1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1996 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Duration August – November 1996
Playoff
Duration November 30 – December 21, 1996
Championship date December 21, 1996
Championship site Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, West Virginia
Champion Marshall Thundering Herd
Payton Award Archie Amerson – RB (Northern Arizona)
Buchanan Award Dexter Coakley – LB (Appalachian State)
Division I-AA football season

The 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1996, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 21, 1996, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Marshall Thundering Herd won their second I-AA championship, defeating the defending national champion Montana Grizzlies by a final score of 49−29[1]

Conference changes and new programs

  • The American West Conference disbanded following the 1995 season and its four remaining members either became independents (Cal Poly, Sacramento State, and Southern Utah) or joined the Big Sky (Cal State Northridge).
  • Prior to the season, the Northeast Conference, a preexisting Division I conference, announced it would add a football for its five members that sponsored the sport.
School1995 Conference1996 Conference
Boise StateBig SkyBig West (I-A)
Cal State NorthridgeAmerican WestBig Sky
Cal PolyAmerican WestI-AA Independent
Central Connecticut StateI-AA IndependentNortheast
Central FloridaI-AA IndependentI-A Independent
Eastern IllinoisGatewayOhio Valley
FairfieldNew ProgramMAAC
IdahoBig SkyBig West (I-A)
Jacksonville StateD-II IndependentSouthland (I-AA)
Northeast LouisianaSouthlandI-AA Independent
MonmouthI-AA IndependentNortheast
Morehead StateOhio ValleyI-AA Independent
Portland StateD-II IndependentBig Sky (I-AA)
Robert MorrisI-AA IndependentNortheast
Sacramento StateAmerican WestI-AA Independent
St. Francis (PA)I-AA IndependentNortheast
Southern UtahAmerican WestI-AA Independent
Troy StateI-AA IndependentSouthland
UABI-AA IndependentI-A Independent
WagnerI-AA IndependentNortheast

