1996 Duke Blue Devils football team

1996 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	0–11 (0–8 ACC)
Head coach	Fred Goldsmith (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Beckish (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Trott (1st season)
MVP	Billy Granville
Captains	Gerald Ford Billy Granville John Krueger
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium

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 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Fred Goldsmith, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 0–11 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, and finished ninth in the ACC. Duke played home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	3:30 pm	at No. 3 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 7–44	70,181
September 14	3:30 pm	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ABC	L 13–38	29,321
September 21	12:00 pm	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	HTS	L 17–35	36,049
September 26	8:00 pm	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	L 22–48	44,145
October 5	12:00 pm	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	HTS	L 27–64	31,365
October 12	12:00 pm	Clemson	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	L 6–13	23,586
October 26	12:00 pm	Maryland	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	L 19–22	18,751
November 2	1:30 pm	No. 16 Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 3–27	28,276
November 9	12:00 pm	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 22–44	47,200
November 16	1:30 pm	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		L 16–17	17,842
November 23	12:00 pm	No. 13 North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	JPS	L 10–27	30,264
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1996 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 71 Troy Andrew Fr TE 80 Doug Burt Fr QB 15 Bobby Campbell Fr OT 66 Phillip Chappell Sr QB 11 Dave Green Jr WR 16 Dominique Flemming Sr FL 22 Richmond Flowers Fr TE 86 Gerald Ford Jr G 74 Lennie Friedman So WR 29 Adam Geis Jr C 62 John Gordon Jr G 55 Patrick Mannelly Jr RB 32 Laymarr Marshall Jr WR 33 Scottie Montgomery Fr WR 81 Joe Opalenick Jr RB 3 Reco Owens So OT 69 Gannon Shepherd Fr WR 5 Cedric Tate So WR 8 Corey Thomas Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 60 Mike Alberto Fr LB 31 Randy Ament Fr DT 70 Troy Austin Fr DE 82 Joey Bachstein Fr SS 13 Darius Clark Fr DE 93 Chris Combs Fr CB 37 Lamar Grant Fr LB 52 Billy Granville Sr CB 20 Kenan Holley So CB 10 Jason Jenkins Fr LB 50 Ryan Jenkins Fr FS 23 Eric Jones Fr LB 58 Kendral Knight Fr LB 45 Jim Kovach So SS 40 Brian Krenzel So LB 99 Brian McCormack So LB 1 LeVance McQueen Jr CB 2 Brandon Pollock Sr SS 30 Luke Roush Fr DE 96 Chris Ruzic So OLB 83 Jim Sitter Sr ILB 47 Jared Smith Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 19 John Krueger Jr K 12 Sims Lenhardt Fr	Head coach Fred Goldsmith Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1997-01-27