1996 Blinn Buccaneers football team

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1996 Blinn Buccaneers football
NJCAA champion
SWJCFC champion
Mineral Water Bowl champion
SWJCFC championship game, W 43–0 vs. Navarro
Conference Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Record12–0 (6–0 SWJCFC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSpencer Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Southwest Junior College Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Blinn y$^ 6 –0 –012 –0 –0
Tyler ^ 5 –1 –08 –2 –0
Navarro y^ 3 –3 –06 –5 –0
Cisco 3 –3 –04 –5 –0
Trinity Valley ^ 3 –3 –04 –6 –0
Kilgore 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Ranger 0 –6 –00 –9 –0
NE Oklahoma A&M * 0 –0 –05 –4 –0
SWJCFC championship: Blinn 43, Navarro 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – SWJCFC playoff participant
    * – Northeastern Oklahoma A&M was ineligible for postseason play.

The 1996 Blinn Buccaneers football team was an American football team that represented Blinn College of Brenham, Texas, as a member of the Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC) during the 1996 junior college football season. In their fourth and final year under head coach Willie Fritz, the Buccaneers compiled a 12–0 record (–0 in conference games), defeated Coffeyville in the Mineral Water Bowl, and won the NJCAA National Football Championship. The Buccaneers also with the 1995 national championship and were the first program to win back to back NJCAA National Football Championships. [1] [2]

Fritz was named SJCFC coach of the year, and lineman Hanson Caston was selected as the SJCFC most valuable player. Multiple Blinn players received first-team honors on the 1996 All-SJCFC football team: running back Vaughn Inniss; fullback Wayne Limbrick; center Frank Firestone; guard Lamont Barrett; tackle Jay Olive; punter John Baker; and return specialist Brandon Harrison; defensive end Craig Koontz; defensive lineman Hanson Caston; inside linebacker Michael Jackson;; outside linebacker Eric Anderson; and cornerback Brandon Harrison. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31 Howard Payne junior varsity *W 28–7
September 7 Cisco *W 66–7
September 21 Tyler
  • Spencer Stadium
  • Brenham, TX
W 37–132,800
September 28at Navarro Corsicana, TXW 21–6
October 5CiscoW 52–7
October 12 Ranger W
October 19 Trinity Valley
  • Spencer Stadium
  • Brenham, TX
W 41–6
October 26at Kilgore
  • R.E. St. John Stadium
  • Kilgore, TX
W 24–83,000
November 2 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M *
  • Spencer Stadium
  • Brenham, TX
W 14–7
November 9Trinity Valley*
  • Spencer Stadium
  • Brenham, TX (SWJCFC semifinal)
W 21–0
November 16Navarro*
  • Spencer Stadium
  • Brenham, TX (SWJCFC championship)
W 43–0
December 7 Coffeyville *
W 43–14 [4]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ Chris Wimmer (December 7, 2017). "All In: Blinn's First Football National Championship". The Banner-Press.
  2. ↑ Chris Wimmer (December 14, 2017). "Back To Back: Blinn's 1996 National Championship". The Banner-Press.
  3. ↑ "All-SJCFC team announced". The Kilgore News Herald. November 19, 1996. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Blinn Routs Coffeyville". Tulsa World. December 8, 1996. p. B8 – via Newspapers.com.
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