1996 NAIA Division I football season

1996 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season August–November 1996
Postseason November 23–December 7, 1996
National Championship Milam Stadium
Weatherford, OK
Champions Southwestern Oklahoma State

The 1996 NAIA Division I football season, as part of the 1996 college football season in the United States and the 41st season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 27th (and final) season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The NAIA reverted to a single division for its football championship in 1997.

The regular season was played from August to November 1996. The 1996 NAIA Division I Football Championship Series then concluded with the 1996 NAIA Champion Bowl, played that year on December 7, 1996 at Milam Stadium in Weatherford, Oklahoma.[1][2]

Southwestern Oklahoma State defeated Montana Tech in the Champion Bowl, 33–31, to win their first NAIA national title.[3]

Conference champions

Conference Champion Record
Frontier Montana Tech 4–2

Postseason

1996 NAIA Division I Football Championship
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Montana Tech 10 7 7 7 31
Southwestern Oklahoma State 0 23 7 3 33
Stadium Milam Stadium
City Weatherford, Oklahoma
MOP (Offense) Keith Kizzie, Southwestern Oklahoma State
MOP (Defense) Mark Patterson, Southwestern Oklahoma State
NAIA Football National Championship

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1997 >

Bracket

Semifinals
November 23 		Championship Game
December 7
      
Carroll (MT) 28
Montana Tech 49
Montana Tech 31
SW Oklahoma State 33
NW Oklahoma State 7
SW Oklahoma State 17

See also

References

  1. ↑ NAIA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
  2. ↑ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ "1996 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
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