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1996 NCAA Division II football season

1996 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season September 7 – November 16, 1996
Playoffs November 23 – December 14, 1996
National Championship Braly Municipal Stadium
Florence, AL
Champions Northern Colorado
Harlon Hill Trophy Jarrett Anderson, Truman
1996 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Texas A&M-Kingsville $^   7 0         8 3  
Central Oklahoma ^   5 2         9 3  
Texas A&M-Commerce   4 3         7 3  
Angelo State   4 3         6 4  
Abilene Christian   4 3         6 4  
Tarleton State   2 5         5 5  
Eastern New Mexico   2 5         3 8  
West Texas A&M   0 7         1 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1996 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
NW. Missouri State +^   8 1         11 2  
Pittsburg State +^   8 1         8 3  
Truman State   7 2         7 4  
Missouri Western State   5 4         7 4  
Missouri Southern State   5 4         6 4  
Emporia State   5 4         5 6  
Washburn   4 5         4 6  
Central Missouri State   2 7         4 7  
Missouri-Rolla   1 8         3 8  
Southwest Baptist   0 9         0 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
1996 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams 16
Finals Site
Champions
Runner-Up
Semifinalists
Winning Coach
  • championship

The 1996 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on September 7, 1996, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 1996, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Northern Colorado Bears defeated the Carson–Newman, 23–14, to win their first Division II national title.

The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Jarrett Anderson, running back from Truman.



Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Virginia State
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Salve Regina
Gulf South Conference – Valdosta State
Lone Star Conference – Texas A&M–Kingsville
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Northwest Missouri State and Pittsburg State
Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference – Ferris State
North Central Conference – Nebraska–Omaha
Northern California Athletic Conference‡ – Cal State Chico
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg (East), Clarion (West)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Chadron State
South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman and Catawba
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Fairmont State and Glenville State


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