Jackets compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the ACC. Georgia Tech played home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	12:00 pm	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	W 28–16	41,500	^[1]
September 14	7:00 pm	Wake Forest		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 30–10	45,750	^[2]
September 21	3:30 pm	at No. 11 North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 0–16	50,000	^[3]
September 26	8:00 pm	Duke		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	W 48–22	44,145	^[4]
October 5	3:30 pm	No. 12 Virginia		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 13–7	44,900	^[5]
October 19	3:30 pm	at Clemson	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	L 25–28	70,578	^[6]
October 26	1:00 pm	UCF*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 27–20	43,610	^[7]
November 2	7:00 pm	No. 3 Florida State		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	L 3–49	46,311	^[8]
November 14	8:00 pm	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ESPN	L 10–13	22,510	^[9]
November 23	1:00 pm	Navy*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		L 26–36	44,415	^[10]
November 30	3:30 pm	at Georgia*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	L 10–19	78,062	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule

1996 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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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