The 2006 Clemson Tigers football team represented

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in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by

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and played their homes game in the Memorial Stadium. Portions of the season, specifically the games against Florida Atlantic and Florida State, were featured in the 2020 film ''

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'', which is about sophomore safety Ray McElrathbey taking care of his little brother while their mother receives treatment for drug addiction. Entering the season, the Tigers had high expectations, hoping to compete for a spot in the ACC Championship Game. After a defeat at

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in the second game of the season, Clemson achieved 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

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in the

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

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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 on October 21.

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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.

Schedule

Rankings

Coaching staff

– 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 summaries

Florida Atlantic

Part of that game would be recreated at halftime of the Clemson game between UNC Charlotte on September 21, 2019 as part of a Disney movie.

Florida State

Clemson's first win in Tallahassee since 1989. ESPN
Retrieved 2014-Sep-09.

References

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