The 2006 Clemson

Clemson Tigers

The Clemson Tigers are any team that represents Clemson University as a member of the NCAA's Division I or in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....

 football team represented Clemson University

Clemson University

Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....

 in the 2006 college football

College football

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 season The team was coached by Tommy Bowden

Tommy Bowden

Tommy Bowden is an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008...

 and played their homes game in the Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium, Clemson

Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium, popularly known as Death Valley, is home to the Clemson University Tigers, a NCAA Division I-A football team, located in Clemson, South Carolina...

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Notable

ESPN

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's College Gameday show made its first-ever appearance in Clemson for the game between the Tigers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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 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

ACC Championship Game

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. After a heartbreaking loss at Boston College

Boston College

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 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

University of Kentucky

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 in the Music City Bowl

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, and a 31-28 loss to arch rival University of South Carolina. The team finished the season with a disappointing 8-5 record.

Schedule

Coaching staff

• Tommy Bowden
  Tommy Bowden
  Tommy Bowden is an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008...
  
   - Head Coach
• Rob Spence
  Rob Spence
  Rob Spence is the former offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Syracuse under Doug Marrone. S\ Prior to coming to Syracuse, he served as offensive coordinator at Clemson, Toledo, Louisiana Tech, and Hofstra. From 1992-1996, he coached quarterbacks at Maryland under Mark Duffner...
  
   - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
• Vic Koenning
  Vic Koenning
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   - Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
• Brad Scott
  Brad Scott (American football)
  Brad Scott was the associate head coach and offensive line coach for the Clemson Tigers football team. Previously, from 1994 to 1998, he was the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks.-Career:...
  
   - Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
• David Blackwell - Recruiting Coordinator/Linebackers
• Burton Burns - Running Backs
• Billy Napier - Tight Ends
• Chris Rumph - Defensive Line
• Dabo Swinney
  Dabo Swinney
  William Christopher "Dabo" Swinney is the head coach of the Clemson University Tigers football team; he was previously assistant head coach and wide receivers coach.-Playing career:...
  
   - 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