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)


1996 ACC football standings
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, Georgia, United States.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	12:00 PM	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	JPS	W 28–16	41,500
September 14	7:00 PM	Wake Forest		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA		W 30–10	45,750
September 21	3:30 PM	at #11 North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 0–16	50,000
September 26	8:00 PM	Duke		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN	W 48–22	44,145
October 5	3:30 PM	#12 Virginia		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 13–7	44,900
October 19	3:30 PM	at Clemson	#22	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry)	ABC	L 25–28	70,578
October 26	1:00 PM	UCF*		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA		W 27–20	43,610
November 2	7:00 PM	#3 Florida State		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN	L 3–49	46,311
November 14	8:00 PM	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	ESPN	L 10–13	22,510
November 23	1:00 PM	Navy*		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA		L 26–36	44,415
November 30	3:30 PM	at Georgia*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	L 10–19	78,062
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Venues	Bobby Dodd Stadium (1913–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Clemson Florida State Georgia: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Virginia Tech

Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" "Up with the White and Gold" Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Marching Band 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech game Toe meets leather

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

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