1996 Clemson Tigers baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1996
Team:	Clemson Tigers
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Cbrank:	4
Coachrank:	4
Record:	51–17
Conf Record:	17–7
Head Coach:	Jack Leggett
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach1:	Tim Corbin
Ac1 Year:	3rd
Asst Coach2:	John Pawlowski
Ac2 Year:	3rd
Asst Coach3:	Kevin Erminio
Ac3 Year:	1st
Stadium:	Beautiful Tiger Field
Champion:	Atlantic Regional champions
Bowl:	College World Series
Bowl Result:	2–2

The 1996 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, South Carolina.

The team was coached by Jack Leggett, who completed his third season at Clemson. The Tigers reached the 1996 College World Series, their eighth appearance in Omaha.^[1] They lost twice to Miami (FL), with wins against and Alabama, to finish with a 2–2 record in Omaha.

Schedule

Legend
	Clemson win
	Clemson loss
Bold	Clemson team member
	Non-Conference game

1996 Clemson Tigers baseball game log^[3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Feb 16 W 4–0 1–0 Feb 17 South Florida* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 5–6 1–1 Feb 18 South Florida* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 2–7 1–2 Feb 23 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 7–3 2–2 Feb 24 Maine* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 6–5 3–2 Feb 24 Maine* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 5–1 4–2 Feb 25 Maine* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 6–1 5–2 Feb 27 at * W 8–3 6–2 Feb 28 at Tennessee* Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN W 10–4^10 7–2
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Mar 1 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 11–3 8–2 Mar 2 Coastal Carolina* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 8–7 9–2 Mar 3 Coastal Carolina* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 13–4 10–2 Mar 5 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 4–2 11–2 Mar 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 8–4 12–2 Mar 9 Virginia Tech* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 6–2 13–2 Mar 10 Virginia Tech* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 4–0 14–2 Mar 12 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 18–2 15–2 Mar 13 Siena* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–3 16–2 Mar 16 at L 4–7^7 16–3 0–1 Mar 16 at Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC L 0–2^7 16–4 0–2 Mar 17 at Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC W 7–2 17–4 1–2 Mar 20 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 11–3 18–4 Mar 21 Ohio* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 3–9 18–5 Mar 22 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 4–0 19–5 2–2 Mar 23 Maryland Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 7–0 20–5 3–2 Mar 24 Maryland Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 16–6 21–5 4–2 Mar 28 at Western Carolina* W 13–3 22–5 Mar 29 at W 8–1 23–5 5–2 Mar 30 at Virginia Davenport Field • Charlottesville, VA L 2–3 23–6 5–3 Mar 31 at Virginia Davenport Field • Charlottesville, VA W 9–3 24–6 6–3
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Apr 2 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 5–4 25–6 Apr 3 at * W 4–2 26–6 Apr 5 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–1 27–6 7–3 Apr 6 Wake Forest Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 6–0 28–6 8–3 Apr 7 Wake Forest Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 7–8 28–7 8–4 Apr 9 Western Carolina* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 10–4 29–7 Apr 10 South Carolina* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 11–0 30–7 Apr 12 at W 11–1 31–7 9–4 Apr 13 at North Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 7–5 32–7 10–4 Apr 14 at North Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 7–2 33–7 11–4 Apr 16 at Georgia* L 2–6 33–8 Apr 17 South Carolina* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 8–0 34–8 Apr 21 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 6–8^10 34–9 Apr 21 Georgia Southern* Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 7–9^10 34–10 Apr 23 at South Carolina* Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC W 7–5 35–10 Apr 24 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 12–5 36–10 Apr 25 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 6–18 36–11 11–5 Apr 26 NC State Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 14–0 37–11 12–5 Apr 27 NC State Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC L 1–4^10 37–12 12–6
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record May 4 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 3–0 38–12 13–6 May 5 Florida State Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 2–1 39–12 14–6 May 6 Florida State Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 2–0 40–12 15–6 May 8 Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 13–4 41–12 May 10 at W 9–8^10 42–12 16–6 May 11 at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA L 0–4 42–13 16–7 May 12 at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA W 9–2 43–13 17–7
Postseason
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACCT Record May 16 vs. (7) Duke (2) Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 6–1 44–13 1–0 May 16 vs. (3) Georgia Tech (2) Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 6–1 45–13 2–0 May 17 vs. (5) Virginia (2) Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC L 2–4 45–14 2–1 May 18 vs. (1) Florida State (2) Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC L 1–2 45–15 2–2
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Regional Record May 23 (6) Charleston Southern (1) Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 9–1 46–15 1–0 May 24 (4) (1) Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 5–1 47–15 2–0 May 25 (5) (1) Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 6–3 48–15 3–0 May 26 (2) (1) Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC W 12–5 49–15 4–0
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record May 31 (4) L 3–7 49–16 0–1 June 2 (4) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–8^10 50–16 1–1 June 4 (4) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 14–13 51–16 2–1 June 5 (5) Miami (FL) (4) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–14 51–17 2–2

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1996 College World Series. November 15, 2017. Omaha.com. July 5, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170705202400/http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1996. dead.
2. Book: 2017 Baseball Media Guide. Clemson Tigers. 127–136. February 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170803011900/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/28500/pdf/baseball/2016-17/MediaGuide.pdf?&SPSID=657829&SPID=103712&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28500. August 3, 2017. dead.
3. Book: 2017 Baseball Media Guide. Clemson Tigers. 170. November 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170803011900/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/28500/pdf/baseball/2016-17/MediaGuide.pdf?&SPSID=657829&SPID=103712&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28500. August 3, 2017. dead.