1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1996 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1996
Playoff
Duration	November 30 – December 21, 1996
Championship site	Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV
Champion	Marshall Thundering Herd
Payton Award	Archie Amerson – RB (Northern Arizona)
Buchanan Award	Dexter Coakley – LB (Appalachian State)
Division I-AA football season
«1995 1997»

1996 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
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 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#1 Marshall $^		8	–	0					15	–	0
#7 East Tennessee State ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
#9 Furman ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
#22 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
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Troy State $^	5	–	1	–	0			12	–	2	–	0
#15 Nicholls State ^	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
#21 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 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

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 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

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

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