1996 McNeese State Cowboys football team

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1996 McNeese State Cowboys football
Conference Southland Conference
Record3–8 (1–5 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Santiago (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorKirby Bruchhaus (7th season)
Home stadium Cowboy Stadium
Seasons
←  1995
1997  →
1996 Southland Football League standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Troy State $^  5 –1   12 –2  
No. 19 Nicholls State ^  4 –2   8 –4  
No. 22 Stephen F. Austin  3 –3   7 –4  
Northwestern State  3 –3   6 –5  
Sam Houston State  3 –3   4 –7  
Southwest Texas State  2 –4   5 –6  
McNeese State  1 –5   3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 McNeese State Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference (Southland) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their seventh year under head coach Bobby Keasler, the team compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished seventh in the Southland.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7 Southwest Missouri State *
L 7–1214,059 [1]
September 14 James Madison *
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
L 10–2412,543 [2]
September 21 Angelo State *
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
W 37–238,679 [3]
September 28at Northern Iowa *
L 10–4314,692 [4]
October 5 Arkansas–Monticello *
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
W 49–36,866 [5]
October 12at No. 8 Troy State
L 12–169,500 [6]
October 26at Sam Houston State
L 25–30 [7]
October 29No. 11 Stephen F. Austin
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
L 37–387,901 [8]
November 9 Southwest Texas State
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
L 13–16 [9]
November 16at Northwestern State
W 20–38,100 [10]
November 23No. 22 Nicholls State
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
L 16–176,121 [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "SMS scraps past McNeese". The Springfield News-Leader. September 8, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "JMU deals McNeese rare loss". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 15, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "McNeese State exposes ASU weaknesses". San Angelo Standard-Times. September 22, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Clayton, Stovall lead Panthers to 43–10 victory". The Des Moines Register. September 29, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "McNeese St. 49, Ark. Monticello 3". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 6, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "TSU Trojans trick their way to victory". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 13, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Sam Houston St. 30, McNeese St. 25". The Daily Advertiser. October 27, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "SFA rallies, nips McNeese". Longview News-Journal. November 3, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "SWT hangs on to sink McNeese". Austin American-Statesman. November 10, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "McNeese gallops past NSU". The Shreveport Times. November 17, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Nicholls St. 17, McNeese St. 16". Daily World. November 24, 1996. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.


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