1996_New_Hampshire_Wildcats_football_team

1996 New Hampshire Wildcats football
1996 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Yankee New England Division champion
Conference	Yankee Conference
	New England Division
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 18
Record	8–3 (6–2 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Bowes (25th season);
Offensive coordinator	Sean McDonnell (3rd season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

American college football season

The 1996 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Division of the Yankee Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 25th year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled an 8–3 record (6–2 against conference opponents) and finished in first place in the New England Division.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 35–26	3,719
September 21	No. 8 Connecticut		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 21–13
September 28	at James Madison	No. 25	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	W 39–22
October 5	at No. 17 William & Mary	No. 20	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	L 7–31	7,256
October 12	Lehigh*	No. 24	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 42–27	7,335	^[2]
October 19	at Maine	No. 18	Alumni Stadium Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	L 20–34
October 26	UMass	No. 24	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 40–7	5,317
November 2	Richmond	No. 20	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 14–13	2,837
November 9	No. 16 Villanova	No. 18	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 34–0	1,231	^[3]
November 16	at Boston University	No. 15	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 31–10
November 23	at Northeastern	No. 12	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	L 28–30
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

1996 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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Team	W		L	W		L
New England Division
No. 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 Division
No. 7 William & Mary x$^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 14 Villanova ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 11 Delaware ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 23 James Madison	5	–	3	7	–	4
Northeastern	3	–	5	6	–	5
Richmond	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll