1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football
Conference Southern Conference
1996 record 4–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach Frank Ellwood (1st season)
Home stadium Paulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
1996 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#1 Marshall $^  8 –0     15 –0  
#8t East Tennessee State ^  7 –1     10 –3  
#13 Furman ^  6 –2     9 –4  
#25 Appalachian State  5 –3     7 –4  
The Citadel  3 –5     4 –7  
Georgia Southern  2 –6     4 –7  
VMI  2 –6     3 –8  
Chattanooga  2 –6     3 –8  
Western Carolina  1 –7     4 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Frank Ellwood, in his first and only year as head coach for the Eagles.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 at South Carolina State* Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC W 21–14   –
September 7 at No. 4 Florida* Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL SS L 14–62   84,962
September 21 3:30 PM No. 1 Marshall No. 13 Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA WSAZ L 13–29   13,977
September 28 at Chattanooga Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN L 21–23   –
October 5 VMI Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 20–17   –
October 12 at Western Carolina E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC W 38–28   –
October 19 Appalachian State Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 28–35   –
October 26 at The Citadel Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC L 20–35   9,427
November 2 No. 9 East Tennessee State Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 14–17   –
November 9 at Furman (SC) Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC L 14–21   –
November 16 Liberty (VA)* Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 45–14   –
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "1996 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
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