The 1996 NAIA Division I football season was the NAIA, was the 27th (and final) season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The NAIA reverted to a single division for its football championship in 1997.
The regular season was played from August to November 1996. The 1996 NAIA Division I Football Championship Series then concluded with the 1996 NAIA Champion Bowl, played that year on December 7, 1996 at Milam Stadium in Weatherford, Oklahoma.[1][2]
Southwestern Oklahoma State defeated Montana Tech in the Champion Bowl, 33–31, to win their first NAIA national title.[3]
Conference standings
1996 Frontier Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall | Team | | W | | L | | | | | W | | L | | No. 2 Montana Tech $^ | | 4 | – | 2 | | | | | 7 | – | 5 | | No. 4 Carroll (MT) ^ | | 3 | – | 3 | | | | | 6 | – | 4 | | Rocky Mountain | | 3 | – | 3 | | | | | 6 | – | 4 | | Western Montana | | 2 | – | 4 | | | | | 3 | – | 6 | | | - $ – Conference champion
- ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll | | | |
Conference champions
Rankings
Final NAIA Division I poll rankings:
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Postseason
1996 NAIA Division I Football Championship |
Stadium | Milam Stadium |
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City | Weatherford, Oklahoma |
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MOP (Offense) | Keith Kizzie, Southwestern Oklahoma State |
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MOP (Defense) | Mark Patterson, Southwestern Oklahoma State |
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Bracket
See also
References
- ^ "NAIA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ "1996 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ "NAIA Division I poll". Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. Associated Press. November 18, 1996. p. 3B. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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