Conference standings

1996 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#2 Montana $^  7 –0     14 –1  
#6 Northern Arizona ^  6 –1     9 –3  
Cal State Northridge  4 –3     7 –4  
Weber State  4 –3     7 –4  
Eastern Washington  3 –4     6 –5  
Montana State  3 –4     6 –5  
Idaho State  1 –6     4 –7  
Sacramento State  0 –7     1 –10  
Portland State  0 –0     3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Portland State games did not count in conference standings
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll
1996 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#3 Northern Iowa $^  5 –0     12 –2  
#10 Western Illinois ^  3 –2     9 –3  
#21 Southwest Missouri State  3 –2     7 –4  
Indiana State  3 –2     6 –5  
Southern Illinois  1 –4     5 –6  
Illinois State  0 –5     3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1996 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#17 Dartmouth $  7 –0     10 –0  
Columbia  5 –2     8 –2  
Brown  4 –3     5 –5  
Cornell  4 –3     4 –6  
Penn  3 –4     5 –5  
Harvard  2 –5     4 –6  
Princeton  2 –5     3 –7  
Yale  1 –6     2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
1996 MAAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Duquesne $  8 –0     10 –1  
Georgetown  7 –1     7 –3  
Marist  6 –2     7 –3  
St. John's  5 –3     6 –4  
Canisius  4 –4     5 –4  
Saint Peter's  2 –6     2 –7  
Siena  2 –6     2 –7  
Fairfield  1 –7     1 –8  
Iona  1 –7     1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1996 MEAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#12 Florida A&M $^  7 –0     9 –3  
#20 Howard  6 –1     9 –2  
North Carolina A&T  4 –3     8 –3  
South Carolina State  4 –3     4 –6  
Hampton  3 –4     5 –6  
Morgan State  2 –5     4 –7  
Delaware State  2 –5     3 –8  
Bethune–Cookman  0 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1996 NEC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Robert Morris $  3 –1     9 –2  
Monmouth  3 –1     7 –3  
Central Connecticut  2 –2     3 –7  
Wagner  2 –2     5 –5  
Saint Francis (PA)  0 –4     3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1996 Ohio Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#4 Murray State $^  8 –0     11 –2  
#16 Eastern Illinois ^  6 –2     8 –4  
Eastern Kentucky  6 –2     6 –5  
Middle Tennessee State  4 –4     6 –5  
Tennessee Tech  4 –4     5 –6  
Tennessee State  3 –5     4 –7  
Southeast Missouri State  3 –5     3 –8  
Austin Peay  1 –7     1 –10  
UT Martin  1 –7     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1996 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Bucknell $  4 –1     6 –5  
Colgate  3 –2     6 –5  
Lehigh  3 –2     5 –6  
Lafayette  2 –2     5 –5  
Fordham  1 –3     2 –8  
Holy Cross  1 –4     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from poll=The Sports Network poll
1996 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#24 Dayton $  5 –0     11 –0  
Drake  4 –1     8 –3  
Evansville  2 –3     5 –5  
Butler  2 –3     3 –7  
San Diego  1 –4     4 –6  
Valparaiso  1 –4     4 –6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
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
1996 Southland Football League standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#5 Troy State $^ 5 –1 –0  12 –2 –0
#19 Nicholls State ^ 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
#22 Stephen F. Austin 3 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Northwestern State 3 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Sam Houston State 3 –3 –0  4 –7 –0
Southwest Texas State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
McNeese State 1 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll
1996 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#8t Jackson State $^  6 –1     10 –2  
Southern  5 –2     7 –5  
Mississippi Valley State  5 –2     7 –4  
Texas Southern  5 –2     7 –4  
Alcorn State  3 –4     4 –7  
Grambling State  2 –5     3 –8  
Alabama State  2 –5     3 –8  
Prairie View A&M  0 –7     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
1996 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
New England
#18 New Hampshire x  6 –2     8 –3  
Maine  5 –3     7 –4  
UMass  4 –4     6 –5  
Connecticut  3 –5     4 –6  
Rhode Island  2 –6     4 –6  
Boston University  0 –8     1 –10  
Mid-Atlantic
#7 William & Mary x$^  7 –1     10 –3  
#14 Villanova ^  6 –2     8 –4  
#11 Delaware ^  6 –2     8 –4  
#23 James Madison  5 –3     7 –4  
Northeastern  3 –5     6 –5  
Richmond  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll
2001 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Cal Poly  0 –0     6 –5  
Saint Mary's  0 –0     6 –5  
Samford  0 –0     5 –5  
Charleston Southern  0 –0     5 –6  
Morris Brown  0 –0     5 –6  
Florida Atlantic  0 –0     4 –6  
Liberty  0 –0     4 –7  
Cal State Northridge  0 –0     3 –7  
Savannah State  0 –0     2 –7  
Elon  0 –0     2 –9  
Southern Utah  0 –0     2 –9  

Conference champions

Conference Champions

Big Sky Conference – Montana
Gateway Football Conference – Northern Iowa
Ivy League – Dartmouth
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Florida A&M
Northeast Conference – Monmouth and Robert Morris
Ohio Valley Conference – Murray State
Patriot League – Bucknell
Pioneer Football League – Dayton
Southern Conference – Marshall
Southland Football League – Troy State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State
Yankee Conference – William & Mary

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round
November 30
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
December 7
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
December 14
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
December 21
Edwards Stadium
Huntington, West Virginia
        
Nicholls State 3
Montana* 48
Montana* 44
East Tennessee State 14
Villanova 29
East Tennessee State* 35
Montana* 70
Troy State 7
Florida A&M 25
Troy State* 29
Troy State* 31
Murray State 3
Western Illinois 6
Murray State* 34
Montana 29
Marshall 49
Delaware 14
Marshall* 59
Marshall* 54
Furman 0
Furman 42
Northern Arizona* 31
Marshall* 31
Northern Iowa 14
Eastern Illinois 14
Northern Iowa* 21
Northern Iowa* 38
William & Mary 35
Jackson State 6
William & Mary* 45

* Denotes host institution

References

  1. ↑ "1996 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
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