2006 Clemson Tigers football team

2006 Clemson Tigers football

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, v. Kentucky, L 20–28
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division
2006 record	8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Tommy Bowden
Offensive coordinator	Rob Spence
Offensive scheme	Various
Defensive coordinator	Vic Koenning
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (c. 80,301, grass)


2006 ACC football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
#18 Wake Forest ^x†	6	–	2	11	–	3
#20 Boston College	5	–	3	10	–	3
Maryland	5	–	3	9	–	4
Clemson	5	–	3	8	–	5
Florida State	3	–	5	7	–	6
NC State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech ^x	7	–	1	9	–	5
#19 Virginia Tech	6	–	2	10	–	3
Virginia	4	–	4	5	–	7
Miami	3	–	5	7	–	6
North Carolina	2	–	6	3	–	9
Duke	0	–	8	0	–	12
Championship: Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6
† – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Clemson football team represented Clemson University in the 2006 college football season The team was coached by Tommy Bowden and played their homes game in the Memorial Stadium.

Notable

ESPN's College Gameday show made its first-ever appearance in Clemson for the game between the Tigers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on October 21. Kirk Herbstreit mentioned both during and after the show, that he felt that Clemson hosted one of the best Gameday audiences he'd ever seen. The Gameday audience at Clemson also set a new noise record when measured in the latter-half of the show.

Season

Entering the season, the Tigers had high expectations, hoping to compete for a spot in the ACC Championship Game. After a heartbreaking loss at Boston College in the second game of the season, Clemson rolled off six straight victories, during which they averaged nearly 42 points a game. But things soon fell apart, with Clemson losing four out of their last five, including a loss to Kentucky in the Music City Bowl, and a 31–28 loss to arch rival South Carolina. The team finished the season with a disappointing 8–5 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic*	#18	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPNU	W 54–6	78,693^[1]
September 9	3:30 p.m.	at Boston College	#18	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	L 34–33 ^2OT	44,500^[1]
September 16	7:45 p.m.	at #10 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Clemson-Florida State Rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–20	83,510^[1]
September 23	12:00 p.m.	North Carolina	#23	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	Raycom/LFS	W 52–7	81,886^[1]
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	#19	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPNU	W 51–0	81,564^[1]
October 7	12:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	#15	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	W 27–17	35,920^[1]
October 12	7:30 p.m.	vs. Temple*	#12	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPNU	W 63–9	30,246^[1]
October 21	7:45 p.m.	#13 Georgia Tech	#12	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPN	W 31–7	82,630^[1]
October 26	7:45 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	#11	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	L 24–7	66,233^[1]
November 4	12:00 p.m.	Maryland	#19	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPN2	L 13–12	80,556^[1]
November 11	12:00 p.m.	NC State		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	Raycom/LFS	W 20–14	81,785^[1]
November 25	12:00 p.m.	South Carolina*	#24	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Battle for the Palmetto State)	ESPN	L 31–28	83,428^[1]
December 29	1:00 p.m.	vs. Kentucky*		LP Field • Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–20	68,024^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Coaching staff

Tommy Bowden – Head Coach
Rob Spence – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Vic Koenning – Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
Brad Scott – Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
David Blackwell – Recruiting Coordinator/Linebackers
Burton Burns – Running Backs
Billy Napier – Tight Ends
Chris Rumph – Defensive Line
Dabo Swinney – Wide Receivers
Ron West – Outside Linebackers
Mike Dooley – Defensive Video Graduate Assistant
Andy Ford – Defensive Graduate Assistant
Paul Hogan – Offensive Graduate Assistant
Willie Simmons – Offensive Video Graduate Assistant

Game notes

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida Atl	0	0	6	0	6
• Clemson	10	14	14	16	54

Date: September 2
Location: Memorial Stadium, Clemson, SC
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST
Television network: ESPNU

Scoring summary

Q1	CLEM	Dean 25 yard field goal	CLEM 3–0

Q1	CLEM	Stuckey 31 yard pass from Proctor (Dean kick)	CLEM 10–0

Q2	CLEM	Merriweather 1 yard run (Dean kick)	CLEM 17–0

Q2	CLEM	Kelly 14 yard pass from Proctor (Dean kick)	CLEM 24–0

Q3	FAU	Leroy 24 yard field goal	CLEM 24–3

Q3	FAU	Leroy 33 yard field goal	CLEM 24–6

Q3	CLEM	Davis 22 yard run (Dean kick)	CLEM 31–6

Q3	CLEM	Taylor 18 yard pass from Proctor (Dean kick)	CLEM 38–6

Q4	CLEM	Dean 41 yard field goal	CLEM 41–6

Q4	CLEM	Ford 92 yard punt return (kick failed)	CLEM 47–6

Q4	CLEM	Gilliam 34 yard fumble return (Dean kick)	CLEM 54–6

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Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Clemson	6	8	6	7	27
Florida St	2	7	3	8	20

Date: September 16
Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
Game start: 7:45 p.m. EST
Television network: ESPN

Scoring summary

Q1	CLEM	Davis 8 yard run (kick blocked)	CLEM 6–0

Q1	FSU	Carter returned extra point	CLEM 6–2

Q2	FSU	Carter 69 yard blocked punt return (Cismesia kick)	FSU 9–6

Q2	CLEM	Stuckey 19 yard pass from Proctor (Stuckey pass from Proctor)	CLEM 14–9

Q3	CLEM	Proctor 20 yard run (run failed)	CLEM 20–9

Q3	FSU	Cismesia 25 yard field goal	CLEM 20–12

Q4	FSU	Surratt 1 yard run (Davis pass from Weatherford)	Tie 20–20

Q4	CLEM	Davis 1 yard run (Dean kick)	CLEM 27–20

Clemson's first win in Tallahassee since 1989.

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References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 "2006 Clemson Football Stats" (PDF). Clemson University.
↑ ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Sep-09.
↑ ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Sep-09.

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